Update from B'more Sun: 2 soldiers killed in Iraqi explosion

[displacedtexan]

Mods,
I posted this because of the additional info ("Oh, by the way, we lost another soldier" kind of just stuck inside this story) and the pic. Please delete if it's a dupe. Thanks!

2 soldiers killed in Iraqi explosion
5 hurt in Baghdad raid of site thought to have suspicious chemicals; Soldier dies in Fallujah fighting

By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press Writer
Originally published April 26, 2004, 11:57 AM EDT


Two soldiers were killed and five wounded, and a cheering mob of Iraqis looted their wrecked Humvees, taking away weapons, a helmet and a bandolier.

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In Fallujah, U.S. troops and insurgents battled around a mosque in fighting that killed one soldier and eight militants, shaking the area with heavy explosions a day after U.S. officials announced a fragile cease-fire in the besieged city was being extended.

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Afterward, dozens of cheering teenagers started to smash the abandoned Humvees. One child climbed on a hood and beat it with a stick. Iraqis stripped the vehicles of equipment, one carrying a heavy machine gun, another waving a U.S. helmet. One man sported military headphones.

"This is for the madman Bush, for the madman Bremer!" said one youth, waving a rifle and referring to President Bush and the top American administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer.






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[bigtree]

1. Almost everyday now

Vietnam

[displacedtexan]

2. Yep. Sad.

Gunfire + chemicals (even if they are for making perfume) =
:nuke:

Even a C- chem student could figure this much out! I don't believe the story that they were "searching for chemical weapons" stuff.