Iraq attacks leave 13 dead

[maddezmom]

Iraq attacks leave 13 dead

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) --Four separate attacks on diplomats, troops and civilians from countries participating in the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq left 13 dead Saturday.

The strikes came at the end of the deadliest month for U.S. troops and other coalition soldiers since the Iraqi war began.

In a highway ambush that Spain's defense minister called an assassination, Iraqi insurgents killed seven Spanish intelligence agents and wounded another as their convoy moved south from Baghdad.

Two Japanese diplomats and their Iraqi driver were shot and killed near Tikrit when they made a stop for food en route to an Iraqi reconstruction conference, U.S. military and Japanese officials said.


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And coalition officials say a civilian -- a senior security representative of a U.S. company providing contracted services in Iraq -- was shot and killed Saturday as he drove to a U.S. base north of Baghdad near Balad.

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/30/sprj.irq.main/index.html

[NNN0LHI]

1. Oh, yes. Things are really shaping up over there n/t

[benfranklin1776]

2. Yes I am sure Junior will again crow "this is a great sign of progress"

n/t

[pinkpops]

3. the moral to this story,

the moral to this song,
...

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. is

do not go where you don't belong

[pinkpops]

6. I believe that's

one should never be
where one does not belong.

[jmcgowanjm]

4. Reporter in conference asked about 2 more dead US

Kimmet w/ his political commissar dodged
the question.

Also, a reporter asked about South Korean
casualties.

Question also dodged.

Baghdad MilHospital overwhelmed.
Drs & Nurses must be doing alot
of self medicating.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A20034-2003Nov28?language=printer

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/7368173.htm

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5315.htm

[carols]

7. To the tune of the Twelve Days of Christmas

The Seven Months Since May Day

The Seven Months Since May Day
(to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas")

In the seven months since May Day
The WarChimp gave to me
A whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Six dead Britons
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Seven slain Spaniards
Six dead Britons
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Eight exploding Jordanians
Seven slain Spaniards
Six dead Britons
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Nine friendly fire deaths
Eight exploding Jordanians
Seven slain Spaniards
Six dead Britons
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Ten homemade rockets
Nine friendly fire deaths
Eight exploding Jordanians
Seven slain Spaniards
Six dead Britons
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Eleven ambushed Kurds
Ten homemade rockets
Nine friendly fire deaths
Eight exploding Jordanians
Seven slain Spaniards
Six dead Britons
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

In the seven months since May Day
The War Chimp gave to me
Twelve dead at the Red Cross
Eleven ambushed Kurds
Ten homemade rockets
Nine friendly fire deaths
Eight exploding Jordanians
Six dead Britons
Seven slain Spaniards
Six dead Britons
Five suicides
Four downed Black Hawks
Three car bombs
Two dead diplomats
And a whole bunch of dead Iraqis.

Thanks Resident Bush. We feel SOOOOOO much safer now!

References:

A whole bunch of dead Iraqis: Iraq Body Count

Two dead diplomats: BBC 11/29/2003
Two Japanese citizens who may have been diplomats have died in an apparent ambush near the Iraqi city of Tikrit.

Three car bombs: Houston Chronicle 10/14/2003
Suicide car bombers struck in Baghdad for the third time in a week today, this time outside the Turkish Embassy in yet another blow against those who would help the U.S. occupation. Witnesses said the driver and a bystander were killed, and hospitals said at least 13 were wounded.

Four downed Black Hawks: SF Chronicle 11/29/2003
About half of the deaths resulted from the downing of four military helicopters, in which 39 soldiers were killed. U.S. aircraft in Iraq have been targeted in the past, but these incidents, involving either a surface-to-air missile or rocket-propelled grenade, marked the first major hits...At one point during the month, military officials reported that the number of guerrilla attacks was averaging more than 40 a day. SF Chronicle

Five suicides: VikingPhoenix.com 07/20/2003
The Army is investigating at least five suspected suicides by soldiers in Iraq, a defense official said. The Marines have confirmed one suicide and are investigating at least one suspected suicide, according to Capt. Sean Turner, a Marine Corps spokesman.

Six dead Britons: Sydney Morning Herald 06/25/2003
Six British military police were killed in Iraq, possibly in an incident in a local police station, and eight British soldiers were injured in a separate incident today in southern Iraq, Defence Minister Geoff Hoon said.

