5 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attack

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BAGHDAD, June 29--A coordinated attack in southern Baghdad killed five American soldiers and wounded seven others, raising the total number of U.S. fatalities in June to 100, the U.S. military said Friday.

The soldiers were on a combat patrol Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near them. Insurgents quickly followed with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, according to a statement. Of the seven soldiers evacuated to a military hospital, one was able to return to duty. The soldiers' names were withheld until their families could be notified.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/29/AR2007062900245.html?hpid=topnews

[TwilightGardener]

1. Very sad. RIP, warriors.

[madokie]

2. reading the rag called the tulsa world newspaper

you would never know that we've lost a hundred unreplacable fine Troops this month. how I hate that paper but its the only one we have

[Breeze54]

3. One was from my state -- Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Newsome, 27 , of Chicopee, Mass

"Surge" working so well. :sarcasm:

06/29/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Newsome, 27, of Chicopee, Mass.,
died June 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from
an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team...

Newsome formerly served in Kosovo, according to The Springfield Republican.
He graduated Chicopee Comprehensive High School in 1998.
His mother lives in Chicopee and his father in Springfield.


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Staff Sgt. Daniel Newsome, 27, of Springfield, Mass.,
searches for a drive-by shooter from the vehicle commander's
seat of a Humvee in east Baghdad on Wednesday.

Gunfire ruins a shopping trip every time

http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52308&archive=true

Soldiers’ stop at Baghdad hardware store interrupted by drive-by shooting

By Monte Morin, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, March 31, 2007

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