In Passing: Col. Stephen Scott, died Sunday during a mortar attack in the Green Zone

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Colonel Is 9th of Rank to Die in Iraq
By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD – 21 hours ago
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hd94_t74lPQtmArBwVcvBnQURJjwD8VV12L00

ST. LOUIS (AP) — In correspondence from Iraq's fortified Green Zone, Col. Stephen Scott had always insisted to relatives that he was safe. But recently, family members noticed a surge in violence had him worried.

"You could tell in his voice that he was telling us he was safe, but he wasn't really believing it in the last three weeks," his sister, Kathleen King said.

Scott, who had ties to St. Louis, died Sunday during a mortar attack on facilities inside the protected Green Zone in Baghdad, which houses the U.S. Embassy. Only the ninth soldier of his rank to have been killed in the Iraq war, he is one of the conflict's highest-ranking casualties.

An avid jogger, 54-year-old Scott was killed as he exercised on a treadmill in a U.S. military facility, King said.

The war so far has claimed the lives of more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers. Two colonels were among 12 people killed in 2007 when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Baghdad.

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[Eurobabe]

1. So sad.

But Petraeus says the surge is working? :shrug:

Lying bastards, I think they just want a platform so they can BOMB Iran before the election. :mad:

[Laurab]

2. Another one too many....

:cry: