AP breaking: 7 soldiers killed in Baghdad

[TheWebHead]

per Faux News...

edit:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Seven U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in fighting with Shiite militiamen in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, the U.S. military said. At least 24 other American troops were wounded, the military said in a written statement.


Elsewhere Sunday, supporters of an anti-U.S. Shiite Muslim cleric waged violent demonstrations in four Iraqi cities, punctuated by a gun battle at the Spanish garrison near this Shiite holy city that killed at least 20 people, including two coalition soldiers — an American and a Salvadoran.

more...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040404/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_soldiers_killed&cid=540&ncid=716

[Sagan]

1. seven MORE?

So that's, what... 14 in the last 36 hours?

[saigon68]

24. "BRING EM ON'" screamed the Bloodlusty CHIMPANZEE

He must be having an Orgasm at the White House today.

[Nashyra]

2. Just saw it on CNN

I think it was the total of the day that they had been reporting in several incidents, not 7 additional soldiers killed at once.

[SmokeyBlues]

7. I hope you're right. n/t

And I share the sentiment of the other poster who said that's seven to damn many!

[Cooley Hurd]

15. WebHead's linked story is saying 7 dead in Baghdad alone...

I don't think they're counting the 2 Marines killed near Falluja or the 1, maybe 2 US Soldiers killed in Najaf.

[RummyTheDummy]

85. Not according to AP

The AP link I found on Drudge (yeah, I know) said it was seven in Baghdad and two more Marines killed in another location.

[calimary]

86. Dear God, EVEN SO! There shouldn't be ANY killed because

there shouldn't be ANY over there, PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[SmokeyBlues]

3. Damn!

I was just reading about the two soldiers killed today on DU, then went out to yahoo and read that seven more were killed.

How long America? How long?

[Prodemsouth]

37. How Long America? You ask How long America??

These dumb asses don't care. Unless it is their son - which it is not now. But once they pull that lever for Bush and help him get reselected in November. They may get the opportunity to give up one of their young uns for their monkey god. These dumb asses will help Bush get reselected. I think as of today Bush will be reselected because America is stupid and Kerry's campaign is lousy. How can he lose?

[Barkley]

73. The ans. my friend is blowin' in the wind, the ans. is blowin' in the wind

[Eurobabe]

4. WTF!!

we're bleedin' boys dry...this is awful. I can see the handover/handoff in June and a civil war in the works, or takeover by a fundie.

[acmavm]

5. And that' seven TOO DAMN MANY.

.

[Hotdiggitydog]

6. Link

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040404/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_soldiers_killed&cid=540&ncid=716

[twilight]

9. thanks for the link!

:hi: and welcome to the Democratic Underground btw ... :)

:dem: :kick:

[Hotdiggitydog]

16. Thanks much...

I've been here for several months, but mainly just lurk.

[twilight]

43. well post if you like

the more the merrier!!! :evilgrin:

:dem: :kick:

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Shit... there's the confirmation!

We were just wondering if the 7 US soldiers were a total for the day (in all of Iraq) or just from the Baghdad ambush alone... :(

[twilight]

13. this whole thing is becoming incredibly sicker than sick

It has been horrible enough as it has been in the past.

Today is Palm Sunday ... great day for massacres and murders and killing. I wonder if they are aware of this or does anyone care?

I think that Dennis Kucinich is absolutely correct. The whole election will come down to the issue of this "war" or invasion as I call it.

:puke:

:dem: :kick:

[w13rd0]

17. If DK is right...

...this election is going to be a rather sad spectacle...

[twilight]

39. DK is right

The problem will be which is the lesser of the "war mongers" between Kerry v. Bush? One is a war hero with purple hearts, etc. The other one is an AWOL coward. Which of the two will get us out of this mess?

Now even * is saying the UN in and the US out ... I heard it. Yes I did. Copying DK the lot of them. :grr: Can't give the man the credit he deserves.

Too bad no one has taken DK seriously. I'm hanging with DK till the bitter end, which won't be anytime real soon.

You never know what might happen between now and November.

:dem: :kick:

[IndianaGreen]

53. Kucinich will bring the troops home

Kerry won't!

