2 Marines Killed During Operations in Iraq

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Two U.S. Marines have been killed during military operations in Iraq (news - web sites)'s volatile Anbar province west of Baghdad, the military said Monday.

The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force released a statement saying two of its Marines were killed in action Friday "while conducting security and stability operations" in Anbar province, a vast region which includes the battleground cities of Fallujah and Ramadi.

No further details, including how or where the Marines were killed, were provided. Their identities were being held pending notification of relatives.

The killings brought to at least 1,273 the number of U.S. troops to have died since the war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_military_deaths_1

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1. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU VOTED FOR FREEPERS?

Not my problem anymore.

Just don't expect any of us here to answer the call when the draft comes back. I have a life, and it does not belong to the government, nor is it my job to put my life on the line for George W. "Baby" Bush's fuckups.

[wtmusic]

5. my sentiments exactly

the often overlooked casualty of the war: the future of the US military

[pres2032]

2. Too many Angels in heaven tonight......

:cry:


may God have mercy on their souls....

[Dem2theMax]

3. And two more families hearts are going to be broken.

I wonder if a human being can ever run out of tears.
So far I seem to have an overload. :cry:

[Erika]

4. Bushco Globalist Corporatism Marches On....

paid for by American working class kids. His global donors could have only dreamed of the profits they are now reaping from the American taxpayers. See details at www.icasualties.org.

[TacticalPeek]

6. Bummer. And all for Bush's Folly.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. How many more Sons and Daughters are going to have to die

before people realise the price of oil isn't as important as the price of a human life?