7 GIs killed in Iraq

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and, 3 Iraqis
Ap, Baghdad

US military said seven more US troops had been killed a soldier in a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Monday, two Air Force members in a blast near Taji north of the capital late Sunday, and four soldiers in a roadside bombing near the northern town of Hawijah on Friday.

http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/01/25/d601251309107.htm

[LeftCoast]

1. If we just keep repeating "They hate us for our freedom"

it'll all be ok, right Dubya? :sarcasm:

[Dark]

2. God be with their families in this dark hour. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

3. The two Air Force guys

were based out of Elmendorf AFB here in Anchorage. We just got through burying the four Alaska guard helicopter crew members who died in that crash that killed 12 a couple weeks ago. This is getting really, really old.

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4. January has been the deadliest month for Alaska's military service people

since the Iraq conflict began.

On Jan. 7, a Black Hawk helicopter crash claimed the lives of four Alaska Army National Guard members: 1st Lt. Jaime Lynn Campbell, who was stationed in Fairbanks, Spc. Jacob Melson of Wasilla, and Spc. Michael Edwards and Chief Warrant Officer Chester Troxel, both of Anchorage.

One other Elmendorf airman has been killed in Iraq. Airman 1st Class Carl Anderson Jr. died Aug. 29, 2004, after the vehicle he was driving hit a roadside bomb near Balad Air Base, about 40 miles north of Baghdad. He was 21.

So far, at least 15 service people with connections to Alaska are confirmed dead in Iraq. Since the Iraq war began, 2,227 U.S. military personnel have been killed, according to The Associated Press.

http://www.adn.com/news/military/story/7386565p-7298813c.html

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Yes, not to mention Ron Schulz,

the hostage who was recently killed. The war is hitting awfully close to home. We are a small state population-wise, 600,000 or so. All of these casualties seem very personal, like a death in the family.

[lies and propaganda]

5. fighting them there so we dont have to fight them here.

a good offense is a good defense.

If only cliches were troops! we'd never run out!

[ptolle]

7. question

Are our forces so depleted that we've got wingwaxers doing infantry duty?Otherwise what were two zoomies doing down where a "blast" ,I presume from some sort of IED, could get them? My condolences to their loved ones.