Two US soldiers and two journalists killed in rocket attack south of Baghdad

Agence France-Presse | April 7, 2003

[LTCJ]

Sorry for the delay in replying. We just rapped up a nice "diversionary" evening with our friend.

Thanks for the prayers. She had just talked with her father-in-law who had managed to get some footage through the Pentagon which showed her husband safe and sound - praise God!

She - and the rest of us - are still concerned for the others involved, so please continue to pray.

[cyn]

"footage through the Pentagon" -- wow...amazing! very glad to hear that, thanks for reply. I'm sure the 3rd must be getting some much needed rest right now, but I'm not seeing anything anywhere about what happened in this attack...why not?

[cyn]

this is being mentioned now on foxnews by Greg Kelley -- apparently hit by rpg.

[cyn]

correction -- that was a different pair of soldiers of 2nd brigade, 'trying to secure a road' says Greg.

[cyn]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/887002/posts --
CNBC Anchor Says Missile Hits Coalition Command And Control Center In Iraq (posted 4:29 PDT 4/7/3) -- it is noted that news is sketchy and confusing; hard to separate incidents and corresponding losses.

[LTCJ]

I'm not seeing anything anywhere about what happened in this attack...why not?

I wish I could tell you. This whole incident has really brought home to me how superficial the reporting really is dispite the massive amount of it. A large part of what we are seeing is being feed forward as eye and ear candy. If something "better" comes along there is very little follow-up.

At any rate, thanks for the prayers for our friend. Please continue to pray for those men and families still concerned.