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Scarletwine
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I found this list and I thought it was important that we think of them as people inst4ad of numbers. God Bless their families.
This week:
Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson, 29, of Calumet, Mich. Killed Oct. 20 in Fallujah, Iraq.
Spc. Paul J. Bueche, 19, 131st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, killed Oct. 21 when the tire he was changing on Black Hawk helicopter exploded. Home, Daphne, Ala.
Pvt. Jason M. Ward, 25, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, lst Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died in Baghdad on Oct. 22 of non-combat related injuries. Home, Tulsa, Okla.
Spc. John P. Johnson, 24, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, lst Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died in Baghdad of non-combat related injuries on Oct. 22. Home, Houston.
Capt. John R. Teal, 31, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed on Oct. 24 when an improvised explosive device struck his convoy in Baghdad. Home, Mechanicsville, Va.
Spc. Jose L. Mora, 26, C Company, lst Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. Died of wounds received from an enemy mortar attack Oct. 24 in Samaria, Iraq. Home, Bell Gardens, Calif.
Sgt. Michael S. Hancock, 29, lst Battalion, 320 Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed on Oct. 24 when shot while on guard duty in Mosul, Iraq. Home, Yreka, Calif.
Spc. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22, B Company, lst Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Died of wounds received from an enemy mortar attack on Oct. 24 in Samaria, Iraq. Home, Home, Flint, Mich.
Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins, 26, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed on Oct. 26 on patrol when his vehicle was hit by improvised explosive device. Home, Hume, Mo.
Pvt. Joseph R. Guerrera, 20, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed when his vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device while he was on Patrol on Oct. 26 in Baghdad. Home, Dunn, N.C.
Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring, 40, Army Central Command Headquarters (Forward) Fort McPherson, Ga. Fatally injured during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the El Rashid Hotel in Baghdad on Oct. 26. Home, Fayetteville, N.C.
Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld, 19, 537th Military Police Company, V Corps, Giesen, Germany. Killed Oct. 26 during mortar attack on the Abu Ghraib Police Station. Home, Waupun, Wis.
Pfc. Steve Acosta, 19, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Died on Oct. 26 from a non-combat gunshot wound. Home, Calexico, Calif.
Pvt. Jonathon L. Falaniko, 20, A Company, 70th Engineer Battalion, lst Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed on Oct. 27 while on duty near the police station in downtown Baghdad when a vehicle containing an improvised explosive device detonated. Home, Pago-Pago, American Samoa.
Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell, 33, 214th Military Police Company, Alabama National Guard. Killed in Baghdad on Oct. 27, when an improvised explosive device detonated at his location at the Al Barra Police Station. Home, Tuskegee, Ala.
Spc. Isaac Campoy, 21, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed on Oct. 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his tank was hit with an improvised explosive device. Home, Douglas, Ariz.
Sgt. Algernon Adams, 36, 122nd Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard. Died on Oct. 28 of non-combat related injuries at Foreward Operating Base, St. Mere, Iraq. Home, Aiken, S.C.
2nd Lt. Todd J. Bryant, 23, lst Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, lst Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died on Oct. 31 when an improvised explosive device blew up while he was on patrol at Fallujah. Home, Riverside, Calif.
Spc. Maurice Johnson, 21, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Captvell, Ky. Killed in Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 1 when when the high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle he was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device. Home, Levittown, Pa.
1st Lt. Joshua Hurley, 24, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed when vehicle he was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device. Home, Virgina.
2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan, 30, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, lst Armored Division, Giessen, Germany. Killed when he was struck with an improvised explosive device while responding to a rocket-propelled grenade attack. Home, Kent, Wash.
The following were killed in the crash of the Chinook helicopter at Al Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 2:
Sgt. Daniel M. Bader, 28, Air Defense Artillery Battery, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Home, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sgt. Ernest G. Bucklew, 33, Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Home, Enon Valley, Pa.
Spc. Steven D. Conover, 21, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Wilmington, Ohio.
