OIL WAR BE DAMNED

[HowHasItComeToThis]

Military: Iraqi truck bombing kills 5 US soldiers

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By HAMID AHMED, Assoacited Press Writer Hamid Ahmed, Assoacited Press Writer – 2 hrs 50 mins ago

BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a sandbagged wall Friday in northern Iraq, killing five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen in the single deadliest attack against U.S. forces in more than a year.

A sixth American soldier and 17 Iraqi policemen were wounded in the blast that took place near the national police headquarters in southwestern Mosul — Iraq's third-largest city and al-Qaida's last urban stronghold.

Suicide bombings — a hallmark of al-Qaida's attack style — continue to threaten the city, which U.S. troops must leave by June 30 under an agreement with the Iraqis. The approaching deadline has raised fears about what will happen after American soldiers depart.

Lt. Col. Michael Stuart, chief of U.S. operations in Tikrit, an Iraqi city north of Baghdad, said the target was the Iraqi national police complex in Mosul and not the U.S. patrol. He said the American patrol just happened to be on the same street when the attack occurred.

[AtomicKitten]

1. It's long past time to get the hell out of Dodge.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

2. It's a god damn oil war alright.