Car Bomb Kills Four U.S. Troops in Iraq

[Flagg]

QAIM, Iraq - A suicide car bomber attacked U.S. troops on patrol in western Iraq (news - web sites), killing four and wounding one, the U.S. military said Saturday.






The incident happened Friday near the town of Qaim in western Anbar province, according to Lt. Col. Chris Woodbridge, commander of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. No other details were given.


Names of the victims involved are being withheld pending notification of kin.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041016/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_car_bomb&cid=540&ncid=1478

[hadrons]

1. CNN asks: "did Kerry talking about Mary Cheney cause this???"

those guys who refused to go on that convoy ran are looking smarter and smarter

[rfkrocks]

7. amen to the CNN remark

we don't have a real idea of how things are going because journalists can't get the true story-I wonder would it matter with this Mary Cheney thing taking up so much space-with war,massive government debt and an economy running on empty I am literally in shock at how bad the news coverage is

[tinanator]

10. No, they can and do get the real story

you and I and anybody can. It is their bosses, our captors, who will not permit the free flow of information. Let us at least keep the truth in perspective and hold the guilty accountable, not their front puppets. That bullshit was MWO's modus operandi.

[teryang]

2. 1098 American active duty deaths

http://www.icasualties.org/oif/

“Every day you read the articles in the States where it’s like ‘Oh, it’s getting better and better’ but when you’re here you know it’s worse every day." Lance Corporal Jonathon Snyder

[jobycom]

5. Let's not forget the 10s of thousands of Iraqi dead

They would be alive if Bush had told the truth. Each of them had families to grieve, as well.

[UpInArms]

3. :(

:cry:

[PA Democrat]

4. Oh but wait, we're only supposed to be outraged about Kerrys remark about

Mary Cheney. Pay no attention to those flag draped coffins.:mad:

[Richardson08]

6. where is the mother's indignation from the wicked witch about having moms

burying their 19 year old sons based on a pack of lies by the administration.Shame on them

[tinanator]

12. Lets use this, let us DEMAND reform

If we fail to overturn the fascist media next year it will be nobody's fault but our own.

[Richardson08]

8. Five U.S. soldiers have been killed today

[hadrons]

9. yup, its five

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombs killed five U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites), the U.S. military said Saturday, the latest in a string of such attacks at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Blasts also targeted five churches in the Iraqi capital.

The two car bombs went off Friday, the military said. One, carried out by a suicide bomber driving an explosive-laden vehicle, targeted a U.S. patrol near the town of Qaim, an insurgent hotspot near the border with Syria, killing four U.S. troops, according to Lt. Col. Chris Woodbridge, commander of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.


The other blast went off in the northern city of Mosul, 225 miles north of Baghdad, killing a U.S. soldier assigned to Task Force Olympia, the military said.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041016/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716

[wishlist]

11. This is getting so frightening- troops must be extremely demoralized

Incredibly on ABC evening news last night I heard no mention of any American troop casualties this week (this often happens when Peter Jennings is not anchoring) and so far today no mention of these new casualties on CNN or MSNBC.

[Flagg]

13. Now, they're saying 3.

Three US troops, one translator killed in Iraq suicide car bombing

8 minutes ago Mideast - AFP



BAGHDAD (AFP) - Two US soldiers, a marine and a civilian translator were killed and one soldier wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a US military patrol in western Iraq (news - web sites), a military spokesman said on Saturday.



"Yesterday at about 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) a suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive device detonated near a US Humvee that was part of a patrol" near the the city of Qaim, said marine spokesman Lieutenent Lyle Gilbert.


He was unable to give the nationality of the translator.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041016/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_attack_toll&cid=1514&ncid=1478

[Rose Siding]

14. Two more in Afghanistan were reported last night, too

[TacticalPeek]

15. Bummer.

We have years to go before there is a good day in Iraq.

Please God make Bush lose.

:grr:

[VolcanoJen]

16. At least 28 soldiers killed in Iraq this week.

Where is the outrage? CNN's Headline News is still reporting the Mary Cheney horseshit, but not a breath about the carnage in Iraq this week.

:grr:

[malatesta1137]

17. more blood in Bush's hand

how he can look himself in the mirror every morning when he shaves is beyond me, actually I think he smirks with pleasure every time an American is blown up to pieces in Iraq. Like Malloy says, have I mentioned today how I hate this people?

[Bluebear]

18. Why are you wasting our beautiful minds on this?

I mean, it's not relevant. John Kerry is a bad man. Bad! He talked about Cheney's daughter and, hoo boy, Dick is one angry father!