Najaf fighting claims three US soldiers

[Nambe]

Aljazeera (conformation link below - US central command)

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20040818.txt

Three Americantroops have been killed in Iraq's Najaf province amid fresh efforts to mediate between US-led occupation forces and Shia fighters.

Smoke was seen rising from Najaf before an expected major US-led assault on Shia leader Muqtada al- Sadr's al-Mahdi Army militiamen.

"Three US soldiers attached to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit were killed as a result of enemy action in Najaf province 15 August," said a US military statement on Monday. ..

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[burrowowl]

1. What happened to the truce?

RIP as well as the civilians getting killed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Damn all those flowers and candy thrown at our troops

These are special, really.

But bunny pants will again say BRING IT ON... he is very
heroic you know, BRING IT ON, from the safety of the
White House

[TacticalPeek]

3. Bummer.

:(

[markses]

4. This is so much a dupe it's a dupe of a dupe

Jeez. Check the board.

[Rose Siding]

6. here's a link

to one of them. It's hard to tell because the numbers of dead are rarely in the published titles anymore.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=754679&mesg_id=754679

[0007]

5. Deaths is coming in three's lately.

[markses]

7. Yeah, when it's a dupe of the same story

:eyes: