Three U.S. Marines Killed in Iraq - Fallujah

[NNN0LHI]

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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Three U.S. Marines were killed in action in Iraq (news - web sites)'s volatile western Anbar province on Thursday, a military spokesperson said.


The spokesperson would not say where the three were killed, but the deaths were reported as U.S. troops fought insurgents in the city of Fallujah, which is in Anbar. F-18 fighter jets dropped several bombs in the city, sending up plumes of smoke, while tank and machine gun fire could be heard to the south.


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[obnoxiousdrunk]

1. What about the half dead like this ???

file:///H:/My%20Pictures/martinez_jose.jpg

[NYC]

14. Your "link" leads to a picture within your computer.

That can't be done. To post the picture here, or a link to it, the picture must be somewhere on the internet.

http://imageshack.us/index3.php

Go to that website to upload the picture from your computer to the internet. They will provide you with a link that you can post here. If you have questions, feel free to ask.

Edited to correct link to Image Shack.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. Apparently Fallujah wasn't flattened enough

rinse, spin, and repeat. And order more body bags.

[gratuitous]

3. Oh c'mon, it was flattened!

And they broke the back of the insurgency!

And that's a light we're seeing that means the end of the tunnel!

Boy, I'd like to see just one real journalist at Rumsfeld's next press conference. After Donald gets done with his "everything's fine, we're winning big-time" happy crappy, someone should act as if what Rumsfeld just said was true, and ask if we're truly seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in Iraq. Rumsfeld's such an egomaniac, I'd bet a little stroke or two would totally throw him off the deeper nuances of that simple question, and he'd riff for 15 or 20 seconds on lights and tunnels.

[0007]

5. Could Rumsfeld be another Hannibal Lectern?

Hard to keep a good man down!

[saigon68]

17. "BRING EM ON", shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"Hey Dick pass the shrimp", WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR.

MY STOCK PORTFOLIO HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

4. but but but

I thought we had liberated Falluja by wiping it off the face of the Earth. Did the government and the media lie to us about freedom being on the march and Falluja being a major turning point? I'm crushed.
*sarcasm off*

[Politicub]

6. How could this be?

Darn liberal media. I thought that freedom is on the march in Fallujah after we liberated people from their lives and homes?

Those marines -- at least they didn't die in vain. This article reads like a christian peace bomb was dropped on them, and they were overwhelmed by the warmth of baby Jesus' love.

[uppityperson]

7. have a bodycount sign in my car window

made a mistake on yesterday's so was redoing it correctly for today (no need to exagerate it) when I read this so never mind, yesterday's stands correct for today. I hate this.

[Tempest]

8. Corrected link

http://tinyurl.com/3vbos

[NNN0LHI]

9. Think about this for a moment

The neo-cons big move was they were going to do Iraq, and then Iran, and then Syria, and then _____? Then the jackoffs lowered their sights to do Fallujah, then Ramadi, and then Mosel, and then _____? Now they would give their left nut to just be able to do a street at a time and they can't even do that.

We tried telling them.

Don

[teryang]

12. Incompetence is okay as long as your base profits

The purpose of war is profit for those who promote it. The fact that you are losing is immaterial.

Rumsfeld honors Lou Reukeyser (sp?). This tells more about the politics of war and its base than anything else in the MSM.

[teryang]

13. Astute analysis

per your usual. You can only hear that kind of analysis here at DU.

The edifice of fraud would crumble in a hurry with commentary like that in the MSM.

[NNN0LHI]

18. I feel stupid. What is MSM? n/t

[soup]

19. mainstream media, I think.

Unfortunately, we're all too familiar with what RIP means.

[NNN0LHI]

22. I think you are correct. Thank you n/t

[teryang]

23. Oops

Sorry about that. I think I was posting in my sleep yesterday. Somewhere I picked up that shorthand for main stream media. Anyway I really do think that your post was brilliant.

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. F-18 fighter jets dropped several bombs in the city

Scorched earth policy. Since these "insurgents" have lived their whole life on scorched earth, I doubt that this fruitless campaign of genocide will matter a wit. All the brilliant west point generals can't seem to win this one can they?
Mission Accomplished!

[number6]

11. yep, F-18 fighter jets dropped several bombs in the city

great for rebuilding the city...:eyes:

[daleo]

15. Just rearranging the rubble

It's hard work though.

[saigon68]

16. It is Hard Work

You have to blow the rotting body parts into smaller pieces for the starving dogs to devour on Christ's Day.

[soup]

20. Soon there will be no corners left to turn.

edit to add ** quote.

"When it comes to spreading the peace, we're turning a corner, and we're not turning back," he said the next day in Canton, Ohio.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/11/bush.corner/

[saigon68]

21. Great Quote

So appropriate for the Holiday whose motto is


PEACE ON EARTH --- GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.