Two US soldiers killed, one wounded in Fallujah explosion

[NNN0LHI]

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Two US soldiers were killed and one wounded when a military vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the hotspot Iraqi town of Fallujah.

"Two were killed in action and one wounded when a military vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) at 8:30 am (0530 GMT)," a military spokeswoman said Saturday.


A US army captain in Fallujah earlier told AFP the vehicle was a Bradley.

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[saigon68]

1. "BRING EM ON" --- cried the Cowardly, AWOL Chimpanzee

And Bring "IT" on they DID----Disgusting.

2 new GOLD STAR MOTHERS---- thanks asshole.

I'm sure the MOTHERS, are jumping for joy at the thought, their child died for "FREEDOM"

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A US soldier covers the body of a comrade who was killed following an explosion in Iraq. Two US soldiers were killed and one wounded when their military vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

18. Too many and so frequent.

[Don_G]

2. 34 This Month Alone

And this is only the 8th....

[JeebusH]

3. and they knocked out a Bradley too ...

even in the tanks, no soldier is safe

[54anickel]

13. they keep refering to these IEDs

"improvised explosive device" makes it sound like a cheap little cocktail, but they are taking out heavy equipment.
snip>
"Bradley would mark the second time since US troops invaded Iraq that insurgents have ripped apart US armor with their explosives. The first time was on October 29 when an M1 Abrams tank was hit by a bomb"

What the heck is it? What are they using? Why mix the terminology, IED, explosives, bomb?

In the end, I guess it doesn't really matter---they are killing/maiming our sons and daughters and it seems there is nothing being done by this misadmin to prevent that. Instead Georgie has moved on to making speeches and moves to tick off the "insurgents" world wide.

[bemildred]

17. IED is spose to make it sound lo-tech and home-made.

Only we have the high-tech stuff. It's a PR gambit.
There are a number of off-the-shelf products of the
required type, and I expect Iraq is awash in them, RPGs,
SAMs, anti-armor mines.

[dbt]

4. The Headline That Will Not Refresh

Damn. Every morning I log on to DU for Latest Breaking News. And every morning I see the same thing: US Soldiers Killed.

Hell's BELLS! This item has been on the Front Page since St. Patrick's Day at least. Skinner, PLEASE fix whatever bug it is that's keeping this headline from updating!

:cry:
dbt

[Pocho]

5. THE SCORE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST

Before their war was won = 138, After their mission accomplished = 273 more, Total young land of the free and home of the brave heroes just following orders = 411 (not counting dying wounded.). Iraqi men, women, and children evil doers massacred = Nobody is saying. Those seeking vengeance for sake of family and invaded homeland honor = most. Years for Viet Cong to come together = several. Time for Iraqi resistance to build = damned near immediate. Have a nice day.:)

[saigon68]

6. IRAQ-NAM REDUX 2003

Had a bad dream last night---------

Dreamed a Viet-Nam draft evader and Awol primate decided to fight and win the war in Viet-Nam again to "make history right".

Then I woke up and came here to chat w/ my friends.

[0007]

7. What this man in your dreams?

"U.S. authorities insist that ties between business and government officials have not tainted any contracts. "We're following all the standard federal rules" in awarding U.S. contracts, said a Pentagon official, who asked to remain unidentified"

http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Ahmed_Chalabi

[saigon68]

8. HEY he's our guy--a master financier and next President Of FREE IRAQ

Although some have detected strings attached to eyebolts emmanating from his shoulders. Notice how his American Corporate handlers have made him move his mouth in time to the phrases.

1. Profit is good.

2. The terrorists must be stopped.

3. Weapons of mass destruction still exist.

4. Go Yale beat Harvard.

5. Saddams soldiers raped (pick 1--- children, nuns, Jessika, cripples, dogs, corpses)

6. A toast to my friends at Halliburton on their updated quarterly returns.

[catmandu57]

9. Anyone else note that the Iraqis are now

insurgents? Hell I'd call them freedom fighters. Insurgents, terrorists, deadenders, what ever it's their goddamn country, they have the right to self determination.

[Guaranteed]

10. Jesus.

They've really stepped it up. I'm starting to wish we hadn't been SO right.

[Minstrel Boy]

12. I know what you mean

"I told you so" tastes like ashes in my mouth.

[joshcryer]

21. None of us wanted to be right about this sort of thing.

Not one of us.

[DivinBreuvage]

11. "Stay the Course!"

Our leader is brave and true and he has vowed to stay the course. Tony Blankley and some other limey were gushing about it on the McLaughlin Group last night.

This president doesn't govern by polls, you know!

Staying the course always pays off in the end. Think of all the doubters who criticized Hitler for refusing to allow retreats in 1944-45. It is better that whole divisions be annihilated than that the great leader show a weakness of resolve.

Françoise

[saigon68]

14. Stay the course and speed---Captain Smith

On the bridge of the Titanic ----April 1912

[dArKeR]

15. Remember that story about the new high-tech 'Sniffers' that would put

a stop to the guerillas? About 3-4 months ago. MSGOP and other Whores ran it. These ultra-secrect-high-tech sniffers kits could tell if a person fired a gun or RPG no matter if they bathed and changed their clothing. The Media Whores said this would be the end of the attacks.

And I don't find anything in the DUsearch or google on:
iraq gunpowder soldier troops "sniffer kit"

and I know it was published everywhere.

Sniffgate.

[htuttle]

16. "What do you expect the people to do? Kiss them?"

Hours after the Black Hawk helicopter went down Friday, suspected insurgents fired at least two mortar rounds into a sprawling Tikrit compound studded with Saddam's marble palaces that has been turned into a U.S. base. There were no injuries.

The U.S. Army quickly took action, reimposing a 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew that had been lifted so people could celebrate Ramadan, which lasts for another two weeks.

(snip)

Shoulder-fired rockets, a missile, and heavy machine gun fire slammed into an abandoned warehouse. Soldiers yelled, "Knock, knock," and "Good morning" in celebration as the structure crumbled amid clouds of dust and smoke.

Although most houses had their lights on, nobody dared to look outside. When a woman was heard coughing from inside one house, soldiers trained their guns and the red laser night-sights on a second-floor window. The coughing quickly stopped.

Then later,

Also, witnesses said gunmen fired Saturday afternoon at a car carrying four uniformed American soldiers, who abandoned the vehicle and fled after it broke down shortly after the shooting.

Residents who set the vehicle on fire said some of the Americans appeared to have been injured.

"They are occupying the world," said Shazad Ahmed, one of the residents. "What do you expect the people to do? Kiss them?"

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[Malva Zebrina]

19. yup they are "suspected" insurgents

I am beginning to believe that Saddam was not captured on purpose so that he can be "suspected" to be hiding in any number of suspected insuurgent civilian houses, (caves, or villages that the US wants to indeed "stay the course and bring em on so we can bomb the homes of civilians) this picture looks very familiar--reminiscent of IP photos

[nomaco-10]

20. The "cost of freedom" keeps getting higher.....

and higher, wonder how many more senseless deaths will have to take place 'til the apathetic middle class in this country finally get pissed.