Rate of U.S. losses in Iraq is highest yet

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/76515.html

CONFLICT IN IRAQ

Rate of U.S. losses in Iraq is highest yet

In the past six months, the rate of Americans killed in Iraq has reached its highest level ever, despite four years of fighting.

BAGHDAD -- Over the past six months, American troops have died in Iraq at the highest rate since the war began, an indication that the conflict is becoming increasingly dangerous for U.S. forces even after more than four years of fighting.

From October 2006 through last month, 532 American soldiers were killed, the most during any six-month period of the war. March also marked the first time that the U.S. military suffered four straight months of 80 or more fatalities. April, with 58 service members killed through Monday, is on pace to be one of the deadliest months of the conflict for American forces.

Senior American military officials attribute much of the increase to the Baghdad security crackdown, now in its third month. But the rate of fatalities was increasing even before a more aggressive strategy began moving U.S. troops from heavily fortified bases into smaller neighborhood outposts throughout the capital, placing them at greater risk of roadside bombings and small-arms attacks.

ROADSIDE BLASTS

Roadside bombs have long been the No. 1 killer of American troops in Iraq.

[DesertRat]

1. But * says the surge is working

:mad:

[CGowen]

6. more troops, more targets n/t

[Jim Warren]

2. real news nt

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[GreenTea]

3. Well Reid got it right, (Finally) Reid: U.S. Can't Win Iraq Military Fight

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/19/national/w141318D73.DTL

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the military fight in Iraq was "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops.

The bleak assessment was the sharpest yet from Reid, who has vowed to send President Bush legislation calling for combat to end next year. Reid said he told Bush on Wednesday that he thought the war could not be won through military force and only through political, economic and diplomatic means."

Fuck the lying republicans trying to use the troops as always....

Then bring the troops home now fucking hypocritical republicans.

[Az_lefty]

4. F@#K, I have friends over there...

:grr:

[SoCalDem]

5. He promised us a "surge"..n/t