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"Black Elk" |
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11 Jun 2005 09:17:04 AM |
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Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
Saturday 11th June, 2005
Twenty five U.S. soldiers killed this week in Iraq
Big News Network.com
Twenty five U.S. troops have died this week in separate incidents in
war-torn Iraq.
Five U.S. Marines, most in their early 20s, were killed in a roadside blast
in western Iraq Thursday.
The attack came in the Anbar province where 17 Iraqis had been blindfolded
and executed. Their bodies were found on Friday.
U.S. officials said the Marines killed were engaged in combat operations in
Haqlaniya.
They were Lance Cpl. Dustin V. Birch, 22, of Saint Anthony, Idaho, Lance
Cpl. Daniel Chavez, 20, of Seattle, Wash., Lance Cpl. Thomas O. Keeling, 23,
of Strongsville, Ohio, Lance Cpl. Devon P. Seymour, 21, of St. Louisville,
Ohio, and Cpl. Brad D. Squires, 26, of Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
Keeling, Seymour, and Squires were assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd
Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Akron, Ohio.
Birch was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine
Division, Boise, Idaho. Chavez was assigned to 1st Tank Battalion, 1st
Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Also losing his life Thursday was Staff Sgt. Mark O. Edwards, 40, of Unicoi,
Tenn., who died at his forward operating base near Tuz from a non-combat
related cause. Edward's death is the subject of an investigation.
According to Multinational Force Iraq officials Friday., a Marine assigned
to 2nd Force Service Support Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
(Forward), died in a vehicle accident near the town of Hit on Wednesday.
1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht, 25, of Columbus, Ga., was also killed Wednesday
in Tikrit when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley
Fighting Vehicle.
Pfc. Douglas E. Kashmer, 27, of Sharon, Pa., died Wednesday in Nippur when
the wrecker in which he was a passenger was involved in a non-combat related
rollover.
Sgt. Roberto Arizola, Jr., 31, of Laredo, Texas, was killed Wednesday in
Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV.
Two other soldiers were killed in Tikrit Wednesday after an explosion of
unknown origin occurred near their location. They were Capt. Phillip T.
Esposito, 30, of Suffern, N.Y., and 1st Lt. Louis E. Allen, 34, of Milford,
Pa.
Lance Cpl. Marc L. Tucker, 24, of Pontotoc, Miss., was also killed Wednesday
as a result of a non-hostile vehicle accident in Asr Uranium, Iraq.
Multinational Corps Iraq meantime have opened a criminal investigation into
two Task Force Liberty soldiers' deaths Tuesday at Forward Operating Base
Danger, near Tikrit, officials in Iraq reported Friday.
Capt. Phillip T. Esposito and 1st Lt. Louis E. Allen were killed in what was
thought to be an indirect-fire attack. Both officers were assigned to
Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army
National Guard. Esposito was company commander; Allen served as a company
operations officer.
Military police and responders at first indicated that a mortar round had
struck the window on the building where the two officers were located.
However, explosive ordnance personnel determined the blast pattern at the
scene was inconsistent with a mortar attack after further examination.
Lt. Col. Terrence K. Crowe, 44, of New York, N.Y., was killed Tuesday in Tal
Afar when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled
grenades and small arms fire.
Also Tuesday Spc. Eric T. Burri, 21, of Wyoming, Mich., died in Baghdad,
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV.
On Monday two soldiers were killed as a result of an explosion while
conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Fallujah, Iraq. They
were Lance Cpl. Robert T. Mininger, 21, of Sellersville, Pa., and Lance Cpl.
Jonathan L. Smith, 22, of Eva, Ala.,
Also Monday Spc. Brian M. Romines, 20, of Simpson, Ill., died in Baghdad,
where an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV, while Col.
Theodore S. Westhusing, 44, of Dallas, Texas, died in Baghdad, from
non-combat related injuries.
On Sunday three soldiers died in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device
detonated near their military vehicle. They were Staff Sgt. Justin L.
Vasquez, 26, of Manzanola, Colo., Spc. Eric J. Poelman, 21, of Racine, Wis.,
and Pfc. Brian S. Ulbrich, 23, of Chapmanville, W. Va.
Also Sunday Spc. Carrie L. French, 19, of Caldwell, Idaho, died in Kirkuk
when an improvised explosive device hit the front of her convoy vehicle and
detonated.
Meanwhile, the BBC is reporting police colonels were killed in drive-by
shootings in the cities of Kirkuk and Basra on Friday.
Iraqi security forces also came under attack in other parts of the country.
Police in the northern city of Kirkuk said Colonel Rahim Uthman, head of the
local anti-terrorist department, had been killed on Thursday.
He and his assistant Major Ghanim Jihad were shot dead from a blue BMW, they
said.