Sgt. Anthony Dagostino, 20, 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Waterbury, Conn.
Spc. Darius T. Jennings, 22, of 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Cordova, S.C.
Pfc. Karina S. Lau, 20, of 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Livingston, Calif.
Sgt. Keelan L. Moss, 23, of 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Houston, Texas.
Spc. Brian H. Penisten, 28, Air Defense Artillery Battery, lst Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Home, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sgt. Ross A. Pennanon, 36, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Oklahoma.
Sgt. Joel Perez, 25, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
lst Lt. Brian D. Slavenas, 30, F Company, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Peoria, Ill. Home, Genoa, Ill.
Chief Warrant Officer Bruce A. Smith, 41, Detachment I, Company F, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Davenport, Iowa. Home, West Liberty, Iowa.
Spc. Francis M. Vega, 20, 151st Adjustant General Postal Detachment, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.
Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez, 29, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, III Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.
Staff Sgt. Joe N. Wilson, 30, of 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Mississippi.
Sgt. Paul F. Fisher, 39, Detachment I, Company F, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Davenport, Iowa. Home, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Sgt. Francisco Martinez, 28, of B Detachment, 82nd Soldier Support Battalion (Airborne) Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed on Nov. 4 in convoy when improvised explosive device exploded. Home, Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Sgt. lst Class Jose A. Rivera, 34, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed on Nov. 5 while part of a patrol at Mumulktdyah, Iraq, that came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire. Home, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Spc. Robert T. Bensonm, 20, of Company A, lst Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, lst Armored Division, Smith Barracks, Germany. Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound. Home, Spokane, Wash.
The following were killed when a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down by unknown enemy ordinance Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq:
Chief Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth, 43, (identified by Pentagon as "female"), regimental warrant officer for the Judge Advocate General Office, Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon. Home, Virginia.
Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) Kyran E. Kennedy, 43, of Boston, Mass.
Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neil II, 30, of S.C.
Sgt. Scott C. Rose, 30, Fayettville, N.C.
Kennedy, Neil and Rose were assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 10th Airborne Division, (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Ky.
Spc. James A. Chance III, 25, of C Company, 890th Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, Columbia, Miss. Killed Nov. 6 when his vehicle struck a landmine in Husaybah, Iraq. Home, Kokomo, Miss.
Staff Sgt. Morgan D. Kennon, 23, of 3rd Batallion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed on Nov. 7 in Mosul, Iraq, while guarding a bank in downtown when he came under rocket propelled grenade attack. Home, Memphis, Tenn.
Staff Sgt. Mark D. Vasquez, 35, of lst Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, lst Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Killed on Nov. 8 in Fallujah, Iraq, when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Home, Port Huron, Mich.
Spc. James R. Wolfe, 21, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52nd Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed on Nov. 6 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device was detonated in his convoy. Home, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Copyright ? 2003, Newsday, Inc.
This week:
Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson, 29, of Calumet, Mich. Killed Oct. 20 in Fallujah, Iraq.
Spc. Paul J. Bueche, 19, 131st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, killed Oct. 21 when the tire he was changing on Black Hawk helicopter exploded. Home, Daphne, Ala.
Pvt. Jason M. Ward, 25, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, lst Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died in Baghdad on Oct. 22 of non-combat related injuries. Home, Tulsa, Okla.
Spc. John P. Johnson, 24, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, lst Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died in Baghdad of non-combat related injuries on Oct. 22. Home, Houston.
Capt. John R. Teal, 31, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed on Oct. 24 when an improvised explosive device struck his convoy in Baghdad. Home, Mechanicsville, Va.
Spc. Jose L. Mora, 26, C Company, lst Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. Died of wounds received from an enemy mortar attack Oct. 24 in Samaria, Iraq. Home, Bell Gardens, Calif.
Sgt. Michael S. Hancock, 29, lst Battalion, 320 Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed on Oct. 24 when shot while on guard duty in Mosul, Iraq. Home, Yreka, Calif.
