April deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq since September.
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By on Apr 28th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
April deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq since September.
The AP reports:
At least 44 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month for U.S. forces since September.
The U.S. military said three soldiers were killed in eastern Baghdad by indirect fire, a reference to mortars or rockets. The statement did not give an exact location for the attack, but the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City has been the scene of intense fighting recently with Shiite militiamen.
A fourth U.S. soldier was killed by a shell in western Baghdad, the military said.
Atrios notes: “But they can stay there until people stop shooting at them so that there will come a time when they can stay there without people shooting at them.”
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This is a continuous loop tragedy, farce and indictable offense.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:19 pmquick, someone get Sadr a U.S taxpayer funded “aid package” like all the rest of the thugs running the iraqi government get, and maybe the surge will start working again..
April 28th, 2008 at 8:19 pmThe U.S. military said three soldiers were killed in eastern Baghdad by indirect fire, a reference to mortars or rockets.
No wonder this whole illegal invasion and oocupation is a complete clusterfu(k ; you stupidly believe the other side isn’t “aiming” at something or someone intentionally ?
They fight like someone playing the lottery , where you hope it’ll happen to land on your choice(s) ?
April 28th, 2008 at 8:25 pmCue the coward-trolls saying this is progress.
The sad thing is that most Americans no longer care, or at least seem to. This isn’t anywhere in the MSM and that can only help the senile old coot McCain.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:26 pmBring ‘em back, out of Iraq, before more of them wind up in VA hospitals across this country maimed and crippled, severely burned, blinded, brain damaged, paralyzed, missing their limbs, and suffering from the effects of PTSD, all because of some amorphous and indefensible lost cause.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:34 pmVoice_of_Reason Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pmThat is very true that casualties were very low in October, November, December, 1007 and January, February and March, 2008. It is also true that casualties in April 2008 are less than half of what they were in April 2007. Any American soldier casualty is a tragic loss, but we must not let their sacrifices be wasted by cutting and running before the job is done.
Why don’t you cut and run into traffic and take your pathetic GOP slogans and go Fukc off. 44 more dead Americans for a lie you scum sucking cretin.
Voice_of_Reason Says:
Any American soldier casualty is a tragic loss, but we must not let their sacrifices be wasted by cutting and running before the job is done.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Shut the f_ck up, moron.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:41 pmVoice_of_Reason Says:
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That is very true that casualties were very low in October, November, December, 1007 and January, February and March, 2008. It is also true that casualties in April 2008 are less than half of what they were in April 2007. Any American soldier casualty is a tragic loss, but we must not let their sacrifices be wasted by cutting and running before the job is done.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Which day are you shipping out to Iraq then , GI Joke ?
April 28th, 2008 at 8:43 pm>but we must not let their sacrifices be wasted by cutting >and running before the job is done.
How many more VIP welcomes do Iranianian heads of state have to get before our job in Iraq is done?
How did the democratic choice of the people of palestine set with you? Is that the kind of result our troops should die for?
April 28th, 2008 at 8:55 pmU.S. casualties bottomed out. The increase is a trend. Look for another “surge” before the Chimperror is gone.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:01 pmVoice_of_Reason Says:
CJ: Please enlighten us with your infinite wisdom. What will happen to Iraq should we pull out all of our troops in the next 30 days, when Iraqi Security forces only have 10 of 18 provinces under their control? Will they all live happily ever after?
And continuing to stay in the middle of another country’s civil war accomplishes what you sniveling coward, besides getting more US troops killed and maimed. You are a moron.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:10 pmWill they all live happily ever after?
What the fcuk do you care? You’d rather piss on a homeless pan-handler (most likely a veteran) while blindly handing billions of dollars to a bunch of criminals.
What a godd*mn idiot you are.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:15 pmDad’s video of run-down barracks sparks military response
Good old Republican style “supportin’ the troops”.
(CNN) — The U.S. military is promising action to address conditions in a barracks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after a soldier’s father posted images on YouTube showing a building that he said “should be condemned.”
