15 Iraqis(National Guard) killed in attack near Syrian border

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/iraq_unrest_toll

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RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - Fifteen Iraqi National Guardsmen (ING) were killed in an overnight attack in Qaim near the Syrian border, according to a police officer in the town and a message received at provincial police headquarters.

"Armed gunmen attacked a national guard post overnight, killing 15 soldiers and stealing their weapons," read the internal message at the Ramadi headquarters for Al-Anbar province.


A police officer in Qaim, a suspected gateway for foreign fighters on their way from Syria to the rebel town of Fallujah in western Iraq (news - web sites), confirmed Thursday's attack and gave the same death toll.


In a separate attack, a national guard checkpoint in Rutba, close to the Jordanian border, was attacked without casualties, as the assailants seized weapons and fled, according to Ramadi police.


...Terribly bloody day again in Iraq. Is this the road to freedom?
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1. The White House is courting a disaster in Iraq and George W. Bush

...is focused on getting re-elected. How totally insane is that? He needs to be off the campaign trail and doing what is best to protect our troops and bring them back from the middle east alive and safe.