[twilight]

63. Kerry will not bring the troops home you are right

I believe that DK will bring the troops home and get us the hell out of Iraq. It might not be overnight, but it will and can happen.

The Iraqi people do not want the Americans there. They want their country back! Sounds awfully familiar to me, what do you think?

:grr:

A Department of Peace - it is a real idea with real possibilities. This is what America and the world needs - peace not war!

Kucinich in '04!!!

:dem: :kick:

[Voltaire99]

82. Tell Kerry to change his position on Iraq

He's our candidate, and beholden to us -- not vice versa.

[Prodemsouth]

54. Please explain.. DK , Dennis Kuchinch? How will the election be sad?

n/t

[Ilsa]

10. "Bring 'Em On"!!

You know the rest.

Dammit.

Bastards.

[Karenina]

18. Thanks for getting the highbrow spelling right!

I transcribed what I heard as, "Bringumon" (insert syllable marks) but that's "regional" and unrecognizable to the ROTW. I HEARD IT and watched the *smirk. :puke: :puke: :puke:

This *dimwit dauphin is America's FRONT MAN??? Meine ficken Fresse.

[rumguy]

11. Four words: hell in a handbasket

Thanks Bush, thanks freepers and other assorted right-wing nutballs...you all have blood on your hands. We will never let you forget this disaster...

Thanks to you, Osama's hand has been strengthed. Thanks to you, the Taliban are regaining strength in Afghanistan. Thanks to you, the right-wing nutballs, we are losing the war on terror.

The blood is on your hands. We will NEVER let you forget that.

[Prodemsouth]

62. Its not only their fault, but people who claim to be "liberals" and on

our side. Their are many people with a D after their name that have blood on their hands. I am not one of those idiot Greens or "indie leftie" and I don't like "DK" either. Just a fustrated Dem. that people on our side lack good judgement and a pair. And lets not forget our media outlets. Freakinnn WHORES!!!!

[lanlady]

total of 9 US soldiers for today?

Is that right?

[Cooley Hurd]

14. That's 10 US servicemen killed today...

7 in Baghdad, 1 in Najaf and 2 near Falluja...

Here's the link to my earlier thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=463093&mesg_id=463093&page=

[markses]

21. One of the Marines was actually killed yesterday, 04/03/04

So we are at 9 for the day. Unfortunately, I suspect it will go up.

[alcuno]

70. The attack must have been late last night. 1 died before midnight and

1 after midnight. It's all sad.

[VolcanoJen]

12. It's part of the earlier Baghdad incident; 40 Wounded!!!!

Here's the earlier thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=463093&mesg_id=463093

This is unbelievable. Also, one, maybe two (conflicting reports) US soldiers were killed in Najaf today, and two Marines lost their lives in Falluja.

The death toll may be ELEVEN today. Dear God.

[w13rd0]

19. Keep in mind...

...that to this point, we've actually seen very little mass resistance. The invasion of Iraq occurred virtually unopposed as Saddam's Republican Guard crumbled. The past few months have been dealing with "pockets of resistance". What happens when the whole nation declares a jihad against their "American Liberators"?

Also, we aren't counting those killed from other countries. How many Salvadoran troops died this weekend? British?

Bush was warned. Hell, Kerry was warned. And with everything else going on here at home, with Bush's lies... argh!

[Mattforclark]

26. Yes

If there gets to be 'real' large scale resistance, 50 KIA in one day, for example, is very much possible.

[markses]

20. To avoid confusion, here's the toll for the last week

29-Mar: 2
1 - 13th COSCOM killed in IED attack, al-Habbiniyah;
1 - unit unnamed, killed in IED attack, Fallujah

30-Mar: 2
1 - I MEF killed in IED attack, Ramadi;
1 - 10th Special Forces, killed in vehicle rollover, Samarrah

31-Mar: 5
5 - 1ID killed in IED attack, 12 miles NW of Fallujah

1-Apr: 1
1 - I MEF, killed in hostile action, al-Anbar Province (near Fallujah)

2-Apr: 1
1 - 1AD, killed in IED attack, Baghdad

3-Apr: 1
1 - I MEF killed in hostile action, al-Anbar Province

4-Apr: 9
1 - I MEF killed in hostile action, al-Anbar Province;
7 - (1AD??) killed in ambush/ fighting, al-Sadr city section of Baghdad;
1 - unit unnamed, killed in action during protests, Najaf

