11 U.S. Troops Killed in One Day in Iraq

[tocqueville]

By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer
5 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military on Friday announced the deaths of six more American troops killed in the recent barrage of violence that has swept Iraq, bringing to 11 the number of troops killed on the same day.

A U.S. Marine and soldier died in the attack by a suicide bomber who infiltrated a line of police recruits in Ramadi on Thursday, killing at least 58 and wounding dozens. Two soldiers were also killed in the Baghdad area when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the military said Friday.

In addition, two U.S. Marines were killed by separate small arms attacks while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, the military said.

The military had previously announced the deaths of five soldiers hit by a roadside bomb south of Karbala. The attack came minutes before a second suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims in that city, killing 63.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[BuyingThyme]

1. Progress.

Stay the course.

[durablend]

2. Yeah, don't you understand

That "11" is a divine number meant to indicate that the insurgency is in it's last throws?

You sound like one of those liberal defeatists! :sarcasm:

[BuyingThyme]

3. I'm just glad these Americans didn't die in a downed

Black Hawk helicopter. That would be a national disgrace.