Three US Soldiers Killed in Traffic Accident near Baghdad

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20051016.txt

ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Three U.S. soldiers were killed and one US soldier and one non-U.S. civilian contractor were injured in a traffic accident in Iraq today.

The accident occurred 21 kilometers south of the Baghdad International Airport, at approximately 5:06 a.m. today. The injured were taken to the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad for treatment.

[sabra]

1. but but but, those soldiers told our prez yesterday

that everything is fine and dandy in Iraq. :sarcasm:

[tatertop]

2. Traffic accident?

[LatinoSocialist]

3. yeah...they accidently hit a roadside bomb

they didn't intend to...so it was an accident :sarcasm:

[cliss]

4. Traffic accident?

I wonder. We all know that the Baghdad airport is one of the most dangerous places for US troops to be. It's a shameful fact: the US occupiers STILL have not been able to secure the roads to the airport. If you think about it, it's incredible.

TOTAL FAILURE

[Journeyman]

5. My understanding is, anyone who wants to live drives 100 mph. . .

down the road from the airport, so yeah, I can see a traffic accident killing multiple soldiers, especially on a road such as that, which must be pitted and scarred from bombardments and explosive discharges.

[oregonindy]

6. if they werent in iraq they would not be dead. they are KIA

[lebkuchen]

7. Usually, it's determined to be an accident months after

it was determined to be a death resulting in an act of bravery against the evil doers.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?article=32243

Karen Meredith said it took five months to get her son’s personal belongings back. And more than a year after being informed of her son’s death, the Army told her that Ballard was killed in an accident, not by the enemy, as initially reported, she said.