Seven U.S. Service Members Dead in Iraq Attacks

[Pirate Smile]

Source: Washington Post

Seven U.S. Service Members Dead in Iraq Attacks

By Bill Brubaker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 16, 2007; 6:00 PM

Seven American service members were killed and six others were wounded in five attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military announced today.

The attacks occurred in Baghdad, Fallujah and Anbar Province.

One soldier from the Multi-National Division-Baghdad unit died and another was wounded today when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in southern Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said.

A second Multi-National Division-Baghdad soldier died and another was wounded today when their combat security patrol was attacked with small arms fire in a southwestern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital, a military statement said.



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[TwilightGardener]

1. Goodness, was that all in one day?

[John Q. Citizen]

2. I wonder if those soldiers had guns if the attacks would have occured?

Umm, never mind.

[Erika]

3. Yes over 66 of our troops killed this month

But it won't get the play of the VTech deaths. Nor the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi deaths since W invaded Iraq.

As Tony Snow said, our dead in Iraq are "just" a number. The VTech students must have been more.

[Monkeyman]

5. We are sadly on a record pace

[tanyev]

10. Troop casualties are surging.

:cry:

[tabasco]

4. According to the corporate media, casualties are a sign of progress.

Jamie McIntyre on CNN said the high casualties means we're doing more so that means more progress.

I hope to see justice one day for every person who had a part in launching the needless Iraq war, including the media whores.

[Erika]

6. Well, by their logic, our Universities must be safer

because the student death toll is higher. Throw it back in their faces.

[xchrom]

7. oh john mcaaaaiiiinnnn -- baghdad called --

they said you're full of shit.

[Massachusetts]

8. FUBAR

May Bu$h and company rot in Hell.

Wake up America you should really be pissed off by now!

[peacebird]

9. over 4 US service folk a day killed this month....

http://icasualties.org/oif/
:cry:

[MrSlayer]

11. I can't think of anything to write about this.

The endless slaughter of people on both "sides" for the benefit of the very few has gotten to the point where I can't even express my feelings about it. It is such a jumble of mixed emotions ranging from abject horror to rabid outrage to cynical amusement to near indifference that I can't find the words anymore. There are some things worth dying for but none of what is going on now qualifies. It's just such a goddamn joke and insult.