U.S. soldier killed in attack north of Baghdad

[DeaconBlues]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20040325/ts_nm/iraq_soldier_dc


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was killed in an attack on a convoy north of Baghdad, the American military said Thursday.

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for the U.S. army in Iraq (news - web sites), said the soldier was killed near Taji Wednesday....(more)



And the horrible beat goes on.

[maddezmom]

1. every day

:( And with little notice.

[NeoConsSuck]

2. We can't have news like this..

during the Chimp's re-election bid.

And you can be damned sure the right wing cable news outlets (CNN, FOX) will not report it.

[saigon68]

3. " Bring Em On" screeched the AWOL sock-puppet of Pres Cheney

And "Bring IT ON", the resistance did.

One more Gold Star Family

One more set of Children without a parent

One more party this Friday, for the execs at Halliburton celebrating this weeks HAUL from the Public Trough.

[Robin Hood]

4. Tonight he poked fun at a dinner about the lack of WMD.

Nice huh?! Fucking jackass.

[Judi Lynn]

5. DU'ers observed the numbers rising with sorrow

It seems like we've been watching these numbers for years, doesn't it?

Very, very sad.

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May I please post this article concerning disabled American veterans here?
It concerns an odd turn in government toward a group of veterans who should be respected:

WOUNDED TROOPS

Group says visits to hospital blocked
By Wayne Washington, Globe Staff, 3/20/2004

WASHINGTON -- A prominent veterans group whose members have occasionally been critical of the Bush administration says it is being blocked from meeting with patients at the nation's leading Army hospital, which President Bush visited yesterday to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.

Officials from Disabled American Veterans, a nonprofit service group that counsels wounded veterans and tells them what government benefits they are entitled to, say that since Iraq war veterans began returning to the United States last year, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington has limited their access to patients, citing privacy and post-Sept. 11 security concerns.

The group has challenged the Bush administration on its support for various veterans' benefits, including payments to retirees and the size of the Veterans Administration budget, at a time when the president and the presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, are sparring over veterans' issues.

DAV leaders stop short of accusing the administration of blocking their access to veterans for political purposes, but said both the hospital and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld have yet to explain the change to their satisfaction.
(snip/...)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/03/20/group_says_visit... /

[saigon68]

6. Which one is this?