Ten US troops killed as Iraq debate heats up

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Ten more American soldiers have been killed in fighting in Iraq, the military announced on Sunday, on the eve of war-weary Washington's annual Memorial Day commemoration of its war dead.

But in a victory for US and Iraqi forces, troops liberated 41 people from an Al-Qaeda run torture facility in a lawless province northeast of Baghdad.

Most of the 10 US soldiers were slain in and around Baghdad, the epicentre of Iraq's vicious sectarian conflict and the focus of a controversial 28,000-strong surge in US troop numbers, which is due to peak next month.

Four soldiers were killed in two attacks in the Sunni province of Salaheddin on Saturday, while another four were killed in blasts in the capital. A marine and another soldier died in combat north and west of the capital.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070527/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_070527155219

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 27
27 May 2007 15:32:35 GMT

* JURF AL-SAKHAR - A car bomb targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint killed two soldiers and wounded three near Jurf al-Sakhar, 85 km (53 miles) south of Baghdad.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen dragged noted calligrapher Khalil al-Zahawi from a car near his house in the mostly Shi'ite New Baghdad district and killed, him, police said. Condemning the killing, the Sunni Muslim Scholars' Association called him the "sheikh" of Iraqi calligraphers.

BAGHDAD - Police said they had found the bodies of 12 men, aged between 15 and 24, who had been handcuffed, tortured and killed in the Doura district of southern Baghdad.

NAHRAWAN - Gunmen killed two farmers and wounded nine others in a drive-by shooting in Nahrawan, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed two people and wounded nine others when they threw concussion grenades at a busy market in Shorja in central Baghdad, police said

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL755178.htm

[Drum]

1. That's nearly 1000 since last Memorial Day...

:cry:

[maddezmom]

16. 19 since Friday

:cry:

[rodeodance]

22. one of the cable shows was quick to say that is about 200 down

from the year before!!

[acmavm]

2. Like Viet Nam, the 'enemy' is picking up the pace.

But then again, like Viet Nam' we were in a foreign country trying to enforce our will on them, and fighting a war we could never win.

[DemDem07]

3. The surge in US Troops Death is going along well.

:mad:

[young_at_heart]

4. Bur Laura Bush says there is only ONE bomb per day in Iraq

And the horrible media makes a big deal out of it.

[wellst0nev0ter]

13. It Hurts Her Beautiful Little Mind

Bush sure can pick 'em, can't he? Might as well marry his mother :eyes:

[hatrack]

18. Besides, no one suffers more than she does.

No one.

[SunDrop23]

32. She usually says that after she gargles down a bottle of scotch.

[tabasco]

5. RIP, Troops.

More wasted lives in an unjustified war.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. It's going to be a bloody summer, according to our pResident

and it hasn't even started yet. :cry:

[Aviation Pro]

7. I read today that we are over 100 for this month....

...for a rate of four a day. That next project management milestone/deliverable number of 4000 gets closer everyday. Congratulations, Mr. Monkey MBA.

Impeach. Remove. Indict. Imprison. Now.

[Straight Shooter]

8. A 15-year-old is not a man!

The bodies of 12 men, aged 15 to 24.

It's just ironic how many more troops are being killed while bush refuses to discuss withdrawal. :grr:

[19jet54]

10. TIA (from Blood Diamond Movie)

This Is Africa - Most infantry are 12-17 years - Infantry (young foot soldier)- It does not take a man to kill you?

in·fan·try (nfn-tr)
n. pl. in·fan·tries
1. The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot.
2. Soldiers armed and trained to fight on foot: The general ordered his infantry to attack.
3. A unit, such as a regiment, of such soldiers: Company B of the 7th Infantry.

(French infanterie, from Old French, from Old Italian infanteria, from infante, youth, foot soldier, from Latin nfns, nfant-, infant; see infant.)

[Straight Shooter]

12. I am painfully aware of child soldiers, their captivity of serving as soldiers.

My quarrel is with news stories that strip quasi-children of the sadness we normally associate with the death of a child, by lumping a 15-year-old into a group of "men." :(

[19jet54]

25. I understand...

... per the news quote, the tortured were 15-24 year old, military age men (vs women) as the target of the captors, that were killed? While I agree with the issue you address, I simply did not read it that way you did I guess? Which, per my son, is kind of the way it is in Iraq with military age Iraqi men (2 tours in Iraq as a Marine). But I do feel you pain...

[Doctor_J]

9. Better send more money to Halliburton

That is the only thing that can stop the carnage

:puke:

[Flagg]

11. This is turning into something incredibly ugly

[rodeodance]

21. yes. while the WH gives speeches on the glory of democracy

[Phredicles]

14. But hey, thanks Harry & Nancy for going all out to put a stop to the

carnage.:sarcasm:

[IndianaGreen]

29. I wonder if they noticed the blood on their hands

for every GI that has been killed and wounded since they caved in to Bush.

[Warren Stupidity]

15. How do we vote the War Party out of office?

This is a question that around 70% of americans would really like an answer to.

[bilgewaterbill]

17. You can't. See post #14. nt

[purduejake]

23. My thoughts exactly.

I thought the dems would bring about an end to the war. Now party leaders are working to keep us there despite what they say. It's no wonder "third parties" are picking up steam. I never again want to hear that voting for a third party is like voting for a Republican. On some of the most important issues, voting dem is like voting for a Republican.

[bilgewaterbill]

24. Which 3rd party(ies) is(are) picking up steam? I'm sick of this

same old, same old bullshit!

[purduejake]

31. Green party.

It's now an established party in the state of IL with 11% of the vote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Green_Party

[IndianaGreen]

30. Support the real antiwar candidates like Kucinich, or even the repentant Edwards

They are far preferable to those that still call for keeping a US military presence in Iraq beyond 2009, such as Hillary, Obama, Biden, etc.

[spanone]

19. Well, it's ok since junior said the fighting would get worse.

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[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. 3454

451 since January 1st if I'm not mistaken. If the current trend of deaths continue we'll be close to the YTD total in the next three months.

[Christa]

26. RIP

The poor poor families, loved ones :cry:

http://icasualties.org/oif/

3454


:cry:

[Hulk]

27. Present surge...

Sounds to me like we're really getting this surge together now. Did anyone in their right mind think this was NOT going to happen? More killing, more destruction, more misery for us as well as the poor Iraqi's who once had a life. This is so sad. OUT NOW!!

[IndianaGreen]

28. Democrats had a mandate to end the war, and they squandered it

From now on, Democrats are co-owners of this war with Bush.