ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 2 MND-B SOLDIERS (#2462)

[leftchick]

ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 2 MND-B SOLDIERS

Release Date: 5/25/2006

Release Number: 06-05-02C

Description: BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two Multi-National Division – Two Baghdad Soldiers were killed at approximately 2 p.m. May 25 when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad.

The names of the Soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The incident is currently under investigation.

http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Lists/Casualty%20Reports%201/DispForm.aspx?ID=1245&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecentcom%2Emil%2Fsites%2Fuscentcom1%2FLists%2FCasualty%2520Reports%25201%2FCurrent%2520Reports%2Easpx

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. 2 more give their lives for lies.

The real tragedy is, there is no end in sight......... :argh:

[deadparrot]

2. RIP.

...

[partylessinOhio]

3. Every mother (and father too) of a soldier needs to stand with Cindy

in front of the White House until "HE" decides to withdraw the troops now.

How many more is this nation willing to let die for lies and the greed of corporate world?

[Robb]

4. Correct me if I'm wrong

...isn't 2,500 the "Pearl Habor number"?

RIP. :(

[leftchick]

8. "more than 2400"

More than 60 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told Americans that December 7, 1941, was "a date which will live in infamy." On that morning, America was attacked without warning and without provocation. More than 2,400 Americans died and 1,100 were wounded. Our country was changed forever. Following that attack, our citizens responded with the strength and resolve that characterizes America in times of adversity, and that same spirit and courage carried us to victory in World War II. On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we honor the lives lost in that attack and salute the veterans of World War II. We also pay tribute to all those now serving America to advance freedom around the world. \

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031205-10.html

:(

[Charlie Brown]

5. RIP, heroes

Every time I hear about another death in Iraq, I hope it will be the final one.

[Divernan]

6. These may not have been US soldiers

The description below of the makeup of the multinational division is several years old, and some of the "willing" have left the coalition by now. And when this was written the division was not in Baghdad. Still, I doubt if it's all US forces. Whichever country lost soldiers today, it's still tragic.

www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2003/n09062003_200309062.html


Rumsfeld Visits Multinational Division in Iraq
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

AL HILLAH, Iraq, Sept. 6, 2003 – An assortment of uniforms greeted Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld as he arrived at the headquarters of the Multinational Division South-Central here today.
Polish Maj. Gen. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, the division commander, greeted the secretary. With the general were staff officers from Hungary, Spain, Ukraine and the other nations that have contributed forces to the division. U.S. Marines are still at the base, but they will leave soon, officials said.

The division comprises 8,000 troops. The Polish have made the largest contribution to the division, followed by Spain and Ukraine. Rumsfeld said it pleased him to see so many countries working together for peace in Iraq. Seventeen nations have troops in the division, with more expected, said Polish officials.

The division has taken over the area the U.S. Marines formerly occupied. It encompasses Karbala, Babil, Najaf, Al Qadisayah and Wasit. The area is 80 percent Shiia, said a senior defense official, and things calmed down very quickly in the area after the arrival of the Marines in April.

The Polish general said the handover from the Marines to his command went very smoothly. The biggest problem, he noted, is overcoming the language problems. "All orders are issued to the NATO standard," said a senior Polish officer. "When it goes out to the various commands, they translate it as needed." Some business is conducted in Russian, a common language among some allies.

[leftchick]

7. 4 more US dead from yesterday

this is the only report I have seen of any MNF dead which includes US I believe.