“This is embarrassing. It’s disgusting. It makes me mad as hell,” Ed Frawley said of the building where his son, Sgt. Jeff Frawley, had to live upon his return this month from a 15-month deployment to Afghanistan.
Frawley said Monday that Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dick Cody called him to say he shares Frawley’s anger and that “there’s no excuse.” Cody said he would not want his own sons or any troops to return to such conditions, Frawley said.
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No wonder Iraq still isn’t “working”.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:20 pmVoice_of_Reason Says:
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CJ: Please enlighten us with your infinite wisdom. What will happen to Iraq should we pull out all of our troops in the next 30 days, when Iraqi Security forces only have 10 of 18 provinces under their control? Will they all live happily ever after?
April 28th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Who are you to question anyone’s intellect or their opinion(s) , jackass ?
You and this dogshit administration are 0-for-7 years and counting in terms of idiot predictions ; why do you believe your opinions aren’t anything besides a paragraph of expletives and derision directed towards you ?
April 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pmKilo Says:
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MCMetal Says:
> What will happen to Iraq should we pull out all of
> our troops in the next 30 days, when Iraqi Security
> forces only have 10 of 18 provinces under their
> control? Will they all live happily ever after?
Who are you to question anyone’s intellect or their opinion(s) , jackass ?
You and this dogshit administration are 0-for-7 years and counting in terms of idiot predictions ; why do you believe your opinions aren’t anything besides a paragraph of expletives and derision directed towards you ?
You’re avoiding the question.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
It’s presumptiveness (as well as stupidity ; 2 things you posses in over-abundance) , that is responsible for us being in Iraq to begin with.
I don’t purport to know what will happen ; now , why do GOP/Chimpy leg humpers keep insisting that you and they do , when your 0-for-7-year record attests otherwise ?
You are exactly like your imbecilic hero in the Oval Office ; refusing to admit to any error or mistake .
April 28th, 2008 at 9:55 pmdoesn’t give a toss
Sorry limey, but you don’t count.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:56 pmKilo Says:
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blue state bob Says:
And continuing to stay in the middle of another country’s civil war accomplishes what you sniveling coward, besides getting more US troops killed and maimed. You are a moron.
I dunno, could we use Kosovo as an example ?
Could we use the proposed reasoning for intervening in Sudan as an example ?
No , we cannot.
Our illegal invasion and subsequent occupation were not the causes behind Kosovo’s and the Sudan’s unrest , jackass……….
April 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pmKilo Says:
blue state bob Says:
And continuing to stay in the middle of another country’s civil war accomplishes what you sniveling coward, besides getting more US troops killed and maimed. You are a moron.
I dunno, could we use Kosovo as an example ?
Could we use the proposed reasoning for intervening in Sudan as an example ?
Maybe we could get a commitment from all the presidential candidates to commit to not intervening in the Sudan on the grounds that you’re not going to drop US troops into Africa to confront muslim militias without drawing aQ and terrorist attacks there either.
Comparing Kosovo to Iraq, jeebus you are truly a dim bulb. Kosovo, half the people wanted us there, no one in Iraq wants us there. Kosovo we had NATO support, Iraq is now pretty much us. Kosovo has different terrain, is much smaller in size and population. To compare the two proves you are a knuckle dragging moron.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:06 pmMCMetal Says:
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Kilo Says:
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MCMetal Says:
> What will happen to Iraq should we pull out all of
> our troops in the next 30 days, when Iraqi Security
> forces only have 10 of 18 provinces under their
> control? Will they all live happily ever after?
Who are you to question anyone’s intellect or their opinion(s) , jackass ?
You and this dogshit administration are 0-for-7 years and counting in terms of idiot predictions ; why do you believe your opinions aren’t anything besides a paragraph of expletives and derision directed towards you ?
You’re avoiding the question.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
It’s presumptiveness (as well as stupidity ; 2 things you posses in over-abundance) , that is responsible for us being in Iraq to begin with.
I don’t purport to know what will happen ; now , why do GOP/Chimpy leg humpers keep insisting that you and they do , when your 0-for-7-year record attests otherwise ?
