11 U.S. troops killed in escalating Iraq violence >

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Updated: 9:11 a.m. ET Jan. 6, 2006

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 slain on the same day.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10703607/

[jbnow]

1. Barely making headlines

On a Sunday show the In Memoriam section showed the names of 15 or 18 troops killed during that week. I'd had no idea. I thought of families going to the door expecting a holiday visitor...and the grim news they got instead, their lives changed forever.

No time is a good time for the news. So much loss and pain.
I know Iraqis suffered huge losses in the last few days too. Such grief.

My heart goes out to them but that doesn't do one thing to help them in their grief.

[Erika]

3. We have over 9,000 severely wounded troops

in addition to our dead. Checking daily at www.icasualties.org is indeed painful.

All the excuses bush, as CIC, can make for sending our troops into Iraq, are inexcusable.

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5. US. troops wounded/maimed = 16155 (this I hate being right about)

Casualties in Iraq
The Human Cost of Occupation
http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/

[proud patriot]

2. .

:cry: Darnit , it's just too much . I tried
so hard to keep the war from starting .:grr: :cry:

[Erika]

4. I also tried to keep W from going into Iraq

I ran a psychological profile on Saddam to show his concern was not to be a world leader but only that of a feudal type dictator. There was zero proof by the arms inspectors that there were any nuclear activities in Iraq. I called my DC reps saying we shouldn't invade. Being the Republicans they were they said we had no choice because of all the "imminent danger" to the U.S. shown by Rice, Powell, and Rumsfeld. The damn liars and the damn listeners to those lies. Republicans are either liars, incompetent, or both.