Roadside bomb kills American soldier (3,003)

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Roadside bomb kills American soldier
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier was killed southwest of Baghdad Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near his patrol, according to military statement released Tuesday.

"The combined patrol was moving through a village south of Baghdad talking to residents about the sectarian violence in the area," the statement said of the operation by U.S. and Iraqi forces.

"As the patrol conducted their mission, a roadside bomb exploded near one of their vehicles, killing one Soldier and wounding three others, including an interpreter."

Since the start of the war, the United States has suffered 3,003 military fatalities.

link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/02/tuesday/index.html?section=cnn_latest

U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 3,002
By The Associated Press | January 1, 2007

As of Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at least 3,002 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,397 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is 19 higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EST.

The British military has reported 127 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 18; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each.

The count includes two deaths listed by the Department of Defense that could not be verified as Iraq-related casualties by the AP.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

-- Two soldiers were killed Sunday in Diyala province by an explosion.

link: http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/01/01/us_military_deaths_in_iraq_hit_3002?mode=PF

[Rose Siding]

1. damn

Rest in peace.

[saigon68]

8. "BRING EM ON" shouted the (Drunken) AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[rodeodance]

2. Rec. for the troops and the families.

[bdamomma]

3. 3,003 families without their loved ones, when is enough enough?

all this death for what? for what mission? and finish what job? to annihilate the Middle East perhaps and doused the area with ethic cleansing, we will pay dearly for all this needless death.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

...

[0007]

5. New pile for the new year, 'eh?

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


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6. Two Germany-based soldiers killed in Iraq are identified

Two Schweinfurt, Germany-based soldiers have died in Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Sgt. Lawrance J. Carter, 25, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and Pfc. William R. Newgard, 20, of Arlington Heights, Ill., died when a bomb went off near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad on Dec. 29, according to a news release.

Newgard was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Carter was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, under control of 1st Armored Division.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=42543

[Supersedeas]

7. Nothing to see here--feed them more buzz words about escalation and acceleration