Four US soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Iraq attack

[deadparrot]

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in an attack on a patrol near the northern Iraqi oil refining town of Baiji overnight, the U.S. military said in a statement on Wednesday.

Police in the town said two Humvee patrol vehicles and a larger armored vehicle appeared to have been wrecked and burned out. They were surrounded by U.S. troops after the incident.

The U.S. military said the attack happened at 11:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) on Tuesday. It gave no details of what kind of weapons were used. But there has been a series of big roadside bomb attacks on U.S. patrols in recent weeks that have destroyed armored vehicles and cost many lives.

Just last week, 14 Marines were killed when a land mine flipped over an amphibious armored vehicle near Haditha, west of Baghdad. It was the deadliest such incident of the war.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050810/ts_nm/iraq_attack_dc

[bluestateguy]

1. Despicable.

This war is an unmitgated failure, and needs to be brought to an end now.

This incident only reinforces the fact that everything we said about this was was right, and everything the war hawks said was wrong.

We told them so.

[saigon68]

27. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he prepared to have the "Peace Mothers" arrested outside his pig ranch

[democrank]

2. Horrible news.

I think we`ve lost an average of about 4 a day this month.

[Qanisqineq]

3. oh my god, so sad

three vehicles were destroyed in the incident? it sounds like they are lucky "only" 4 were killed. was it one of those Iranian bombs?

so depressing. for a while I was pretty numb to it all. I found it sad but just felt numb. now I tear up every time I read about the people Bush is killing.

:cry:

[driver8]

4. What exactly is Shrub's goal in Iraq, anyway??

WTF?? Is he spreading democracy?? Searching for WMDs? Draining the treasury?? There does not seem to be a clear focus on what the hell we are trying to achieve over there. Meanwhile, innocent soldiers and civilians are being killed everyday.

For what??

[rodeodance]

5. oh no!!!!!

[rodeodance]

7. exactly Cindy S. point.

[driver8]

8. Did I say something wrong??

I wasn't trying to hijack this thread...I am just so pissed off at the deaths of so many innocent people.

[Lefta Dissenter]

13. No, driver

I think Rodeo was just agreeing with you and reminding us all that this is one of the reasons Cindy is camping on the road outside the Crawford pig-farm. You should be pissed, as should all of us here, and everyone in the world, frankly.

It is such a sad, horrible tragedy.

[Bhaisahab]

9. shrub's goal is just to keep massaging his ego

cheney's goal is to control the oil

[durablend]

19. Oh, they're spreading something...

MANURE

All over the American sheeple

[TomClash]

16. WMD and PTL

No, not "weapons of mass destruction" and "praise the lord."

Rather, "We Make Dough" and "Pass The Loot."

[R Hickey]

24. I think the Bush family and the Saudi Princes are both on the same side

I think that, sometime back, Poppy Bush made a secret deal with the Saudi Royal family that gave Poppy a cut of the Saudi oil profits. Maybe one percent, maybe more, only their "Cayman Island" banker knows for sure.

It doesn't take a genius to see that this Iraq invasion has been good for both the Saudi Royal family and the Bush family along with their oily friends.

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. War profiteering is his goal.

MONEY!!!!! Rich beyond his wildest imagination! It's all he really cares about. He's said it before, "If this deal goes down, I'll have more money then I ever dreamed of." Texas rangers Arlington stadium ring a bell?

[BlakeB]

6. *sigh*

We're losing more and more men and women to this god damn war. It seems like everytime the admin says things are getting better, things just go further down hill.

[DanCa]

10. Draft five republicans for everyone one soldier we loose.

Maybe that way the cowards who wanted this war will figure out a way to end this damnable thing.

[jasmeel]

11. Why is this story only rated 2.5 stars? That pisses me off!!!

What if those people rating those stories lost a child in this war. I bet they think that would be impt enough to be rated a 5!

[theHandpuppet]

12. Freepers do it every time

They vote down any article pertaining to war casualties. Then those hypocrites have the nerve to yak on about how they "support the troops" -- unless they die, of course, and become bad publicity for their RW lunacy.