There is a bit of confusion on this thread about the two Marine KIAs disclosed today. One of those Marines was killed on Saturday, April 3, while one was killed today. In short, I have 21 Americans killed in Iraq in the last 7 days, 20 in hostile action. That matches the total dead from the entire month of February, for the last week alone. We haven't seen 9 killed in one day since the last Blackhawk shootdown in Fallujah on January 8. That 7 were killed in ground fighting in al-Sadr City indicates that the area is a total war zone at this point, especially with 24 wounded from that fighting. And, needless to say, the fighting is ongoing. I provide these numbers not be be cold, or analytical. Just the opposite. At a certain point, these numbers should really evoke the horror of what is going on over there. The entire invasion is a disgraceful act from start to finish. My condolensces are with the families and survivors of all the dead, American and Iraqi.

[VolcanoJen]

33. Thank you for the clarification, Markses.

In Najaf, they've also changed the death count; Reuters now reports that one American and one Salvadoran soldier were killed, not four Salvadorans as earlier reported:

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=845999&tw=wn_wire_story

So, the death toll for US soldiers today is at least nine throughout Iraq, with at least 40 wounded (in the Baghdad incident alone). Does that sound right to you? And it could be 10, if you count the Marine from late Saturday in Falluja?

[Barkley]

79. Great work on the data, thanks a bunch for the clarifications - nt.

[daleo]

22. It continues to spiral out of control

And with the news blackout at Fallujah, God only knows what is really going on there. With this many coalition soldiers being killed, imagine the carnage on the Iraqi side, each death creating dozens more enemies for the unfortunate soldiers sent there on Bush's folly and illegal war.

[Cooley Hurd]

23. As per the AP/Yahoo story - 10 US servicemen killed today

<snip>
Seven U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in fighting with Shiite militiamen in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, the U.S. military said. At least 24 other American troops were wounded

<snip>
The U.S. military also reported two Marines were killed in a separate "enemy action" in Anbar province

<snip>
The attackers opened fire at about noon, said Cmdr. Carlos Herradon, a spokesman for the Spanish headquarters in nearby Diwaniyah.

The Spanish and Salvadoran soldiers inside the garrison fired back, and assailants later regrouped in three clusters outside the base as the shooting continued for several hours.

Two soldiers — a Salvadoran and an American — died and nine other soldiers were wounded, the Spanish defense ministry said. No other details were available.
</snip>

[NNN0LHI]

25. This is just more proof how desperate the Iraqis are

This keeps up and the Iraqis will surrender for sure.

Don

[saigon68]

29. They hate us for our freedom</Sarcasm Off>

The Chimp Creep must be beside himself with Blood Lust 10 today.. A lot of new Widows and orphans.

[Karenina]

55. Remember his *claim

to be the *hugger? :wtf:

[alcuno]

30. It's so absurd I can't stand it.

You just KNOW that someone is going to be on T.V. spinning this as a positive. Is there NO point when these experts are discredited and banned from my television?

[IndianaGreen]

42. This is also proof of the fallacy of the "we broke it, we fix it"!

Senators Dick Lugar and Joe Biden, like Bob McNamara and Dean Rusk a generation ago, are calling for an escalation of the war in Iraq.

From a legal point of view, Iraq never surrendered after we took over the country. There was no surrender document signed, no ceremony as the one that took place on the USS Missouri on VJ Day.

A technical state of war still exists. However, there is no Iraqi army facing our troops, only the Iraqi people. I fear that our thirst for revenge, to pay back their revenge for our previous revenge, will only precipitate a nationwide intifada.

Like Dennis Kucinich says, bring the troops home!

[fishnfla]

60. you were right, man

what you said yesterday, 'bout this thing gonna blow up. shit

[mike1963]

27. Can someone explain to me how Saddam is (was) worse than Bush?

I'm sorry, but I don't see a lot of daylight between their policies and actions.
:grr:
:grr:

[Voltaire99]

76. Easy. You've heard of a G-Thang? This is a Jesus Thang.

Jesus never appeared in the shape of a burning pretzel to Saddam before.

