Bomb kills 2 U.S. soldiers in Baghdad

[leftchick]

#2600 and #2601... :(

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Two U.S soldiers were killed Saturday when their foot patrol was hit by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, the military said. The deaths brought to 23 the number of Americans killed in Iraq this month.
At least 2,600 members of the U.S. military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The names of the soldiers were not released and no further details were given.
Also Saturday, the U.S. military said soldiers had raided a funeral and detained 60 men suspected of ties to al-Qaida car bombings.
It was the first announcement of a major roundup of suspected insurgents since troop reinforcements began arriving for a new crackdown in Baghdad.

[IndianaGreen]

1. By my count this makes 2,601 dead GIs

there is another LBN thread about the 2,599 casualty.

[0007]

2. Two more for the Baghadad pile!

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


Support the war - Donate a Son a daughter
The GOP working for a better America
God Bless America

[MaineDem]

3. How very sad

I'm afraid Iraq might fade from the nation's conscience like New Orleans and the ravaged Gulf region.

On edit - and like Afghanistan. Didn't I just see two Americans were killed there today?

[karlrschneider]

4. Heckuva job Chimpy

R.I.P.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

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