Edited to add: It's now down to 1 1/2 stars! See what I mean about them voting down any casualty reports?

[saigon68]

37. Voted

I think there is an active conspiracy to vote these stories low and get them off the web

[il_lilac]

22. voted a 5

quit hiding the truth

[pinniped]

14. Rummy the Dummy's timing was off.

He used his Iran weapons comment already.

[hadrons]

15. its 5 today, soldier died in a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four U.S. soldiers were killed and six others wounded Tuesday when insurgents attacked their patrol in the northern city of Beiji. One U.S. soldier died in a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad, officials said.

The 10 Task Force Liberty soldiers were on patrol when they came under attack late Tuesday in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, a military statement said Wednesday.

A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. convoy waiting at an intersection Tuesday in Baghdad, killing seven people — including one American soldier — and wounding more than 90. More than a dozen others died in scattered attacks across the capital.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050810/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. That had already been reported yesterday

n/t

[xchrom]

17. mission accomplished!

i mean more dead american soldiers must be the mission, right? -- since that's what we're accomplishing.

[Warren Stupidity]

18. Everyone to DC september 24. EOM.

[Tesla]

21. I'm trying to figure out how to pull that off

We need NUMBERS there, show them we are MAD!!

God Bless the Troops!

[leftchick]

23. local boys hold scraps of US uniforms......

Local boys hold scraps of uniforms after a powerful bomb attack against a U.S. military patrol near the northern Iraqi oil refining town of Baiji August 10, 2005. Four U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in an attack on a patrol near Baiji at 11:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) on Tuesday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Wednesday. Police in the town said two Humvee patrol vehicles and a larger armored vehicle appeared to have been wrecked and burnt out. (Stringer/Iraq/Reuters)

:cry:

[catmandu57]

25. I'm just not sure what to say anymore

I've responded to these threads just about every time, and it's always the same question. Why? and for how much longer?

[w8liftinglady]

26. Rumsfeld made me sick yesterday

..glibly minimizing the multiple deployments these kids are taking-..."volunteering","only three months for most of them"(Air Force)...the whole attitude was so fucking condescending,as if the stupid Americans don't have the sense to read between the lines.We aren't leaving any time soon.My kid won't be getting out of the Army in 8 months.I'm probably looking at sending him there one more time,after this deployment(his second).

[tabasco]

35. Most of the military hates Bush's & Rumsfeld's guts.

They have screwed the military even more than the average citizen.

[catmandu57]

36. Yes you're correct

In all liklihood he'll do a couple of more tours, there are many people here with loved ones in Iraq, even some military people who have been there, I hope you can hook up with them.

[ninkasi]

38. He makes me sick every time he talks...

w8lifting lady. I want you to know that whenever I read one of your posts, I look at your child's face, and try to imagine the fear that must have hold of you. My oldest son is 43, and I have an 18 year old grandson.

The thought of any of my precious children, or yours, or any other mother's, being sent to do the fighting for the enrichment of Bush and his cronies, makes me ill. I pray that your son will survive this unjust war, with no injuries.

The cavalier way Rumsfeld and the rest treat our troops is a disgrace to humanity. I only pray that someday, they will face justice in the Hague, and be made to face the consequences of their actions.

[sleipnir]

28. Body Counts,starting,numbers,just like Vietnam

Nothing but numbers, and the numbers keep getting higher.

August is on track to be one of the deadliest months of the War.

Will there be no end? Who will be the last to die for a lie?

[H5N1]

29. You know you are right. I recall the nightly 'numbers' from 'Nam

No names, just numbers - ours and theres.
That always freaked me out; the draft was on
and I was next in line.

[ooglymoogly]

30. four more cindys created

by this lying f*cking asshole idiot murdering bstrd. my hart goes out to these grieving families. just imagine the grief....created by this monster and his fat cronies.

[PurityOfEssence]

31. So far, it's the third worst month since the conquest began

Only March '03 and April '04 were worse.

But then, there's plenty of time left...

[saigon68]

34. There years left to kill the Brown Man

And millions of sheep in Amerika--- blissfully sleeping

[phusion]

32. Forty-four dead this month...

How many injured?

How many Iraqis dead?