That's why we're morally superior: Jesus is a Navy SEAL.

[Solly Mack]

28. My husband just called from Germany on his way home from Iraq

and all I can think is- None too soon.

I'm so sick of the dying-all the dying.

[NNN0LHI]

31. I am very happy for you and yours n/t

[saigon68]

32. Great he's coming back.

There's nothing like the land of the big PX

[Solly Mack]

44. Speaking of the land of the big PX.........

When my husband got to Iraq last April, he talked of Burger Kings, Subways and Pizza Huts going up in trailers and how PX's were popping up in many localities. All I could think was-America can't furnish their own soldiers with needed supplies and lifesaving equipment but consumerism was alive and well in the middle of a war-zone.

Thank you!

[Mattforclark]

40. That's great

Glad he's OK.

[Qanisqineq]

81. I am so glad for you!

My husband came back last week!

[Johnny Arson]

34. Memory

I'm a college student, and I had a summer job last year that started early in the morning. NPR is just about the only thing that comes in clear at my house, so it was my wake up station on my clock radio.

Every weekday for three months, the first thing I would hear in the morning was how many soldiers had been killed in Iraq the previous day. It made me think about what the Vietnam era must have been like.

I'm with Kerry all the way, but I went to a Kucinich rally today and he said something I think we all need to keep in mind. The 9/11 hearings can be used as a political football and a way of piling blame on both parties for the next few months, but there's no question about who lied to get us into Iraq.

Bush is a damned barbarian, and he must be stopped.

[fearnobush]

41. Welcome to DU Tar Heel Dem!!!!

[Cooley Hurd]

Hi Tar Heel Dem

Welcome to DU! :hi:

I was a little bitty kid during Vietnam, but I remember the roll of names on the evening news. Even to a little bitty kid, the gravity of the situation wasn't lost on me... :(

[Paradise]

58. Welcome to DU Tar! n/t

[Supormom]

74. That's a great quote, Tar Heel Dem

Thanks and welcom to DU!

[bemildred]

35. Kimmitt:

"It will be at a time and a place of our choosing. It will be
methodical, it will be precise and it will be overwhelming."

I want to hear what this blowhard has to say next.
:puke:

[IndianaGreen]

46. Is Kimmitt referring to the SS liquidation of the village of Lidece

as payback for the assassination of Rheinhardt Heydrich?

Kimmitt should be wearing the skull and crossbones of the SS.

[bemildred]

57. I was referring more to the loss of initiative today.

Certainly he is a long-range mouth fighter, a desk
jockey, a successful bureaucrat, and a worthy peer
at least in attitude to Eichmann. But, as happens so
frequently, they express some aggressively moronic
sentiment and it promptly blows up in their faces.

Instead of trying to pour oil on the waters after the
killings and mutiliations of the mercenaries, they
make more threats and escalate the rhetoric, and bang
the whole country blows up in their faces and more
soldiers and Iraqi citizens die.

[obietiger]

36. this is so sad

a war for what reason other than Bush's personal vendetta. He says "bring it on" for them to help him feel better. I am sick to my heart.

[Paradise]

45. you've described my feeling exactly. n/t

[leftchick]

38. That makes 10 Soldiers Killed today... That We Know Of!!

There is a news blackout out of Fallujah, God only knows what is happening there...... fuck you you coward ass chimp* :grr:

[twilight]

49. should I even say this?

I heard on television last night the words nuke Fallujah ... :nuke:

This may be the beginning of WWIII ...

Holy Christ! God help the world!

:dem: :kick:

[jimshoes]

59. We will beat some freedom into these people yet

(Sarcasm on high) :scared:

[alcuno]

72. We're not going to drop a numclear weapon on a country that our

own troops are occupying. I don't think. Besides, the 7 killed were IN Baghdad. We probably wouldn't nuke Baghdad. I don't think.

[twilight]

80. why not?

They've already exposed our troops to massive amounts of depleted uranium and they are getting sick. Why should they stop now? The BFEE doesn't give a damn haven't you figured it out yet?

:dem:

[Paradise]

64. god, you're right!

if there's a blackout, who the hell knows what horror may be going on. this is barbaric, sick, sick, sick...

