U.S. soldier dies in roadside bombing (#2923 and 32 so far in Dec)

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier was killed in Baghdad Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near his patrol, a military statement said Friday.

According to the military, the soldier was a member of the Army's Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

Since the start of the war, the U.S. military has suffered 2,923 fatalities in Iraq. (Posted 4:05 a.m.)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/08/friday/index.html?section=cnn_latest

32 soldiers have died in Iraq this month

Iraqi firefighters extinguish a blaze after a car-bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday. An Iraqi civilian was killed and two others were hurt, police said.


BAGHDAD — A flare-up of fighting in Iraq, particularly in the western Anbar province where the Sunni insurgency is strong, has made the first week in December one of the deadliest in the war.

At least 32 U.S. troops have died in Iraq this month, according to the Defense Department. Eleven died Wednesday. Another soldier wounded Wednesday died Thursday, the military said.

Most of the deaths — at least 18 — were in Anbar province, a large stretch of desert west of Baghdad where U.S. and Iraqi forces have been unable to crush insurgents. Most of Anbar's residents are members of the Sunni Muslim minority that ruled Iraq for centuries before the 2003 U.S. invasion.

At least 10 U.S. troops have died this month in or around Ramadi, one of the largest cities in Anbar province.

more:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003467319_iraqdig08.html?syndication=rss

[saigon68]

1. They died for Nothing

"OH MY GOD, my son is dead", cried the New Gold Star Mother.


"Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. Saw on Imus That It's Up To 33

and Bush will continue to fiddle.