Spc. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22, B Company, lst Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Died of wounds received from an enemy mortar attack on Oct. 24 in Samaria, Iraq. Home, Home, Flint, Mich.
Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins, 26, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed on Oct. 26 on patrol when his vehicle was hit by improvised explosive device. Home, Hume, Mo.
Pvt. Joseph R. Guerrera, 20, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed when his vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device while he was on Patrol on Oct. 26 in Baghdad. Home, Dunn, N.C.
Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring, 40, Army Central Command Headquarters (Forward) Fort McPherson, Ga. Fatally injured during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the El Rashid Hotel in Baghdad on Oct. 26. Home, Fayetteville, N.C.
Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld, 19, 537th Military Police Company, V Corps, Giesen, Germany. Killed Oct. 26 during mortar attack on the Abu Ghraib Police Station. Home, Waupun, Wis.
Pfc. Steve Acosta, 19, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Died on Oct. 26 from a non-combat gunshot wound. Home, Calexico, Calif.
Pvt. Jonathon L. Falaniko, 20, A Company, 70th Engineer Battalion, lst Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed on Oct. 27 while on duty near the police station in downtown Baghdad when a vehicle containing an improvised explosive device detonated. Home, Pago-Pago, American Samoa.
Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell, 33, 214th Military Police Company, Alabama National Guard. Killed in Baghdad on Oct. 27, when an improvised explosive device detonated at his location at the Al Barra Police Station. Home, Tuskegee, Ala.
Spc. Isaac Campoy, 21, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed on Oct. 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his tank was hit with an improvised explosive device. Home, Douglas, Ariz.
Sgt. Algernon Adams, 36, 122nd Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard. Died on Oct. 28 of non-combat related injuries at Foreward Operating Base, St. Mere, Iraq. Home, Aiken, S.C.
2nd Lt. Todd J. Bryant, 23, lst Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, lst Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died on Oct. 31 when an improvised explosive device blew up while he was on patrol at Fallujah. Home, Riverside, Calif.
Spc. Maurice Johnson, 21, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Captvell, Ky. Killed in Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 1 when when the high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle he was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device. Home, Levittown, Pa.
1st Lt. Joshua Hurley, 24, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed when vehicle he was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device. Home, Virgina.
2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan, 30, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, lst Armored Division, Giessen, Germany. Killed when he was struck with an improvised explosive device while responding to a rocket-propelled grenade attack. Home, Kent, Wash.
The following were killed in the crash of the Chinook helicopter at Al Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 2:
Sgt. Daniel M. Bader, 28, Air Defense Artillery Battery, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Home, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sgt. Ernest G. Bucklew, 33, Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Home, Enon Valley, Pa.
Spc. Steven D. Conover, 21, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Wilmington, Ohio.
Sgt. Anthony Dagostino, 20, 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Waterbury, Conn.
Spc. Darius T. Jennings, 22, of 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Cordova, S.C.
Pfc. Karina S. Lau, 20, of 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Livingston, Calif.
Sgt. Keelan L. Moss, 23, of 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Houston, Texas.
Spc. Brian H. Penisten, 28, Air Defense Artillery Battery, lst Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Home, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sgt. Ross A. Pennanon, 36, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Oklahoma.
Sgt. Joel Perez, 25, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
lst Lt. Brian D. Slavenas, 30, F Company, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Peoria, Ill. Home, Genoa, Ill.
Chief Warrant Officer Bruce A. Smith, 41, Detachment I, Company F, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Davenport, Iowa. Home, West Liberty, Iowa.
Spc. Francis M. Vega, 20, 151st Adjustant General Postal Detachment, Fort Hood, Texas. Home, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.
Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez, 29, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, III Corps Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.
Staff Sgt. Joe N. Wilson, 30, of 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla. Home, Mississippi.
