Soldier Killed in Iraq After Bush Visit

[Robin Hood]

Jeezus h Christ!! Do you have any idea how hard it was to find this? I feel sorry for forgotten soldier. it's already begun.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031128_1417.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq Nov. 28 — A day after President Bush's surprise visit to Baghdad, a U.S. soldier was killed Friday when guerrillas shelled a military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

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A soldier died on Thanksgiving from a gunshot wound inside the heavily fortified U.S. base in Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad. Military officials have refused to describe the circumstances of the shooting.

Another soldier died Friday when four mortar shells pounded a 101st Airborne Division base in Mosul. Iraqi insurgents have stepped up attacks in previously calm Mosul in recent weeks.

U.S. soldiers in Ramadi shot a 7-year-old Iraqi child in the foot after the child pointed an AK-47 automatic rifle at them, the U.S. military said.

And a U.S. soldier was seriously wounded after a roadside bomb struck a convoy he was traveling in near the town of Samarra, about 75 miles north of Baghdad, said Lt. Col. William MacDonald, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.

Two other U.S. soldiers were injured when their tank struck a land mine near the Syrian border, the military said.

[silverchair]

1. this is so sad

that our country seems to focus more on stuffing our faces on thanksgiving and then afterwards blowing cash on holiday shopping. i am so sorry that the soldiers have to go through this crap. it really makes me sick. :puke:

[Robin Hood]

2. And we wouldn't want to taint Bush's photo op with the death of a soldier.

sickening.

[Robin Hood]

3. Kick.

[nostamj]

4. the KEY phrase in this:

inside the heavily fortified U.S. base

screw rebuilding the iraqi infrastructure, time to increase the fortifications, huh?

thank god for all the progress or we'd have NO good news!

/sarcasm

[WilliamPitt]

5. It was the top story on truthout today

http://truthout.org/docs_03/112903A.shtml

[Robin Hood]

6. And if we were not as informed as we are.

We would all think that everything is just peachy in iraq, especially since Bush went there. That's what the majority of the voting public sees and thinks.