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Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in 24-Hour Period
Boston.com ^
| 10-1e-03
| Reuters
Posted on 10/13/2003 3:11:08 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:53 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi guerrillas ambushed a U.S. military convoy northeast of Baghdad Monday killing one American soldier and wounding two others, the U.S. military said.
The death brought to 97 the number of U.S. soldiers killed by hostile fire since President Bush declared major combat over on May 1. The soldier was the third to be killed within 24 hours.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallen; iraq; soldiers
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To: MattAMiller
I would think the officers running the show over there are doing everything within their power to prevent loss of life. I'm sure it's tough, cowardly suicide and sniper attacks and the like are difficult to defend against. This may go on for a time yet, but that is what is meant by 'staying the course'. We will prevail.
To: GRRRRR
You know what pi$$e$ me off is the constant pounding of 1 dead here 1 dead there nothing good EVER happens over there according to the media I love our troops and the great job they are doing but this media we have is tantamount to traitor terrorists.
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posted on
10/13/2003 4:39:19 PM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit. -Rush Limbaugh)
To: Fpimentel
We never hear whether any of the attackers are killed in these ambushes. Does that mean few of them are?
23
posted on
10/13/2003 6:23:49 PM PDT
by
lasereye
Comment #24 Removed by Moderator
To: Aaron0617
There is much better news going on in Iraq then what' you've been posting. Amen!
I've been wondering the same thing myself. It seems he showed up a few months ago and all he posts are "quagmire" stories. He must have somewhere around 60 threads started since the middle of August, and all but a couple are about soldier's deaths and other bad news. What's more, he doesn't bother to post to any other threads, he just posts (occasionally) to his own.
Maybe I'm just getting a little paranoid in my old age.
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posted on
10/13/2003 6:37:24 PM PDT
by
TomB
To: Joe Hadenuf
a red herring.
To: Joe Hadenuf
a red herring.
To: NeilSmith
Yup......
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posted on
10/13/2003 11:07:11 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
nothing good EVER happens over there according to the media Well, personally, I never heard any good news out of Iraq in years and years. It seems to be that sort of place.
To: Aaron0617; PatrioticCowboy
since you were the first to post this a little while agoThere is no news so bad, that someone doesn't want to be first with it. This IS a news forum, and one of the advantages is that stories are so quickly reported.
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
You got that right old bean...all those schools that are clean of tons of weapons actually have children in them now, bridges are rebuilt, electricity is up and running better than before. Ninety plus percent of the country is peaceful...some quagmire eh?
GRRRRR
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posted on
10/14/2003 3:06:27 AM PDT
by
GRRRRR
(If the GOP could just send in the Marines against the Demokrats now....)
To: TomB; PatrioticCowboy; Aaron0617
What's more, he doesn't bother to post to any other threads, he just posts (occasionally) to his own.
Maybe I'm just getting a little paranoid in my old age. No, you're not getting paranoid. I'd like to hear him respond to that myself. But he never does.
To: smokinleroy
I doubt that the families of the soldiers appreciate your trivialization of their sacrifice.
To: Austin Willard Wright
I by no means am trying to trivialize their sacrifices. I do, however, deplore the major media with their screaming headlines: One dead..., Three dead..., etc. in an attempt to smear the president, et al. I remember in the 60's the reports of hundreds killed at a time. In the 40's, it was thousands at a time. With the current death rate of US soldiers in Iraq, about one in 500 would be expected to die in a year, many of these just in accidents. Meanwhile, in the US, about one person per hundred will die in a year from all causes, which is about 8,000 per day. Admittedly, most of these are elderly, but the statistics from Iraq are not as grim as they would have us believe.
