18TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE SOLDIER KILLED (#1708)

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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A Soldier serving with the 18th Military Police Brigade was killed by a rocket propelled grenade while on patrol in Baghdad June 14.

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20050618.txt

[dbt]

1. Does the phrase "Bring 'em on" ring a bell?

That lying, MURDERING, son of a BITCH!

[saigon68]

2. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he vainly attempted to pose as a Human Being.

[malmapus]

8. Easy to say when he's sitting back in luxury at the WH

Being President is such hard work

[NuttyFluffers]

3. they're coming in too fast...

i'm having a hard time letting the impact sink in like it used to. god help me, but it's coming in so fast that they are starting to feel like 'just a number' unfortunately.

bring them home. bring them home!

[leftchick]

5. 2.87 a day in June. Faster than in May....

It still freaks me out every single day to see this waste...

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
6-2005 41 0 2 43 2.87 15

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[llmart]

4. Time to start building another wall in DC..........

because we sure are into putting up memorials to dead soldiers but not so into stopping the madness altogether. All those people who were stupid enough to vote for this bastard should be made to carry a casket.

[soup]

6. Yesterday, a memorial service was held

for Army Pfc. Louis E. Niedermeier, 20, Largo, FL, killed June 1st in Ramadi, Iraq.

"America can sleep in peace tonight because of heroes like Louis Niedermeier," said Congressman Bill Young, R-Indian Shores.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/14/Tampabay/Friends__family_honor.shtml

It may be time to write a letter to Rep. Young. Isn't it better to try to live in peace? How many more must be laid to rest in peace? Do you think his parents are sleeping well with a gaping hole in their lives that their son used to fill? Do any of us sleep better because our kids continue to die?

I'm so angry, so sad, so overwhelmed, and all I can offer to their families is condolences - and to the soldier who is #1,708, to any of them, is Rest in Peace.

[leesa]

7. Boy those numbers are rising fast!

[bemildred]

9. General: Insurgents upgrading explosives used in attacks

Officials said Sunni insurgents in Iraq have been developing increasingly powerful improvised explosive devices, the leading cause of U.S. military casualties in that Arab country. They said insurgents have produced shaped-charge explosives that could penetrate the U.S. Army M1A2 main battle tank and Bradley fighting vehicle.

Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel, director of the U.S. Army IED Defeat Task Force, told the Washington-based Lexington Institute that Iraqi insurgents have sought to compensate for the up-armoring of U.S. combat vehicles. Votel said Sunni insurgents have quickly learned the vulnerable points of even the most heavily-armored of U.S. combat vehicles.

Eleven U.S. soldiers were killed in IED attacks from June 9 to 11, Middle East Newsline reported. In one attack, five Marines were killed when their vehicle struck an IED during combat operations near Haqlaniyah in western Iraq.

The IED Defeat Task Force has examined IED strikes to determine the technology and methods used by insurgents. The force has also sought to discern the signature of bomb-makers for military intelligence.


http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/front2453536.0868055555.html

[Supersedeas]

10. democracy at gunpoint is hard werk for chickenhawks & a deadly comittment

for our bravest and brightest.