Troops' death toll in April reaches 100

[maddezmom]

Troops' death toll in April reaches 100
Radical cleric welcomes Spain's planned pullout
Monday, April 19, 2004 Posted: 0951 GMT (1751 HKT)


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military added a dozen more troops to the war's death roster over the weekend, bringing to 701 the number of American service members killed since March of last year, 505 of them in combat.

April's death toll for U.S. forces stood at 100 Monday.

The latest fighting included a fierce engagement Saturday between Marines and insurgents near Iraq's border with Syria.

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Zapatero, who was sworn into office Saturday, previously vowed to bring home Spain's 1,400 troops if the United Nations did not have "political and military control" in Iraq by June 30.

Radical Islamic cleric Muqtada al-Sadr welcomed Zapatero's announcement, an al-Sadr spokesman said Monday.

According to Fuad al-Turfi in Najaf, al-Sadr is also asking that people from all coalition countries put pressure on their governments to follow the footsteps of Spain and to pull out their forces.

U.S. civilian administrator L. Paul Bremer said Sunday that the recent heavy fighting underscored the need for international forces to remain in the country past the June 30 handover of sovereignty to an interim government.

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more: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/19/iraq.main/

[0007]

1. This crime family or the other crime family

don't give a flying fuck who dies. As long as those dollars keeping rolling in more will die.

[dbt]

2. And if those dollars should slow down or stop,

Even more soldiers will die to prime the pump. Bet on it!

:freak:
dbt

[0007]

3. Shit! I forgot about the pump that has to be primed when

air is being sucked instead of blood.