MNF Iraq: Bomb blast strikes Baghdad patrol (2 incidents, 2 dead)

[Eugene]

Bomb blast strikes Baghdad patrol
Saturday, 30 December 2006
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20061230-02
Dec. 30, 2006

Bomb blast strikes Baghdad patrol

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – An improvised explosive device detonated near a Multi-National Division -
Baghdad patrol, killing one Soldier in a northwestern section of the Iraqi capital
Dec. 29.

The unit was conducting a combat security patrol when a roadside bomb exploded
near them, killing one Soldier and wounding two others.

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The deceased Soldier’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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Full article: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8624&Itemid=21

Also from MNF Iraq...

Soldier killed in Western Iraq
Saturday, 30 December 2006
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20061230-01
Dec. 30, 2006

Soldier killed in Western Iraq
Multi-National Force – West PAO

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – One Soldier assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division was
killed as a result of enemy action Saturday while conducting combat operations in
the Al Anbar Province.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and
release by the Department of Defense.

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Full article: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8623&Itemid=21

[IndianaGreen]

1. We are about to break the 3,000 dead milestone this weekend

Regardless, we are holding a vigil in downtown Indianapolis this Sunday at 6 PM. The names of the fallen will be read, and a bell will toll, in their memory.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Yep

and actually I feared more than just the 3000 mark... thinks will get ugly fast, if my tummy is right... or rather uglier

[4nic8em]

4. This Milestone

is no big deal to the chimp admin. Tony Snow said it's "just a number".

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Welcome to DU

and commas, remember comans

[Erika]

3. And W's war goes on

without end.

[maddezmom]

6. December deadliest month for U.S. in Iraq in 2 yrs....2998

BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (Reuters) - December became the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq in two years after the U.S. military reported six more combat deaths, leaving the tally just two short of the emotive 3,000 mark.

Three U.S. marines died on Thursday from wounds suffered in combat in Iraq's western Anbar province. One soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in northwest Baghdad and another soldier was killed in Anbar on Friday, the military said on Saturday.

Another statement announced the death of a U.S. soldier killed by a roadside bomb in southwest Baghdad on Friday.

The latest deaths take the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq since the invasion of March 2003 to 2,998, according to icasualties.org, a Web site that tracks U.S. deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR048762.htm