[stopbush]

47. Thank god bush is on vacation AGAIN or he might have heard

about these guys getting wasted.

At least he has a great excuse for not going to these funerals - vacation!!

And at least these weren't "four INNOCENT Americans" (Faux News). Nope, they were just 10 young people who, in the words of mAnne Coulter, "got their hair mussed." Remember, "taking casualties shows our strength and resolve." (Piggy Noonan)

"Bring it on!" - gw filth, coward-in-thief

[Cush]

48. Picture from CBS/MSNBC

American soldiers take cover as the Spanish base comes under attack outside Kufa, 10 miles north of Najaf

Edit: Took the pic from MSNBC (a little clearer)

[Cooley Hurd]

51. The one on the right looks like he's asking God...

...to get his ass outta there!

[VolcanoJen]

65. Where are the "Embeds" now????

CNN-Atlanta aired a nice special about Donald Trump and Kevin Spacey while this battle raged...

[Skip Intro]

50. And why are they there again? n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

56. Weapons of Mass Liberation of the Iraqi People to remove Saddam..

...makes as much sense as anything they've said about invading Iraq.

[twilight]

69. yeah and where are the flowers anyway?

Isn't it party time? :party:

Doesn't look so hot anymore does it? All of the flowers seem to be gone! :nuke:

Holy crap!

:dem: :kick:

[Streetdoc270]

75. To bring peace and stability to the region

This is the goal of Operation Iraqi Liberation

[Barkley]

84. "Operation Iraqi Liberation" a.k.a. O.I.L. - nt.

[coltman]

52. didn't some one from the wh say ......

that what happened in Fallujah was an isolated incident and the rest of Iraq was really quite stable. I'm sure I heard some one say that yesterday.

[leftchick]

68. The same day they said that there were huge demonstrations...

and violence in the once "relatively quiet" city of Basra. Our news SUCKS!

[orwell]

61. Forsaken

The sad part is that all deaths by violence are tragic. The American media has a way of keeping track that is, to put it kindly, very nationalistic and narrow minded.

May we some day realize that every life is worthwhile, that the ripple effects from each death touches family, friends, and the communities both local and global.

When will the madness end? A mother kills her babies, children shooting their schoolmates, men throwing themselves under tanks. It becomes too much to bear all this sadness.

Father, mother, why hast thou forsaken us?

We all know why...

O

[seventhson]

66. As one Vietnam buddy of mine said to me: this is not LIKE Vietnam

this IS Vietnam

I pity the families who encouraged their children top go die for Bush's oil theft

I weep for the dead and pray for the rest of us.

[The Night Owl]

67. Smirk's No Soldier Left Alive initiative is in full swing.

Very sad.

Iraq has gotten about as good as it is going to get, but I doubt the Bush administration will realize that until thousands more die.

[pippin]

71. Any man's death diminishes me,

Any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.


                                    John Donne

How much more diminished can we be as Americans

[Flagg]

77. is it ok to eat French Fries again ?

[underpants]

GOOD LORD! Seven today total?

Holy freakin cow.

[Garion_55]

78. God rest their souls.

Lord, please take these braves souls and give them peace. Please bring comfort to their familes. Please protect the troops who remain. Please help us to find a way out of this mess.


Amen.

[Quetzal]

83. 10 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraqi Violence

10 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraqi Violence

NAJAF, Iraq - Supporters of an anti-American cleric rioted in four Iraqi cities Sunday, killing eight U.S. troops and one Salvadoran soldier in the worst unrest since the spasm of looting and arson immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).


The U.S. military on Sunday reported two Marines were killed in a separate "enemy action" in Anbar province, raising the toll of American service members killed in Iraq (news - web sites) to at least 610.


The rioters were supporters of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. They were angry over Saturday's arrest on murder charges of one of al-Sadr's aides, Mustafa al-Yacoubi, and the closure of a pro-al-Sadr newspaper.


Near the holy city of Najaf, a gunbattle at a Spanish garrison killed at least 22 people, including two coalition soldiers — an American and a Salvadoran.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20040404/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[Cooley Hurd]

87. Locking - there's an new thread w/ updates here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x463725

Thanks! :hi: