Roadside bomb kills three U.S. soldiers in Baghdad

[cal04]

Source: Reuters

A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers when it struck their vehicle in Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement on Wednesday.

The vehicle was hit in the northwestern part of the capital late on Tuesday, the statement said. There were no further details.

Attacks have fallen across Iraq in recent months due to a crackdown on militants, U.S. commanders say, but 22 soldiers have been killed so far in February.

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[jasmine621]

1. DAMN IT!!!

Damn the neocon cabal!!

[babylonsister]

2. Thanks for not forgetting them. The surge ain't working. nt

[Cooley Hurd]

6. The Mahdi Army's cease-fire might be lifted by al Sadr...

...according to this:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNhVbwmjixMs2NciVz_S_cCCgk2AD8UTV0PO0

BAGHDAD (AP) — Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened to lift by the end of the week a six-month cease-fire widely credited with helping reduce violence in Iraq, officials said Wednesday.

Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, a spokesman for al-Sadr in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, said that if the cleric failed to issue a statement by Saturday saying that the cease-fire was extended "then that means the freeze is over."

The cease fire was declared in August and due to expire at this month's end.

Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army is among the most powerful militias in Iraq. The crux of the message being sent by the organization was that al-Sadr followers would be free to resume their activities if no message was sent by the cleric on Feb. 23.

According to al-Obeidi, this "has been conveyed to all Mahdi Army members nationwide."

The threat was confirmed by another al-Sadr official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The U.S. military has welcomed the cease-fire, saying it is a major factor in the estimated 60 percent decline in violence in the country in the second half of 2007.

[bluestateguy]

3. Disgusting. The surge had failed. The war was wrong.

nt

[wtmusic]

4. What happened to all the crowing from the GOP

about how the surge is "working"?

Ain't enough armor in the world to protect our soldiers when they're somewhere they've no right to be.

Bring them home now!

[LaPera]

5. At least a soldier a day...sadly, means occupation & escalation is working?

It's ALL a lie!

War for profit!

[Massachusetts]

7. RIP Troops

FUBAR!