Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Troops in Iraq

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Troops in Iraq

BAGHDAD Aug 7, 2007 (AP)

Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers in the Baghdad area,
including three in a single strike, the military said Tuesday.

Three Task Force Marne soldiers were killed Saturday when a
roadside bomb struck their convoy south of Baghdad, according
to a brief statement that provided no more details.

One Multi-National Division Baghdad soldier was killed and
another wounded Monday when their vehicle was targeted by an
armor-piercing explosively formed penetrator, or EFP, in a
western section of the capital, the military said separately.

The U.S. military has accused Iran of supplying Shiite extremists
with EFPs to step up attacks against American forces. Tehran
denies the allegations.

The deaths raised to at least 3,678 members of the U.S. military
have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according
to an Associated Press count.


Read more: http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3454184

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Related:
MND-B patrol struck by explosively-formed penetrator - MNF Iraq
Task Force Marne Soldiers attacked - MNF Iraq

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 7
07 Aug 2007 09:23:13 GMT

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 0900 GMT on Tuesday:

-snip-

BAGHDAD - Three U.S. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb
hit their convoy south of Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military
said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded on
Monday when an armour-piercing bomb detonated, hitting their
vehicle during combat operations in a western section of Baghdad,
the U.S. military said.

-snip-

DIYALA - Four U.S. soldiers died on Monday in an explosion while
on combat duty in Diyala province in Iraq, the U.S. military said
on Monday.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM740769.htm

[Eugene]

1. (Reported Monday) Four soldiers killed in Diyala province explosion

Source: Associated Press

Four soldiers killed in Diyala province explosion

The Associated Press
Published: August 6, 2007

BAGHDAD: Four U.S. soldiers died Monday from wounds suffered
in a combat explosion in restive Diyala province north of
Baghdad, the American military reported. Twelve others had
minor injuries and returned to duty.

The military statement announcing the deaths gave no other
details and said identities of the victims were withheld until
family could be notified.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/06/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-US-Casualties.php

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Related: Four Task Force Lightning Soldiers killed, 12 wounded - MNF Iraq

[xchrom]

2. 60 decomposing bodies in baquba, no water in baghdad, mortar rounds in baghdad,

10 soldiers killed over the weekend, missing guns and ammo, -- and now this -- 4 more dead soldiers --

will this make it into the september report?

will the missing weapons of mass destruction even be mentioned?

the continuing cost compared against the disapearing iraqi government?

[babylonsister]

3. Roadside bombs kill 4 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

Source: Reuters

Roadside bombs kill 4 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

By Ross Colvin
Reuters
Tuesday, August 7, 2007; 7:40 AM

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four more U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, the military said on Tuesday, raising the U.S. death toll for the first six days of the month to 21 as thousands of troops battle militants in intense summer heat.

Off the battlefield, Iraq's crumbling national unity government was in crisis after five secularist ministers said they would boycott cabinet meetings until Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki addressed demands they first gave him in February.

The move means that 17 ministers, nearly half the cabinet, have now quit or are boycotting government meetings. The main Sunni Arab bloc pulled out last week and ministers loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr withdrew in April.

more...

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700508.html

[Olney Blue]

4. THIS WAR IS INSANE

:grr:

[Chipper Chat]

5. Things are going swimmingly!

The surge IS working and we should be able to start withdrawing troops in, let's say, the year 2092.

[0007]

6. Surging ahead !

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

[Connie_Corleone]

7. SELF DELETE

[saigon68]

8. "Bring em on" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[DeSwiss]

9. So where are the MRAP's to protect the troops?

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles are a family of armored fighting vehicles designed to survive IED attacks and ambushes.

MRAP Program
Partial list of orders under the MRAP program:

On January 30, 2007, FPI received an order for 2 Cougar H and 2 Cougar HE vehicles for testing and evaluation by the USMC for the MRAP program.<13>
On February 14, the Marine Corps Systems Command placed a US$67.4 million delivery order for 65 Category I Cougar H, and 60 Category II Cougar HE vehicles,<14> as well as a US$55.4 million delivery order 15 Category I BAE RG-33 vehicles, and 75 Category II BAE RG-33L vehicles, built in York, Pennsylvania.
On April 24, the Marine Corps Systems Command placed a US$481.4 million order with Force Protection for 300 Category 1 Cougar H vehicles and 700 Category II Cougar HEs.<15>
On May 31, the Marine Corps Systems Command ordered 1200 Category 1 International MaxxPros at a cost of $623M.<16>
On June 1, FPI received an order for 14 Category III Buffalo vehicles from the Marine Corps Systems Command. The contract is worth an approximate US$11.9 million and is scheduled for completion by spring 2008.<17>
On June 19, the Navy placed an order on behalf of the Marine Corps and Army for 395 Category 1, 60 Category 2 Force Protection Cougars at a cost of US$221 million, and for 16 Category 2 International MaxxPro XLs for the sum of US$8 million.<18>
On June 28, amended July 16, BAE received a US$235.8 million order for 16 RG-33 Category I patrol vehicles, 239 RG-33L Category II vehicles, 170 RG-33 Cat I variants for the United States Special Operations Command, out of their total allotment of 333 vehicles, and 16 RG-33L Category II Ambulance variants, which are the first vehicles in the competition specifically listed for the ambulance role.<19><20>
On July 13, Stewart & Stevenson (Armor Holdings) received an order for 1,154 Category I and 16 Category II MRAP vehicles from the Marine Corps Systems Command. The vehicles are for delivery by February 2008 and the order is worth US$518.5 million.<21>
On July 20, IMG received an additional order for 755 Cat I MaxxPro MRAP vehicles. <22>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAP_%28armored_vehicle%29