Three Civilians, Seven GIs Killed in Iraq

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5565758,00.html

Monday January 23, 2006 10:33 PM


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By ROBERT H. REID

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen wearing uniforms of a Shiite-led security force swept into a Sunni Arab neighborhood in central Baghdad before dawn Monday, killing three men and speeding away with more than 20 others, police and witnesses said.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military said seven more U.S. troops had been killed - a soldier in a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Monday, two Air Force members in a blast near Taji north of the capital late Sunday, and four soldiers in a roadside bombing near the northern town of Hawijah on Friday.

There was no word on the fate of kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll. Iraqi officials said joint U.S.-Iraqi operations were carried out recently to free her, but they provided no details.

Also Monday, bodies of eight Sunni Arabs were found in a field north of Baghdad - five days after they were seized on their way home by bus after being rejected for admission to the police academy in the capital. Twenty-three bodies of the group were found Sunday, and 35 were believed to have been on the bus. Police are often targeted by insurgents.

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1. 2234? I think that's the number CBS reported tonight.

Also a good feature on returning Vets who are running for public office, mostly Democrats and anti-war.

Hard to find silver linings.

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2. If such veterans help destroy the beast of imperialism and

oligarchy that will be the most silver of all linings.

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3. But at least we're free for one more day.

If our troops are fighting for freedom, they've kept us free another day.

But if our troops aren't fighting for our freedom, they died in vain.

Or for oil.