And in another move reminscent of your retarded simian hero , you run away ; you pathetic pansy ………….
April 28th, 2008 at 10:35 pmAhh Springtime = pansies
April 28th, 2008 at 10:50 pmdbadass Says:
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Ahh Springtime = pansies
April 28th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Where a young man’s thoughts turn to love ………..
Or if you’re in the GOP , they turn a page . Over .
April 28th, 2008 at 10:52 pmIt is almost unbelievable the most horrendously exhausting nightmare these last 7 1/2 years have been. BushCo. hijacked this great nation into the most painful ride to hell with no end in sight. How can this be? Who would have guessed? Just like the planes hijacked on 9/11, Bush has hijacked this nation. He stole America from us americans. Took off, stole our privacy, our civil rights, tore the Constitution to shreds, devalued dollar, failed costly war, not to mention the SOARING gas prices at the pump!
Let’s face it folks, this idiot took each and everyone of us to the cleaners, ripped us off royally!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:03 pmAmerican commanders are particularly focused on trying to curb a rise in mortar and rocket attacks on the Green Zone.
The more they try to fortify the Green Zone the worse the attacks are.
It will never get any better no matter how long we stay. Too many Iraqi’s hate us and will not stop the bloodshed until we are off their land.
We shouldn’t even try to have an Embassy in Iraq. It is just a further reminder of how many lives have been lost and how many families have been destoyed.
My deepest sympathies to the families of the Forty-Four US Soldiers.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:14 pmVoice_of_Reason Says:
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My deepest sympathies to the families of the Forty-Four US Soldiers.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
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At least with that, we can agree.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Well that , and the overwhelming fact you’re a friggin’ imbecile and tool of the GOP………..
April 28th, 2008 at 11:36 pmHow We’ll Know When We’ve Won
Speaking of Iraq, I guess you’ve seen Fredrick Kagan’s recent article in The Weekly Standard. It’s hard to imagine that he could write,
We invaded Iraq to make friends…
April 29th, 2008 at 12:21 amShock and Awe was just like Christmas.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:25 amSo?
April 29th, 2008 at 12:56 am.
Is this what they mean when they said, “Mission Accomplished“?
May 2, 2003
A (not-so)Happy M.A.FIVE years!
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April 29th, 2008 at 1:55 amActually they meant, there is “Light at the end of the tunnel!”
April 29th, 2008 at 2:03 amAs they put a lite probe next to Dead Eye Dicks ears!
April 29th, 2008 at 2:03 amOk folks Memorial Day is coming up in a few weeks…Let’s take a little time and reflect…not only on our men and women…But the innocent civilians who have been bearing the brunt of this effort, not only in the East…but right here at home…Women/men and children here at home whose Dads and Moms are away, and may never come home the same…Compound that with what the people of Iraq and Afghanistan(civilians) are going through…Let’s get this over with…Believe me NO ONE is Winning this!
April 29th, 2008 at 2:11 amBut believe me we will PAY!
… so much for “the surge is working” …
April 29th, 2008 at 2:50 amWas this news reported in the mainstream media? I can’t remember hearing about these horrible losses. So many of our troops are killed and yet there seems like almost zero reporting on this. There should be outrage and I hear none!
April 29th, 2008 at 3:50 am#7, How many deferrals have you gotten, by my reckoning the surge(escalation) is not working and it is time to bring our troops home and put America back together and rebuild Iraq from here with the money we owe them for destroying it.NO more WARMONGERING from the White house!!!!!!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:07 amSorry I meant # 6. The scum sucking cretin!!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 10:09 amVoice_of_Reason Says:
Any American soldier casualty is a tragic loss, but we must not let their sacrifices be wasted by cutting and running before the job is done.
Ookaay!!…I can see your point. It kinda like you have your house,… and a group of people from another town, like, come in and take over. And, they, like, almost destroy everything. I, too, wouldn’t want them to leave until they, like,… finished the job.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:51 pm