3 more U.S. soldiers die in Iraq; December now among deadliest months of year

[sabra]

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3 more U.S. soldiers die in Iraq; December now among deadliest months of year

BAGHDAD (AP) - Three more American servicemen have died in Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday, putting December on track to be among the deadliest months of the year.

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The U.S. military said in a statement that a marine assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died Thursday in Anbar, the province west of Baghdad that is a hotbed for Iraq's insurgency, while a soldier assigned to a Regimental Combat Team died Tuesday, the statement reported.

A roadside bomb killed an American soldier Wednesday and wounded three others south of the Iraqi capital, the military added. The soldiers were in a convoy escorting servicemen to base.

As of Thursday, 71 American troops had been killed in December with 10 days left in the month - meaning that it already ranks as one of the four deadliest months for U.S. forces this year.

[saigon68]

1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[bdamomma]

8. we shall soon see the count going up, if they even consider

sending in more troops, and for what? what mission? until the job is done, what fuckin job? all for lies, these vital people sons and daughters, mothers and father's being "sacrificed" for what and for who? It is sickening, bush is piling up the bodies.

Peace on Earth? :sarcasm:

[rodeodance]

2. instead of Withdrawing the US is having SURGE in Troop DEATHS!

[Supersedeas]

3. Nothing to see here: feed them more Rosie v Trump infotainment

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. Impeach, Impeach, Impeach

It is our only hope of stopping or slowing done the madness...................

[rodeodance]

5. In other violence Thursday:

In other violence Thursday:

• In the northern city of Mosul, gunmen killed five civilians in separate shootings.

• The morgue in Kut, 25 miles south of the capital, received the bodies of five victims of violence. Two were decapitated, with hands and legs bound, and the other three were pulled from the Tigris river, a morgue official said.

• Two women were killed and one child was injured when mortar rounds landed in a Shiite area south of Baghdad, police said.

• A car bomb in Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded two others, police said.

[rodeodance]

6. may the gods/goddesses give them peace----and their families

[lebkuchen]

7. Germany service set for soldier killed in Iraq

A memorial service for a Schweinfurt, Germany-based soldier is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Ledward Barracks Chapel in Schweinfurt.

Pfc. Paul Balint Jr., 22, of Willow Park, Texas, died Friday in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his unit came under small-arms fire during combat operations.

Balint was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. But he was attached to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany, while deployed.

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