Military: 6 U.S. troops killed in Iraq

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Source: qp



Military: 6 U.S. troops killed in Iraq

1 hour, 35 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military Saturday announced the deaths of six more American service members in combat operations in Iraq, most of them in the Baghdad area.

Two soldiers died Friday and three others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in east Baghdad, the military said.

A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed Friday when an explosively formed penetrator exploded near their patrol in southeastern Baghdad, the military said. Three soldiers were wounded.

Explosively formed penetrators are high-tech bombs that the U.S. believes are provided by Iran. The Iranians deny the charge.

Three other service members were killed Thursday — two Marines in western Anbar province and a soldier in Baghdad, the command said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_casualties

[WhiteTara]

1. Suicide bomber kills 26 in Iraqi village

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber struck outside a cafe in a tiny Kurdish village near the Iranian border Friday, killing 26 people in a remote part of a province where U.S. forces are waging an offensive against Sunni insurgents, police said.

The blast ripped through the coffee shop near a market of Iranian goods in the village of Ahmad Maref, 87 miles northeast of Baghdad, said an official at the joint security coordination committee of Diyala province. At least 33 people were wounded, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The village is home to about 30 Kurdish families who had been expelled under Saddam Hussein's rule and returned after his fall. Many Kurds in the area are Shiite Muslims.

The village lies in the remote end of Diyala, a province where U.S. forces have been waging two offensives since mid-June, one focusing on Baqouba, Diyala's capital northeast of Baghdad, the other on Salman Pak, a region southeast of the capital.

The sweeps aim to close off an escape route for insurgents fleeing a security crackdown in Baghdad and to uproot al-Qaida militants and other fighters who use the region as a staging ground for attacks in the capital.

and you know, I 'm just thrilled that Lindsey Graham thinks things are wonderful and he is heartened...we are at 3598 dead soldiers.

[madrchsod]

2. 20 in 7 days

getting close to the 3 day average

http://icasualties.org/oif/
Iraq Coalition Casualties

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3. The surge is going nowhere

just killing more young men and women, with no end in sight.

Keerist. :-(

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Explosively formed penetrators are high-tech bombs that the U.S. believes are provided by Iran.

And there is this morning's war mongering propaganda. The current bullshit media stenography campaign insists that we are fighting Al Kader In Iraq and that we are getting blown up by Iran.

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5. needs some RECs

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6. k

[Eugene]

7. Make that eight - 2 more killed Friday

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 7
07 Jul 2007 12:49:18 GMT
Source: Reuters

July 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1230 GMT on Saturday:

* Denotes new or updated item:

* BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers killed by a roadside bomb while on
foot patrol south of Baghdad on Friday, the military said, taking to
eight the total number killed in Iraq in the last two days.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07265514.htm

[ckramer]

8. Do families of dead soldiers collect life insuance on the death?

It's a job related death so there should be having a big payout.