Five US Marines dead in Fallujah

[jadedcherub]

FIVE US Marines were killed today by gunfire from within the mosque in the Iraqi city of Fallujah that was under attack from US forces, a Central Command spokesman said.


http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9225075%255E1702,00.html

[Commendatori]

1. Per CNN, I'm sure this is "less than a half dozen."

Makes me sick.

[terisel]

5. CNN Counting Terminology

5 Dear Soldiers = Less Than a Half Dozen. Maybe GW Bush can start reading counting books to the 1st graders using CNN arithmetic.

[dolo amber]

2. BBC still says *wounded*

I guess we'll just have to wait a few hours until our media picks up on it...:eyes:

[leanings]

3. Yeah.

Lunaville had linked to an AP story on Yahoo saying five dead, but that story isn't up anymore. The newest AP story, up maybe five minutes ago, is saying five wounded. But there are other sources saying two dead. All this concerning fire from the mosque.

Gonna have to let the dust settle.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Hi jadedcherub

Please post all casualty counts on the running thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x469814

Thanks! :hi: