Three U.S. Soldiers Killed West of Baghdad

[Flagg]

Three U.S. Soldiers Killed West of Baghdad
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least three U.S. soldiers were killed and one wounded by a roadside bomb west of the Iraqi capital Tuesday, the U.S. military said.



"The last report I have is that three soldiers were killed and one wounded," a U.S. spokesman said.


He said a roadside bomb had exploded in the town of Khaldiya at around 1 a.m. There are regular attacks on U.S. forces in the Khaldiya region, where resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq (news - web sites) is strong.


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[tabasco]

1. RIP, troops.

We will remember your needless sacrifice, and seek to punish the corrupt administration that is responsible.

[Corgigal]

2. Damn IT

What happened to one a day? I thought it was awful then but the past few weeks it's always in 3's or 4's. I guess the military didn't want them to go out in small formations anymore and this is the result.

[laruemtt]

3. what is the accurate total now?

that woman who called in on cspan this morning said she heard on cnn one day of 37 being killed in one incident and then nothing more was said. wtf???

[Maeve]

5. Lunaville says 515, having just added today's three

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

[starroute]

15. I think the 37 was a wounded figure

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0123/p06s01-woiq.html

"Six Iraqi police officers and six coalition troops - four from Bulgaria, and two from Thailand - were killed Dec. 27, in an assault that combined attacks with four suicide car bombs, mortars, and grenades across Karbala.

"Some 37 coalition soldiers were wounded, along with 135 Iraqi police and civilians, in the most serious attack to date in south-central Iraq."

[Dhalgren]

4. Why are the Bush admin and the media

talking as if the war has lessened, somehow, since Satan/Saddam was "captured"? I don't see any let-up, at all. How can we continue with this criminal stupidity?

[Jackpine Radical]

6. I guess the number of attacks er day has declined a few %.

Their lethality has obviously increased dramatically.

[styersc]

9. Killing insurgenst is a lot like killing coyotes-

the first ones you get are the stupid ones. After that you are left with the slyest ones that are hardest to get.

Things will only get worse.

[Go Eagles]

17. also

The other pattern you see is that insurgent attacks wax and wane. They hit a period where they are really high. Our forces step up in various offensives and attacks dip for a short while. Shrub then tries to spin at as the resistance is beginning to fizzle out. What actually happens is a classical guerrilla maneuver; hide and disperse when the heat is on, then reorganize and hit harder. This is an winnable conflict. So much for the resitance being Saddam loyalists/dead enders.

[oldshoe]

7. These figures don't include the US civilians...

...working for private US contractors. I think about a dozen so far, but if anyone knows, please tell.

This may be a long haul, and I wonder whether it is the National Guard taking the real hits here. They have poorer body armor.

[papau]

8. Add 1 more near Fallujah, and 1 Canadian in Afghanistan - and the total

reports of today's dead you will see on Broadcast news will be

0

today.

[Flagg]

11. 1 near Fallujah ?

have a link ?

[catmandu57]

13. So, the known or admitted number is probably 519

I don't believe that the helicopter pilots or the soldier that went into the Tigris will be found alive.

[Aidoneus]

10. Saddam's capture seems to have helped out the resistance

those Islamic & leftist forces who Saddam had regularly put the boots to can now see no hesitation in cooperating with any of the Baathists (who reportedly only make up, at most, 30% of the resistance movements), knowing that when Iraq is liberated from occupation the ruling system can never be as it was before. Thus it is that the efforts against the occupation are maintained at a comperable or greater level.

A sort of event far more remarkable, but less newsworthy, than these attacks on occupation forces is the strident confidence that Iraqi workers are showing, thanks in large part to the organization efforts of dissident communists like the WCPI-formed unions. These do not make the news as much, but well work to "fight" in a way that hurts much more--directly at the economic aspect of the occupation and the plans for the lackey regime to act as a US proxy in the recolonization of Iraq.

[Mari333]

12. Out of sight out of mind

the US public ignores it, the media ignores them.

[hatrack]

16. WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Stock Market Rally!!!!!!!!!!1

That Howard Dean - CRAAAAAAAAZY!!!!!!!! Look, it's Scott Peterson! Look, it's Michael Jackson! Look, it's Martha Stewart! Look, it's Kobe Bryant! Look - it's Jessica Simpson! Academy Award Nominees! Golden Globe winners! 2004 Auto Show! Consumer confidence rebounding! Super Bowl! Super Bowl commercials! Look, it's Scott Peterson again! President Bush! Look, it's Martha Stewart again! (3 killed in Iraq ) Look, it's Kobe Bryant again! Stock Market Rally!!!

[Minstrel Boy]

14. It used to be only Iraqi deaths were invisible.

The speed with which the media and public have adjusted to this "new normal" is disgraceful.

[Zech Marquis]

18. not the 3 missing GIs, right?

I haven't heard a nother word on their situation lately, and that's disturbing...

[markses]

19. No, not the soldier and two Kiowa pilots

Although the smart money is adding those poor souls to the toll. The Army just haven't found them yet, and they can't make an official pronouncement until they turn up or a certain amount of time has passed. Goddamn stupid war.

[Barrett808]

20. AP: Twin Bombings Kill 3 GIs West of Baghdad

Twin Bombings Kill 3 GIs West of Baghdad
By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD, Associated Press Writer

KHALDIYAH, Iraq - Twin roadside bombings west of Baghdad killed three American soldiers Tuesday, and the U.N. chief said he was ready to send a team to Iraq (news - web sites) to assess prospects for early elections — if the U.S.-led coalition can guarantee security.

Two Iraqi civilians also were killed in the ambush — including one who was shot in the stomach as he stood in his office nearby, hospital staff said.

In addition to the three American dead, one U.S. soldier was injured, the U.S. military said.

Iraqi witnesses said a roadside bomb exploded next to a Humvee in the convoy in the tense region west of the capital. As reinforcements arrived, another bomb went off, hitting a second military vehicle, they said.

Khaldiyah and Fallujah are part of the "Sunni Triangle," the area in central Iraq where most of the anti-U.S. attacks by die-hard Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalists have occurred.

"I saw more than three soldiers in the Humvee on fire," said Emad Abd Salah, 30, who suffered injuries to his hands. He said he saw the soldier riding atop the Humvee fall to the ground.

"The vehicle was lifted from the ground from the explosion," he said at the Ramadi Hospital. U.S. troops fired randomly after the explosion, he said.

Abdul Hamid Marzouq, a nurse at the Ramadi Hospital where the casualties were brought, said two Iraqis were killed — Hadi Abd Shehab, the director of agriculture of Khaldiyah, and Hamd Nayef, a taxi driver.

Nayef, who was driving by at the time of the explosion, was injured in the head and face, Marzouq said, adding that three people were injured.

Marzouq said Shehab died of a gunshot wound to the stomach. Witnesses said he was shot while standing in his office close the blast scene, and died on way to the hospital. It was not clear who shot him.

Nameer Mohammed, who said he was standing about 500 yards away when the attack occurred, claimed American soldiers fired randomly after the blasts. This could not be independently confirmed.

(more)

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[kskiska]

21. Remember when it was one a day?

And that was considered bad.