U.S. Soldier Killed South of Baghdad

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_soldier&cid=540&ncid=1473

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier was killed and three others were wounded in an attack south of Baghdad, the military said Saturday. A Marine died in a non-hostile incident.


The military said the soldiers' vehicle was "ambushed by a vehicle-born improvised explosive device" in Mahmoudiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad. The statement did not say when the attack occurred.


Two of the injured soldiers were evacuated to a combat hospital. The third wounded soldier returned to duty after treatment.


All the casualties were from the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division.

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[Flagg]

1. BRING' EM ON ! cried the AWOL CHIMP

[LittleApple81]

2. This was already posted in GD forum.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1645413

And it should be "vehicle-borne" and not vehicle-born (I have not seen bombs being born from vehicles... at least not so far.)

[Lin]

3. When was the last day that passed without death& dying? (rhetorical) <eom>

[Judi Lynn]

4. Thanks for the article. Very sad, isn't it?

You have to wonder about the other guy, the Marine who was killed in a "non-hostile" action.

We can't just accept these things as if the soldiers WANTED to waste their lives. What a shame.

[lebkuchen]

5. We'll be over 800 US dead by Sunday

Bush has not been able to maintain security in Iraq. He needed more troops, but what does Shinseki know?

[UpInArms]

6. we are definitely out of the "700 club" -

lunaville shows 799 and that doesn't count any of today's reports.

:cry: for all the lives lost and destroyed by the BFEE