Five more U.S. soldiers die in Iraq (17 killed since Sunday)

[sabra]

Source: USA Today/AP

BAGHDAD (AP) — Five U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, including three killed in roadside bombings in Baghdad and north of the capital, the military said Wednesday.

That raised to 17 the number of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq since Sunday.

The explosion that killed a Multi-National Division — North soldier occurred in Salahuddin province, according to a statement.

A Multi-National Division — Baghdad soldier also was killed by a roadside bomb in a northeastern section of the capital, the military said.

A separate statement said a Multi-National Division — Center soldier died in a roadside bombing Tuesday while conducting operations east of the capital.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-04-09-iraq-soldiers_N.htm

[Flagg]

1. 100 more years.

[Skittles]

2. I don't feel any great hope with HRC or Obama

but I know I feel NO HOPE with MCCAIN :puke:

[Journeyman]

3. And that's 100 years "after" our soldiers stop getting killed. . .

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/187978.php


To get a feel for what McCain was saying, about the best account I've seen is Rick Hertzberg's in The New Yorker. He was there at the townhall meeting and wrote up his account shortly thereafter.

Read the whole thing; but here's Rick's conclusion and response to those who even then were already saying McCain was being taken out of context ...

You have to hand it to McCain. It's impossible to imagine any of the other Republicans engaging in this kind of extended conversation with a citizen. There was more real debate in this exchange than in any of the so-called real debates.

But what the context shows, I think, is that yanking that sound bite out of context isn’t really all that unfair. McCain's wants to stay in Iraq until no more Americans are getting killed, no matter how long it takes and how many Americans get killed achieving that goal—that is, the goal of not getting any more Americans killed. And once that goal is achieved, we'll stay.

Link to Hertzberg's full article:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/hendrikhertzberg/2008/01/a-hundred-years.html

[ramapo]

4. But there's light at the end of the tunnel

Seems almost like yesterday when the asshole politicians and military men were spouting that line about Vietnam.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Who could've imagined a more fucked up situation?

[MadMaddie]

9. I thought Patreus said "There is no light at the end of the tunnel"!

[Purveyor]

5. Well at least this just got mentioned on MSNBC.... eom

[Faygo Kid]

6. The nightmare that doesn't end

Casualties back up, and little real analysis by the media.

I can't believe the lack of outrage.

[Zachstar]

7. I feared that was about to happen. The warning signs appreared when tentions grew between the groups

Iraq is falling apart and they are targeting US troops as usual. What the fuck do we owe these assholes who take our money, Kiss up to Iran and kill our men?

Bush! Take us out of Iraq!

[samsingh]

8. this is horrible

[Warren Stupidity]

10. WTF "Multi-National Division "?

Keep playing Charades over there with the bullshit names. Get our troops the fuck out of Iraq. We had no business invading them to begin with, the Iraqis sure don't want us there, we have no business staying. Every life lost there is just wasted. The term worked for 'nam and it works for iraq. Wasted. What crap.

[saigon68]

11. It is a Bullshit name

Multi-National = Guys & Gals who have been there 3 times and Blackwater

[fed-up]

12. has anybody seen an MSM headline matching the (complete) title of this thread? nt

[Warren Stupidity]

14. The OP added the stuff in parenthesis

but that detail is duly noted in the article linked to. Minor violation. So what?

[fed-up]

17. my point was that MSM is not putting 17 in the story titles-which it should be doing

they are burying that sometimes two, three, four, five or six paragraphs into the story

I am glad OP added the info to their thread title

[Warren Stupidity]

20. Oh well of course not.

My guess is that if you asked a random mouse-potato how many soldiers of ours were killed in Iraq this week they would not know and would guess something like one or two. The media has done its job well (again.)

[scarface2004]

13. mkane is very pleased!

craves violence...lusts for blood! he is jacking off right now!

[saigon68]

15. I thought that was Gangster Cheney's MO

A little violence to obtain arousal

[maddezmom]

16. 18 US soldiers killed this week as clashes continue in Sadr city and 1 non combat/19

~snip~

They added an earlier air raid, around midnight, killed four and wounded six near Al-Albaith mosque in the centre of Sadr City, stronghold of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr whose Mahdi Army militiamen are fighting Iraqi and US forces. Among those killed were two brothers, both adults, according to the security officials, cited by the AFP.



A U.S. military statement Thursday said 13 militants were killed in four separate clashes during the night. It also announced the death of another U.S. soldier Wednesday in a roadside bombing in central Baghdad, raising to 18 the number of American troop deaths in Iraq since Sunday.

more:http://albawaba.com/en/news/225339


MND-B Soldier dies of non-combat related cause (Baghdad)
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080409-15
April 9, 2008

MND-B Soldier dies of non-combat related cause (Baghdad)

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died from non-combat related injuries at approximately 6:30 a.m. April 9.

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

The incident is under investigation.


http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18324&Itemid=128

[ljm2002]

18. Yes they are avoiding totaling up the numbers, aren't they...

...it doesn't fit with the narrative of how much "better" things are in Iraq.

So much better, that an officer was killed in the Green Zone while exercising.

So much better, that Maliki is free to start fights that get American troops killed, so that he can weaken his political opposition.

So much better, ... right.

But what really, really chaps my hide, is that now TPM is joining the propaganda brigade by looking kindly on this interview of John Burns and Dexter Filkins, who go on about how much better it is there. No, really. Why (among other things), they even cited the fact that John McCain was able to walk about in an open-air market... Yes they really did. About that time I gave up listening. See it here:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/188294.php

Geez, will we EVER learn?????

[Life Long Dem]

19. 17 killed.

And Msnbc shows a news alert of a man in a crane having a "panic attack". Rescue workers abound to the scene to the rescue! Whooo!! That WAS a close one.