And on Friday in the southern city of Basra, the commander of the local
police academy was shot dead.
Three or four gunmen in a car swerved in front of Colonel Abdelkarim
Daraji's vehicle and opened fire, police said. His brother also died in the
attack, the BBC report added.
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=b2e4453ca303ed91
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They Knew...
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned
before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/they_knew_0802/
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1435181,00.html
www.iraqbodycount.net
www.costofwar.com
http://icasualties.org/oif/
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| User: "abelincoln" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 02:48:20 PM |
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i think bush said that after scaring 49 million americans into voting
for him.
now the incompetent fool has a 2nd term, the only problem is that he
doesn't have a fucking clue what to do.
except of course, his famous, lets invade another country trick, that'll
take their minds off things for a while.
and maybe i'll get to dress up in my soldier suit again and yell "bring
em on."
do i have a gift or what?
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| User: "Dana" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 04:46:14 PM |
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"abelincoln" <bushsucks@whitehouse.com> wrote in message
news:A8WdnT1M1qWY3TbfRVn-ig@rcn.net...
i think bush said that after scaring 49 million americans into voting
for him.
now the incompetent fool has a 2nd term, the only problem is that he
doesn't have a fucking clue what to do.
except of course, his famous, lets invade another country trick, that'll
take their minds off things for a while.
And Syria should be next. It is time for once and all to fix the mideast and
islamic world. Get rid of the thugs and their supporters by force, and let
the decent people of the countries in that area form societies without any
tyrants and terroristic type governments.
If that calls for the all out slaughter of 100,000 militant islamic thugs,
so be it.
and maybe i'll get to dress up in my soldier suit again and yell "bring
em on."
do i have a gift or what?
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| User: "Native American" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 03:01:55 PM |
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"abelincoln" <bushsucks@whitehouse.com> wrote in message
news:A8WdnT1M1qWY3TbfRVn-ig@rcn.net...
i think bush said that after scaring 49 million americans into voting for
him.
Poor Dems! For decades and decades they repeated their mindless DNC mantra:
"higher voter turnout favors the Democrats". Then in 2004 we had a truly
massive voter turnout (thank you, MoveOn.org!) and the Democrats discovered
that they got their asses kicked.
LOL at the pathetic Democrat lemmings!!
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| User: "Docky Wocky" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 03:46:44 PM |
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abelinclod sez:
"and maybe i'll get to dress up in my soldier suit again and yell "bring
em on."..."
________________________________
Where do you get those lavender stretch soldier suits?
I know an ayatollah who wants to get a couple.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 03:49:30 PM |
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Make that EXIT strategy?
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| User: "JR Limbo" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 04:50:39 PM |
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<antiposit@earthlink.net> wrote in message:
news:<1118522970.412120.266590@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>
Make that EXIT strategy?
Plan a big ticker tape victory parade.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 03:48:59 PM |
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So, what's your president's exist strategy on Iraq?
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| User: "Dana" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 04:47:54 PM |
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<antiposit@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1118522939.498421.142290@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
So, what's your president's exist strategy on Iraq?
Who says we are leaving. Iraq will be our base of operations. Since Europe
is no longer in any danger of a soviet attack, we can shift our forces to SW
Asia and the mid east.
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| User: "JR Limbo" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 04:49:38 PM |
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Dana <whoya@whoya.com> wrote in message:
news:<11ammsu7g0qtu2a@corp.supernews.com>
<antiposit@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1118522939.498421.142290@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
So, what's your president's exist strategy on Iraq?
Who says we are leaving. Iraq will be our base of operations. Since Europe
is no longer in any danger of a soviet attack, we can shift our forces to SW
Asia and the mid east.
Our glorious victories over the Taliban and Saddam's army will go down in
history as one of the greatest events in history. Bush is truly a hero of the
millennium. A warrior president.
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| User: "John D" |
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| Title: Re: Which part of 'Mission Accomplished' don't you understand? |
11 Jun 2005 10:09:43 PM |
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I think you've hit the nail right square on the head there. Look at a map:
How many mideast hotspots border Iraq? How many are within a few minutes
flight? I venture a guess that the US will establish permanent "lease"
bases in Iraq that will be their largest anywhere, once the Iraqi government
gets up on it's own two feet. Will this stabilize the region? Time will
tell.
-JD
"Dana" <whoya@whoya.com> wrote in message
news:11ammsu7g0qtu2a@corp.supernews.com...
<antiposit@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1118522939.498421.142290@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
So, what's your president's exist strategy on Iraq?
Who says we are leaving. Iraq will be our base of operations. Since Europe
is no longer in any danger of a soviet attack, we can shift our forces to
SW
Asia and the mid east.
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