US soldier killed in Iraq

[sabra]

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - An American soldier has died of wounds received in a bomb attack in Baghdad, the US military in Iraq said on Wednesday.

The soldier was wounded after the vehicle he was travelling in was hit by a roadside bomb in the northeast of the capital on Tuesday, it said. He died at a medical facility in Baghdad on Wednesday.

The latest death brings to 4,148 the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, according to a count by AFP based on independent website icasualties.org.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestustoll_080827121756

[tazkcmo]

1. Fuckers. *sob* n/t

[wtmusic]

6. Defending one's country makes one a "fucker"

ok.

[bluestateguy]

2. Surge working update.

Disgusting.

[Stuart G]

3. Who will be the last soldier to die?..

[saigon68]

5. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[xchrom]

4. recommend the war didn't work -- the surge didn't work bush doesn't work. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Welcome to the Desert of the Real

...

[bdamomma]

8. this is shameful

all this death for oil, lies and greed.