April is deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq since 2009

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Washington Post

April was the deadliest month for U.S. military forces in Iraq in nearly a year and a half and the worst by far for American troops since they officially ended combat missions in the country last year, according to military and independent record keepers.

In a statement released here Saturday, U.S. forces said an 11th soldier died Friday while conducting an operation in southern Iraq. With that death, the U.S. military tied its highest body count in Iraq since November 2009, when 11 soldiers also died, according to the Web site icasualties.org.

Five of the deaths were attributed to bombings and mortar or other attacks, mostly in the majority-Shiite south. Six were classified as noncombat-related.

Also Saturday, Iraqi civilian deaths numbered in the double digits for a third straight day, with a major bombing in the northern city of Mosul and targeted killings of government officials in and around Baghdad. In all, at least 14 people died.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/april-is-deadliest-month-for-us-troops-in-iraq-since-2009/2011/04/30/AFsWO8LF_story.html

[xchrom]

1. We should have a prez who would 'pledge' to get us out of there. Nt

[KG]

4. word.

[DissedByBush]

2. That damn Bush, oh, wait...

I thought Obama was supposed to get us the hell out of there!

I understand it's tough to clean up Bush's mess, but it's been over two years.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Mission Accomplished as of May, 2003. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[ixion]

5. Yeah, that was that so-called 'change' we were suckered to believe in

:grr:

[JackRiddler]

11. Obama will get the troops out of Iraq...

on the schedule that BUSH agreed with the Iraqi government in the SOFA agreement.

All troops not guarding the embassy are scheduled to leave and all bases to be turned over on December 31, 2011.

Obama is currently trying to negotiate an extension to keep 10,000 US soldiers in Iraq, but this will very likely fail in the face of uprisings in Iraq itself. The overwhelming majority of Arab Iraqis want to see the US out, and they will go.

[Demeter]

12. OH, to be young and naive again

I admire your faith.

[amyrose2712]

6. No, no, no, that skirmish its over ain't it?

[frylock]

7. wait. what? i was told, in no uncertain terms, that there were no more COMBAT troops in iraq..

were these troops advised and assisted to death?

[classysassy]

8. Why are our men and women dying?.

We the people(citizens) can stop the madness today,march on Washington tell those tin horn gangsters(congress) to stop funding those two evil wars for profit,demand that hearings be held to find out the reason we invaded Iraq and why we are still in Afghanistan.Let our elected officials know we are "Mad as hell and we aren't going to take their lies anymore".

[grahamhgreen]

9. End this scam/tragedy. Troops home now.

[jakeXT]

10. Afghanistan had an all time high of 45 US or 52 OEF Troops in April 2011

http://icasualties.org/OEF/index.aspx