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Roadside bombs kill 7 US soldiers in Iraq
Reuters.com ^
| Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:17 PM ET
| Reuters
Posted on 02/23/2006 11:56:25 AM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Seven U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq on Wednesday when roadside bombs struck the vehicles in which they were traveling, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Four U.S. soldiers were killed in the Iraqi town of Hawija while on patrol, the military said.
Three U.S. soldiers were killed near the Iraqi town of Balad when their vehicle struck another roadside bomb.
The deaths bring to 2,287 the number of U.S. troops who have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led war that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. Roadside bombs are some of the most effective killers of U.S. troops in Iraq.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: fallen; gwot; ied; iraq; oif; roadsidebomb; soldier; soldiers
They need to send these guys around in tanks to patrol.
To: Tulsa Ramjet
My Step-son is going in September. They have to stop using HUMVEES as APC's.
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posted on
02/23/2006 11:59:01 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
They need to send these guys around in tanks to patrol.Yes, whatever it takes to protect them. This (death by IEDs) has gone on too long.
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:00:47 PM PST
by
American Quilter
(Set up, suckered in, pushed around...)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
Correction: "
Terrorists are some of the most effective killers of U.S. troops in Iraq."
RIP, Heroes.
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:01:09 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
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posted on
02/23/2006 12:11:56 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
To: pbrown
Prayers for these brave soldiers and their families.
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posted on
02/23/2006 1:18:55 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: mass55th
Bless those famailes. Our marine is due to come back in April. We are praying him back to us safe and sound.
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posted on
02/23/2006 1:20:36 PM PST
by
JFC
(W, I am with YA)
To: mass55th
My heart aches for their families. Prayers for the soldiers and their families.
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posted on
02/23/2006 1:22:04 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
To: JFC
We are praying him back to us safe and sound.I'll say a prayer for him too. God bless and protect him.
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posted on
02/23/2006 1:23:30 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
To: pbrown
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posted on
02/23/2006 1:53:10 PM PST
by
JFC
(W, I am with YA)
To: JFC
I will offer prayers for your Marines safe return. I hope the time flies until April.
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posted on
02/23/2006 1:53:31 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: JFC
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posted on
02/23/2006 2:04:56 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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