Three US soldiers killed southwest of Baghdad (#2432)

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060511/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusunrest_060511120905

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three US soldiers have been killed in two separate roadside bombings southwest of Baghdad.

The US military said two soldiers died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb at around 9:00 am (0500 GMT), while another soldier was killed in a similar bombing at 6:30 am (0230 GMT) in a separate attack.

Both the attacks occurred southwest of Baghdad, the military said, but did not provide the exact locations.

[saigon68]

1. Meanwhile---"BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Bhaisahab]

15. Caption: "Tough shit, fuckers." n/t

[saigon68]

21. It's his derisive arrogant "SMIRK LOOK"

[Ilsa]

2. Four died yesterday per news on Madison's WXXM-FM "the mic". eom

[xchrom]

3. liberating the liberators from their burden.

[DrDebug]

4. Good morning Baghdad

RIP.

The story of the 06:30 is slightly different according to a Kuwaiti newspaper. He did from an explosion near his car when he was trying to board his vehicle.

MIL-LD IRAQ-UNREST
Bomb blast kills Multi-National soldier

BAGHDAD, May 11 (KUNA) -- A roadside bomb blast killed a member of
the Multi-National Force southeast of the Iraqi capital on Thursday, the force said in a statement.

The soldier died in the blast that occurred close to a vehicle he was boarding, it said, without elaboration.

The force has been repeatedly targeted with hit-and-run and bombing attacks since its deployment in 2003, when the former regime of Saddam Hussein was ousted. (pickup previous)

http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=864786

[arewenotdemo]

20. "Multi-National" soldier, eh?

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

...

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Death and tyranny continues...

Kicking and recommending in honor of our fallen soldiers and their families. :(

[Roland99]

7. Good thing we're fighting them over there so Americans don't die.

[catmandu57]

8. Don has a thread if gd about our troops massing

on the Iranian border looking for an excuse to invade Iran. That must leave something awfully exposed if it's true.

[qanda]

9. This is so sad

I hope we don't forget that there are people dying every single day for Bush's illegal war.

[tabasco]

10. If it was up to right-wingers, we would forget all about it.

They got so pissed off when Ted Koppell read the names of the dead.

Don't forget the tens of thousands maimed for life, either.

Who knows how many innocent Iraqis have been killed and maimed?

All this death and destruction FOR NOTHING but corporate profits.

But idiotic republican voters slap a magnet on their car and wave the flag and cry "support the troops!"

How strange that they are not flocking to the recruiter's.

[0007]

11. Pile 'em higher!

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


Support the war - Donate a Son a daughter
The GOP working for a better America
God Bless America

[grytpype]

12. icasualties.org says that we've averaged 3 coaltion deaths per day in May.

[saigon68]

13. just a few "dead enders"

[deadparrot]

14. RIP.

...

[leftchick]

16. some how I doubt

this will make the evening news. :cry:

[DrDebug]

17. It makes our evening news (#2433)

Edit: incorrect wording

Yesterday I said that the good news was no soldiers were killed today. Somehow I shouldn't have said it, because it turns out that the news was delayed.

Sergeant Alessandro Carbonaro died 10-May-2006 from wounds received in the Al Anbar Province (probably Fallujah) on May 1.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Alessandro Carbonaro, 28, of Bethesda, Md., died May 10, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on May 1. He was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Media with questions about this Marine can call the 2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Office at (910)- 451-9033.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060511-13020.html

R.I.P.

[leftchick]

18. this is just insane!

and I have been saying this for three years now. :cry:

[DrDebug]

19. War is madness. Sadly you have look at it to realize it

That's why the people are silent. They do not want to know. They do not want to cry, because they think it makes them weak, but the real weakness is not allowing yourself to feel the emotions connected to the death and disgust of war.

There is no glory in war; There is no greatness in war; There is only destruction. Destruction of buildings; Destruction of happiness; Destruction of life.

[theHandpuppet]

22. Heard this morning that four more marines died by drowning...

... when their tank overturned in a canal near Baghdad. No link; just heard it on NBC4 out of Washington.

[DrDebug]

23. Press release (#2436)

MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD
4th Infantry Division
CAMP LIBERTY
BAGHDAD, IRAQ
APO AE 09344

May 12, 2006

CORRECTION – The accident occurred on May 11.

Release A060512a

Four Marines die in vehicle accident

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – Four Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province today.

The Marines were traveling in a U.S. M1A1 Main Battle Tank when it rolled off a bridge into a canal near Karmah, Iraq. All four Marines on board drowned.

“We are a close knit family and this loss affects us all,” said Col. Larry D. Nicholson, commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 5. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these Marines during this difficult period.”

The deaths were not a result of enemy action.

The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense. The accident is under investigation.

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Releases/May/060512a.htm

[leftchick]

24. 3 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iraq

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/12/iraq/main1613916.shtml

(CBS/AP) Gunmen kidnapped 10 young men from mostly Sunni Arab villages in northern Iraq on Thursday, but U.S. and Iraqi forces saved seven of them, police said. Three American soldiers were killed in separate attacks south of the capital.

The kidnapping drama occurred in two villages near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

The attackers arrived in several cars and pickup trucks at about 6:30 a.m. and seized the 10 young men from their homes, but they were confronted by local sheiks and citizens, police said.

<snip>

The three U.S. soldiers died when roadside bombs hit two separate Army convoys southwest of Baghdad, the military said. The U.S. command also announced that another U.S. soldier died two days ago from non-combat related wounds near the northern city of Mosul.

[Botany]

25. Blessings and prayers on their souls and their family & friends

Three U.S. soldiers :patriot:

When does it all end George, When?

:cry:

[VegasWolf]

26. Maybe Crazy Bush should apologize for saying "Bring 'em on!" They did. nt

[Semi_subversive]

27. My semi-adopted son is headed over there in June

He should be coming from Ft. Lewis through Sacramento on June 8th. It hurts to think that this might be the last time we see him. My wife and 14 y.o. daughter would be especially devastated if anything happened to him. As for me, I'll probably get thrown in jail for fucking up those idiots with the Bush 04 stickers.

I guess the only consolation is that he'll be in a tank. That way he won't get blown up, he'll just get his brain scrambled from the concussion. Or drown when it goes off a bridge. God, I hate this war and the bastards that started it.

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. DUPE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2276849&mesg_id=2276849

[Roland99]

29. 15 this week?

[DrDebug]

30. I think that these 3 fit in with the stories above

Edit: At least icasualties hasn't added them yet to the list and they could duplicates.

Thu 11 8
Wed 10 1
Tue 9  1
Mon 8  2
Sun 7  2 (3 total)
Sat 6  5 (10 total)

http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=5-2006

So it is still at 12, however May already passed March and if this month continues at this rate, it'll be on the level of Oct 2005 or maybe even Jan 2005.