Five U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks

[leftchick]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7677234

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed in separate guerrilla attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, three in or near the northern city of Mosul, one north of Baghdad and the fifth south of the capital.


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In the latest incident Friday, one soldier was killed and two were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military base north of the town of Diwaniya, about 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, the military said.

Earlier Friday, a soldier was killed and two were wounded in a car bomb blast about 40 km (25 miles) north of the capital, the military said in a statement.

The other incidents happened Thursday. In the first, a car bomb exploded next to a U.S. army patrol in Mosul, killing one soldier and wounding three.

Another soldier was shot dead in an exchange of fire with guerrillas in Mosul. In addition, a roadside bomb killed a soldier and wounded another in an attack near Tal Afar, about 60 km (40 miles) west of Mosul

Military Fatalities: By Time Period

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
3 617 26 28 671 2.86 235
2 717 27 58 802 1.89 424
1 140 33 0 173 4.02 43
Total 1474 86 86 1646 2.34 702

To View Period Details Click The Period Number
Time Periods Defined
Latest Fatality: Feb 18, 2005


Military Fatalities: By Month
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
2-2005 34 0 1 35 1.94 18

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. peace has broken in Iraq now that we have had elections huh?

Mission Accomplished screamed the Chimp

[lebkuchen]

4. Eventually America will admit, "Playing John Wayne isn't fun anymore"

"and blowing trillions of dollars on a country we can't even locate on a map isn't quite what we had bargained for."

[DeaconBlues]

2. I wonder how long the network news organizations will spend on this?

Fifteen or twenty seconds? The attention spent on the casualties of this war is a national outrage.

[saigon68]

26. They never spent any time on this incident

Remember the fans of NeckCar are getting ready for the big Race this week-end and don't want to be upset.

[catmandu57]

3. Day after day, night after night

the killing goes on and on......

[daleo]

5. Glad you didn't give up posting these items, leftchick

I recall some people giving you a rough time the other day, for no good reason. This is news that normally gets buried in the conventional media.

[Zhade]

10. Who the FUCK gave her shit over this?

War-supporting chickenhawk "Dems" here on DU? If so, FUCK THEM!

[leftchick]

14. long story short...

I used an (EGAD) exclamation point at the end of my subject line. (1467!) meaning number of dead soldiers. Now I used that because I was shocked the number had jumped so high so quickly. And I read these death notices daily so it was shocking.

I was accused of being happy and or excited about the deaths. I ended up requesting the thread get locked because it got ugly. Sadly, out of the 30 some responses to the thread only 4 were for the original post of the soldiers deaths. :(

I won't be using exclamation points anymore. :eyes:

[theHandpuppet]

16. Leftchick, we knew what you meant

As should any other DUer who has been here for more than two days. I think some folks were just looking for a fight so they made one up.

Thank you for continuing to keep us informed, even if this sad news will be overlooked by the press in favor of Michael Jackson's flu.

[Zhade]

19. Were most of the accusations from DLCers or new posters?

Wouldn't surprise me if so.

Some people need reading comprehension classes. Anyone who knows you knows there's no possible way you could be happy about any of the deaths on either side.

Those people were fools to take you to task over a punctuation mark that they probably willfully took out of context. Shame on them.

[RamboLiberal]

21. Leftchick - another DU'er supporting you

:toast: :kick:

[Blue to the bone]

22. I can't imagine anyone, on any forum.......

....gloating over military deaths. They're jerks for even suggesting it.

[Barkley]

23. leftchick I appreciate all your posts and comments - thanks

Thanks for taking time to make the DU the wonderful source of information and dialogue that it is.

Your comments are great too, I read them very frequently.

I completely understand your postings and comments.

The numbers are truly shocking!!!!!!!!!!
and sad.

Thanks, thanks... again for your inputs!!!!!!

[saigon68]

27. Hang in there-- LC

I get crap from a Few of these assholes for my continuous sarcastic post of

"BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

The same FUCK-WAD who every night goes to sleep with his thumb in his mouth, gloating over all the money he and his friends are stealing from the common people.

[leftchick]

28. thanks saigon...

and all you other great DUers. Your kindness means a lot to me. :)

[leftchick]

11. I decided to follow my own advice...

in my very own sig line. Pfft on the folks who don't understand the importance of keeping these deaths news worthy.

[ninkasi]

25. Leftchick, keeping these deaths news worthy

is absolutely essential to preserve what is left of this country's soul. When any of the deaths, or injuries, are considered of such little importance that reporting them, and using an exclamation point because of the horrific nature of the message, becomes the subject of a debate, I realize that we must be in deeper trouble than I realized.

I applaud your efforts, and always look for your posts. I think most of us appreciate them deeply.

[Zeke]

6. -r-e-d-r-u-m

"(The Grim Freeper) is on the march." --- G. W. Bush

[Yavin4]

7. As Long As It's Poor and Working Class Kids Dying In Iraq

The American public and the American media don't care. Trust me, if it were upper middle class White kids dying in Iraq instead of going to Princeton, then there would be a huge uproar in this nation.

In the end, there will always be a price to pay for hypocrisy.

[Cocoa]

8. CNN said there's a perception things are improving in Iraq

since the election.

[leftchick]

12. seriously?

omg.I knew they were worthless but really..... :wow:

Perhaps someone could send the producer this link so they could get a clue...http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[Warren Stupidity]

17. no they are right

peace has broken out, suddenly and unexpectedly, across Iraq. So we should pull our troops out starting tomorrow.

[Barkley]

24. If Iraq is improving then why do they need an extra $80 billion?

[Halliburton]

9. What? I thought we broken the backs of the insurgency?

With Fallujah and now the resounding echo of freedom that is echoing throughout Iraq! This can't be happening!

[CoffeeCat]

13. Democracy is a process....

...not an event--like landing your sorry ass on an air-craft carrier and touting a "Mission Accomplished" banner OR staging a meaningless election.

How many teary-eyed publicity stunts will this shitty president stage--before America finally understands that there is no winning this sickening, failed, immoral, costly war?

[bleedingheart]

15. But wait...they had elections...there was supposed to be a party

and rose petals falling from the sky and ice cream for everyone....someone call Perle and tell him that something's wrong.

Sadly no one cares....Americans are just busy working and consuming...not worried until their own are drafted..

[oneighty]

18. Where have all the young men (and women) gone

gone to ashes everyone.

Sigh.

180

[Longhorn]

20. It is much worse than what we're hearing,

according to a Marine friend who is scheduled to come home from Iraq next month. He went over there all gung-ho about helping the Iraqi people. He is extremely disillusioned now.