To: Prodigal Son; PatrioticCowboy; Aaron0617; Admin Moderator
Well, for what it is worth, here are all his "quagmire" posts since he joined. Note that I did leave out 9 threads of his that did not involve the WoT. Note also that, with the exception of ONE thread, he hasn't posted to any thread other than his own. Yes, that is
64 quagmire threads. In addition, many of the stories of soldiers deaths had already been posted:
US soldier killed in Iraq rocket attack
Suspected Taliban destroy Afghan police station
Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier in Restive Iraqi Town
US Soldiers Injured In Baghdad
America's Hidden Battlefield Toll
Three Three U.S. soldiers wounded in attack in Iraq
Wounded Billed For Hospital Food
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed, 7 Wounded in Iraq Raid
Kabul hit by second explosion in a day
Masked Guerrillas Battle U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
U.S. Soldier Killed By Homemade Bomb In Iraq
U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Attack -U.S. Military
Car Bomb at US Military Outpost near Arbil Northern Iraq~~~ there are wounded.
Fourteen Wounded In Iraq
US Soldier Dies In Convoy Atack
2 U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghan attacks
Three troops killed in Basra attack
2 More US Soldiers Die In Iraq
U.S. Soldier Killed in Action in Iraq, Army Says
US Soldier Killed During Fighting In Iraq
Four U.S. Soldiers Wounded By Makeshift Bomb In Iraq
v American Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
US Soldier Killed, Two Wounded In Baghdad
American Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
US Soldier Killed In Iraq
Troops Wounded In Action Not Listed Among Casualties
Ten Policemen Killed In Worsening Afghan Violence
Rebel Violence Intensifies In Afghanistan
U.S Soldier Dies In Blast In Iraq; 2 Hurt In Attack
Remember Afghanistan?
U-S Military Reports Another American Soldier Killed In Iraq
Two Taleban Attacks In Afghanistan Kill 25 People
Two U-S Soldiers Injured; Two Iraqis Killed In Separate Incidents
Suspected Taliban Attack Second Police Station In Southeast Afghanistan, Take Four Hostages
Five US Soldiers Wounded"
Wave Of Sabotage Hits Iraq, Baghdad Jail Attacked
22 Killed In Afghanistan Battle
Danish Soldier Killed, Two U.S. Soldiers Wounded
U.S. to Withhold Some Funds from Israel
U.S. army says 15 Taliban killed
More US soldiers wounded in Iraq
Iraq: Four U.S. Soldiers Reported Wounded In Separate Attacks
Mortars Kill 2 U.S. Soldiers, Wound 13 in Iraq
Odigo says workers were warned of attack
8 US soldiers wounded in Iraq attack, 1 person killed in bomb at NBC HQ
US soldier killed in Kirkuk
Taliban kill Afghan governor's bodyguards
BOMBERS KILL US SOLDIER
U.S. Soldier Killed in Attack Northeast of Baghdad
Rumsfeld 'Surprised' by Saddam Loyalists
CIA HQ Possibly Target of Baghdad Blast
Taliban Kill Eight Policemen in Afghan Attack
Afghans fail to find 41 Taliban jailbreakers
Roadside Bomb Wounds Three U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
Landmine Kills US Soldier in Iraq
U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraqi Town of Tikrit
Four soldiers hurt in Basra blast
US soldier killed in Iraq ambush
Taliban militants attack security officers
Bomb Narrowly Misses Governor Of Iraqi Province -NYT
Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in 24-Hour Period
3 US soldiers dead in Iraq
US explores its Afghanistan exit options
Suicide bombing outside Turkish mission in Baghdad - report
Think what you will. I've made my mind up.
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posted on
10/14/2003 8:57:29 AM PDT
by
TomB
To: TomB
Wow, I reckoned it was a lot but never knew it was that much. He hasn't even been a member 60 days and has more than 60 quagmire threads posted. Doesn't answer a lot of posts either.
To: TomB
Think I'll bookmark this thread for future reference.
Thanks, for that research TomB.
To: reagan_fanatic
I hope we catch that bastard Saddam, gut him like a fish and drag his entrails down the streets of Baghdad. Indeed.
Before I die there are two heads I want to see in buckets.
Saddamnable and Osama.
Bring me their heads in buckets!
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posted on
10/14/2003 10:10:11 AM PDT
by
LibKill
(I don't have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun the democrat.)
To: Prodigal Son
Thanks, for that research TomB. My pleasure.
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posted on
10/14/2003 3:43:14 PM PDT
by
TomB
To: TomB
The individual must be a member of the mainstream media or a democrat. Oh, that's right.......
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