surge update - 4 Americans Killed in Iraq

[spanone]

BAGHDAD — Four American soldiers were killed near the capital in the past two days, the military said Saturday, and north of Baghdad an American attack helicopter killed six people who the Iraqi police said were pro-American Sunni militia fighters.

Three soldiers were killed when militants attacked their patrol with a roadside bomb northwest of the capital on Saturday, the military command in Baghdad reported. Two Iraqi civilians also died.

The fourth American soldier was killed south of the capital on Friday by indirect fire, which normally refers to mortar shells or rockets. Four other soldiers were wounded in the attack, according to a military statement, which did not provide any more details.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/world/middleeast/23iraq.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

[riverwalker]

1. my God ...4000

I think it is.

[Thepricebreaker]

2. whats with everyone waiting with bated breath for rounded off numbers of dead soliders?

Its not going to change shit...

[magellan]

4. Do you know why stores will sell an item for $39.95 rather than $40.00?

The same reason 3995 dead soldiers doesn't register with many, but 4000 does.

It's not that people wait with bated breath for these terrible milestones; they simply have their own power to focus attention.

[rodriguez94]

3. I am sorry to say I think you may be right....

this page was updated this moring...these 4 will make 4000 ....


http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/

[undeterred]

5. I hope this president reaps all the misery he has sown

- not that one lifetime would be enough.