10/9/06 73 Iraqis, 3 US Marines, US Soldier Killed; 18 Iraqis Kidnapped

[Botany]

http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=9821

That unelected chimp has opened the gates of hell in his misbegotten "Operation
Iraqi Freedom."

<In Monday and overnight developments in Iraq, the main story is the poisoning of an entire police division. Also, the U.S. military today reported the deaths of three marines on Sunday and the death of one soldier on Monday. At least 74 Iraqis died and 73 others were injured in other events, including a car bomb attack, which killed 13 and wounded 46 at a market in Baghdad. Among the Iraqi dead are the Iraqi vice-president's brother, a humanitarian worker and several policemen. Also, at least 18 people have been kidnapped, including Iraqi soldiers and the nephew of the Iraqi vice-president.

Several hundred police officers in Numaniya fell ill after breaking Ramadan fast. According to some reports seven policemen are known to have died and 1350 other officers were hospitalized; however, other reports state that no one died, and only three or four hundred officers became sick. Among the maladies reported were excessive bleeding and seizures. Authorities ordered an investigation and arrested four cooks as possible suspects in the mass poisoning.

The U.S. military reported that three marines died in Anbar province on Sunday and one soldier died Monday in Baghdad. This brings the total of American deaths in October to 33. The deaths of three other soldiers over the weekend had already been reported.

In Baghdad: Police found at least 40 corpses throughout the city. In the Sadr City neighborhood, gunmen kidnapped 11 soldiers from a checkpoint. Near the near Al-Mudallal mosque in Al-Ateefiya suburb, six civilians were also kidnapped.>


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[bdamomma]

1. this regime is shameless and has no remorse

their lies are killing our soldiers

2736....2747 American victims-------how many more and for what noble cause did they die for.