Eight U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks-Military (in the past 2 days)

[Barrett808]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents killed eight U.S. soldiers in various attacks in the past two days, the U.S. military said in a statement on Sunday.

The deaths and attacks had not previously been reported.

Four 1st Armored Division soldiers were killed in two separate attacks on April 9 in Baghdad, the statement said, while three 1st Infantry Division soldiers were killed and two wounded in an ambush near Tikrit, north of Baghdad the same day.

On April 10th, a Marine was killed as a result of fighting in the al-Anbar province west of Baghdad.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040411/ts_nm/iraq_deaths_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480

[Earth_First]

1. How long can/will the "insurrgency" last?

two words: Viet Nam

[Robbien]

2. So they waited for Easter Sunday to release this news

The GOP/AEI media center appears to good at what it is supposed to do, fog up the war.

Hopefully the families of those fallen were not also made to wait.

[markses]

3. Some of these are ADDITIONS to the deaths already reported, not TOTALS

To wit, before this report:

9-Apr: 6
1 - 13 COSCOM killed in attack on supply convoy, Abu Ghraib;
1 - 1AD killed by IED near Camp Cook, Sadr City Baghdad;
3 - I MEF killed in action west of Baghdad (Fallujah?);
1 - 1st Cavalry division killed in IED attack, Taji

10-Apr: 3
1 - Airman killed in mortar attack, Balad airbase;
1 - I MEF killed in action, Fallujah;
1 - I MEF killed in action, Ramadi

11-Apr: 3
2 - 1st Cavalry Division, killed in Apache shootdown, west of Baghdad;
1 - 1ID(?) died of wounds sustained 9-Apr in Baquba

After this report (I assume that the 1st Armored Division soldier already listed is included, and the Marine is already listed; changes appear in bold print):

9-Apr: 12
1 - 13 COSCOM killed in attack on supply convoy, Abu Ghraib;
4 - 1AD killed by IED near Camp Cook, Sadr City Baghdad; (+3 killed in Baghdad/ no specifics)
3 - I MEF killed in action west of Baghdad (Fallujah?);
1 - 1st Cavalry division killed in IED attack, Taji
3 - 1ID, killed in ambush, Tikrit

10-Apr: 3
1 - Airman killed in mortar attack, Balad airbase;
1 - I MEF killed in action, Fallujah;
1 - I MEF killed in action, Ramadi

11-Apr: 3
2 - 1st Cavalry Division, killed in Apache shootdown, west of Baghdad;
1 - 1ID(?) died of wounds sustained 9-Apr in Baquba

[Turbineguy]

4. The PNAC

was willing to sacrifice some 2500 people to get their "unifying event". The DoD estimated 3000 dead in the Iraq Campaign (before they advised against it).

We know Bush does not care how many die, just so he gets re-selected.

So we are left with: at what point will the American population stand up at say "ENOUGH!"?

[Mari333]

5. The US populace, shameful people that they are

have no excuse for their arrogance, no excuse for their not caring, no excuse for allowing themselves to be brainwashed. There reaches a point where its human laziness on their part to continue to allow this bloodbath to continue. They believed all the lies from the beginning. I wash my hands of them, I avoid them like the plague. I have lost what little hope I had in them as possibly being decent people. They arent.

[NMDemDist2]

7. Mari have you heard from your son? is he OK? EOM

[Barrett808]

10. Don't despair, Mari

There's a huge amount of inertia to overcome, as well as the instruments of psychological warfare deployed against the American people by the regime, but the tide genuinely seems to be turning. The US has survived dark times and corrupt leadership before, and we will survive the current crop as well.

[alcuno]

6. That makes 667; 66 so far this month.

I pray for them all.

[Flagg]

8. Damn you Bush !

[davhill]

9. 1st Armored, 1st Infantry?

Weren't these both units that were supposed to be rotated home by now?

[mainer]

11. I'm counting 10 deaths on April 9th alone

This is a day-by-day tally of casualties, with names and circumstances:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties_apr04.htm

[greenman3610]

12. getting up toward

getting up toward Viet Nam level casualties.


I can't find anywhere else to post this link, but here's a video
of W making fun of not finding WMD, with some
editorial commentary. sickening.

http://www.musicforamerica.org/misc/media_files/bushjoke.mov

[progressivebydesign]

13. Sadly, Easter day will be bloody too...

.. but we will not hear of it until tomorrow. The government doesn't want to spoil Bush's Easter photo op at Fort Hood. I doubt the Iraqis are observing an Easter cease-fire for us.