Seven slain Spaniards: Washington Post 11/29/2003
Attackers ambushed a team of Spanish intelligence officers on a highway south of Baghdad on Saturday, killing seven agents and wounding one, Spanish Defense Minister Federico Trillo said.

Eight exploding Jordanians: Radio Free Europe 08/07/2003
At least eight people are reported to have been killed today in an explosion outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad. U.S. Captain Robert Ramsey of the 1st Armored Division says the explosion was likely caused by a truck bomb.

Nine friendly fire deaths: Sydney Morning Herald 09/14/2003
US soldiers killed nine people, including eight Iraqi law enforcement officers on Friday in the worst friendly fire incident since the end of the war, further inflaming anti-American sentiment in one of the most tense corners of Iraq.

Ten homemade rockets Sydney Morning Herald 10/26/2003
A US soldier was killed and 17 wounded yesterday when a volley of rockets pounded a Baghdad hotel where US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying...Brigadier General Martin Dempsey, the commander of the 1st Armored Division, said eight to ten rockets hammered into the Rashid Hotel at 6.08 am (2.08pm AEDT), killing one US soldier and wounding seven American civilian personnel, four military staff, two security guards and four foreign nationals.

Eleven ambushed Kurds Washington Times 10/25/2003
Iraqi rebels attacked a busload of Kurdish athletes who were returning to the northern city of Kirkuk from a Tae Kwan Do meet Saturday afternoon. Eleven members of the martial arts team were injured, including one athlete who lost an eye in the attack, Sky News reported. Two others were reported in serious condition.

Twelve dead at the Red Cross BBC 10/27/2003
Twelve people died in the attack on the ICRC, a spokesman said, including two Iraqi security guards and several passers-by. Witnesses said the driver of the vehicle which exploded was among the dead.

Eighteen dead Italians The Guardian 11/13/2003
Eighteen Italians and eight Iraqis were killed by a suicide bomb in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya yesterday, the worst single military loss for Italy since the second world war. 11/13/2003

[Guaranteed]

16. Tasteless, but it makes a great point.

I actually sent it along to my mom and dad.

It's a good, brief review of things that have gone on just recently. "10,000 coalition casualties" would fit in well there, somewhere, too.

[leftchick]

8. Does anyone else think these are coordinated attacks?

Given the 13 dead on Sat. and 4 more soldiers dead today in addition to 2 Korean dead and 2 Wounded. Allof these attacks scattered all over Iraq. I think either chimpass* pissed off the rest of the people in Iraq that tolerated the US presence and all hell has broken loose. OR, there is a major coordination of attacks going on by a united guerilla force.

[Aidoneus]

10. the idea behind it is almost certainly coordinated

While a couple of the particular expressions of the general idea have been far from honourable, that general idea is to go after the lackeys and mercenaries of the main occupying force (or those that could be perceived in this light, not always correctly so) and isolate the latter--that in itself attacks and weakens the criminal occupation as a whole, and makes maintaining it more difficult.

[Aidoneus]

9. Not the safest time for America's mercenaries out there

I doubt the lackey regimes back home will get the hint, though, as clueless density and arrogance go quite well together.

[nostamj]

11. and on and on and on and on.....

[Tempest]

12. According to *, these are signs of Iraqi "progress"

Too stupid to be president.

[tabasco]

13. We must redouble our efforts to restore a rational government

in Washington DC, and end this slaughter. Our troops are in a place they don't belong and we must continue fighting to get them out of there. God forbid, if we can't oust the corrupt Bush administration, things will get much, much worse.

[Randi_Listener]

14. BRING 'EM ON!

The Iraqi resistance hasn't yet began to fight. But they're head cheerleader Buckwheat Bunnypants is in full swing.

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[RamboLiberal]

15. Just saw on CNN Spanish return of Spanish dead is being covered

at airport in Madrid - showing flag covered coffins.

And this is all we see - from CBS website - since it is covering 2 US dead I assume it's a US casualty - but who knows - we don't see our flag covered coffins returning.

[Robin Hood]

17. when they made a stop for food

That does not sound like a planned hit, but rather the true feelings of the Iraqi people. Who else saw the images of jubilant Iraqi's at the scene of these strikes? It appears that the hearts and minds have been lost, if they were ever really won in the first place.