Separate attacks kill 8 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

[cal04]

Source: MSNBC

GI monthly death toll hits 100; Iraqi PM, American officials meet

Iraq’s prime minister and two top American officials flew to the blistering western desert Saturday in a rare joint outing to highlight gains there in the fight against insurgents, hours before the military reported the deaths of eight U.S. troops.

One of those killed, a Marine, died in combat in Anbar province, once the site of some of the fiercest fighting in the country—and where the U.S. ambassador, the American commander in Iraq, and the Iraqi leader traveled Saturday.

The Sunni-dominated province has grown calmer in recent months with the flowering of a new alliance among Sunni tribal leaders, the Iraqi government and U.S. led forces, but peace continues to be elusive—as the death Saturday of the Marine demonstrated.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in Salahuddin Province, north of Baghdad, when an explosion hit their patrol; another died in a roadside bombing in south Baghdad.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18883994

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I hate this administration

[Eugene]

1. Reuters: Eight more U.S. soldiers killed in new Iraq attacks

In the third month of the "surge," Iraq is right back
where it was, except more Americans are getting killed.

:grr:

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Source: Reuters

Eight more U.S. soldiers killed in new Iraq attacks
26 May 2007 20:39:40 GMT
Source: Reuters

-snip-

BAGHDAD, May 26 (Reuters) - Eight more U.S. soldiers have
been killed in five previously unreported attacks in different
areas of Iraq over the past four days, the U.S. military said
on Saturday.

May is on track to be the bloodiest month this year for U.S.
forces, with 101 soldiers killed so far. April was the worst
month so far this year for U.S. forces, when 104 soldiers
were killed.

A total of 3,452 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq since
the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003.

In the worst of the latest attacks, three soldiers were
killed and another two were wounded when their patrol
was hit by an explosion in Salahaddin province north of
Baghdad on Saturday.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26477066.htm

[tabasco]

2. SHAME on the Democrats for helping to sustain this slaughter!

SHAME!

[theHandpuppet]

4. Can I second that?

SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jollyreaper2112]

3. wow

The daily average is around 3.x a day but it seems like we've been hearing a lot more about 8 and 9 per day. But remember, this isn't Vietnam. It can only be Vietnam AFTER it's officially worse than Vietnam.

[wakeme2008]

5. U.S. Forces Raid Sadr City ( 8 US troops dead)

Source: AP

May 26, 2007
U.S. Forces Raid Sadr City
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 4:07 p.m. ET

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military reported the deaths of seven soldiers and a Marine.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq.html

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There is NO more at link at this time :cry:

[wtmusic]

6. And they took how many civilians with them?

:shrug:

[Warren Stupidity]

7. Great. War going well. 100B buys heaps of dead people.

And then of course in september we will pour another 100-200B into the carnage. All because we have to sportdatroops by getting them killed in a criminal occupation of a country we committed a war crime against by attacking without provocation. Yes this is grand. How many more of ours will die before we get to lose the next funding vote? 400? 500?

Hey Will Pitt, did you find your Angry yet? You can have some of mine, I've still got plenty.

[uppityperson]

10. Me too. k&r

[IndianaGreen]

8. US forces attack a Baghdad slum, which is what Sadr city is

using tactics the Israelis perfected in Ramallah. I am sure they will be as successful as the IDF was in quelling the Palestinians.

[partylessinOhio]

9. End this BushHell - Bring them home!

Stop this insanity:

Cheney readies West Point grads for war in Iraq

Vice President Dick Cheney tells the graduating class at West Point that the country is counting on them to help win the war on terror. (May 26)



West Point graduates from the class of 2007 toss their caps in the air at the end of their graduation ceremony Saturday, May 26, 2007 at West Point Military Academy in Highland Falls, NY. Nine hundred seventy eight cadets received their diplomas and will enter the U.S. Army as second lieutenants.

[UpInArms]

11. this.has.got.to.stop..NOW!

:cry:

[acmavm]

12. The payback for this attack could be horrendous. I don't think that the

Iraqis will sit idly by as we commit war crimes like we did in Fallujah.

No wonder we have so much military power floating around in the gulf right now. The who friggin' place could go up in flames.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Update at same link: US deaths were separate from the attack on Sadr City

One of those killed, a Marine, died in combat in Anbar province, once the site of some of the fiercest fighting in the country -- and where the U.S. ambassador, the American commander in Iraq, and the Iraqi leader traveled Saturday.
...
Elsewhere on Saturday, three U.S. soldiers were killed in Salahuddin Province, north of Baghdad, when an explosion hit their patrol; another died in a roadside bombing in south Baghdad.

Late Friday, a soldier was killed in an ambush near Taji, north of the capital, and two other soldiers were hit by a roadside bomb on Wednesday in eastern Baghdad, the military said.
...
As part of the U.S.-led security crackdown in Baghdad, American forces raided the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City early Saturday and captured a ''suspected terrorist cell leader,'' who helped smuggle powerful, armor-piercing bombs from Iran, the U.S. military said in statement.

After the raid, around 2 a.m., U.S. and Iraqi forces called in air strikes on nine cars positioning themselves to attack American forces, killing five suspected militants, the military said.

An Iraqi police official said the strikes hit 10 cars in line to buy gasoline, killing three civilians and wounding eight others. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to release the information.

9 cars "positioning themselves to attack American forces"? Sounds strange ...