Sgt. Paul F. Fisher, 39, Detachment I, Company F, 106th Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard, Davenport, Iowa. Home, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Sgt. Francisco Martinez, 28, of B Detachment, 82nd Soldier Support Battalion (Airborne) Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed on Nov. 4 in convoy when improvised explosive device exploded. Home, Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Sgt. lst Class Jose A. Rivera, 34, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed on Nov. 5 while part of a patrol at Mumulktdyah, Iraq, that came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire. Home, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Spc. Robert T. Bensonm, 20, of Company A, lst Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, lst Armored Division, Smith Barracks, Germany. Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound. Home, Spokane, Wash.
The following were killed when a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down by unknown enemy ordinance Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq:
Chief Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth, 43, (identified by Pentagon as "female"), regimental warrant officer for the Judge Advocate General Office, Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon. Home, Virginia.
Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) Kyran E. Kennedy, 43, of Boston, Mass.
Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neil II, 30, of S.C.
Sgt. Scott C. Rose, 30, Fayettville, N.C.
Kennedy, Neil and Rose were assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 10th Airborne Division, (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Ky.
Spc. James A. Chance III, 25, of C Company, 890th Engineer Battalion, Army National Guard, Columbia, Miss. Killed Nov. 6 when his vehicle struck a landmine in Husaybah, Iraq. Home, Kokomo, Miss.
Staff Sgt. Morgan D. Kennon, 23, of 3rd Batallion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed on Nov. 7 in Mosul, Iraq, while guarding a bank in downtown when he came under rocket propelled grenade attack. Home, Memphis, Tenn.
Staff Sgt. Mark D. Vasquez, 35, of lst Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, lst Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Killed on Nov. 8 in Fallujah, Iraq, when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Home, Port Huron, Mich.
Spc. James R. Wolfe, 21, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52nd Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed on Nov. 6 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device was detonated in his convoy. Home, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Copyright ? 2003, Newsday, Inc.
MrsSpringsteen
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Thank you for posting those names Scarletwine
I always want to post the names, but all you ever get in news articles is numbers, unless someone dies from your local area.
God bless them and their families
I always want to post the names, but all you ever get in news articles is numbers, unless someone dies from your local area.
God bless them and their families
Klaus
Refugee
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 15 ? Two American Black Hawk helicopters collided in midair and crashed Saturday evening in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 17 of the American soldiers aboard and injuring 5 others, officials said. One other soldier was reported missing.
American officials said the collision occurred when one of the helicopters came under hostile fire from the ground and swerved upward to avoid it, driving its rotor into the second helicopter.
The Black Hawks, traveling after sunset, went down in a residential neighborhood on the western side of the city. It was unclear Saturday evening if there were any casualties among Iraqis living in the neighborhood where the crash occurred
sad:
sorry, no names published yet, maybe Scarletwine can add them later
American officials said the collision occurred when one of the helicopters came under hostile fire from the ground and swerved upward to avoid it, driving its rotor into the second helicopter.
The Black Hawks, traveling after sunset, went down in a residential neighborhood on the western side of the city. It was unclear Saturday evening if there were any casualties among Iraqis living in the neighborhood where the crash occurred
sad:sorry, no names published yet, maybe Scarletwine can add them later
MrsSpringsteen
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verte76
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Damn.
MrsSpringsteen
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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - Attackers slit the throats of two American soldiers who were waiting in traffic in this northern Iraqi city on Sunday, witnesses said. Another soldier was killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad.
The bodies of the two male soldiers could be seen lying in the street next to their vehicle in Mosul's Ras al-Jadda district with their throats cut. The U.S. command in Baghdad said it had no information on the incident.
A 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed Sunday and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, the military said.
U.S. officials have warned of more attacks against coalition forces as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan nears its end Tuesday.
The bodies of the two male soldiers could be seen lying in the street next to their vehicle in Mosul's Ras al-Jadda district with their throats cut. The U.S. command in Baghdad said it had no information on the incident.
A 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed Sunday and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, the military said.
U.S. officials have warned of more attacks against coalition forces as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan nears its end Tuesday.
Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
Sunday, November 23, 2003 Posted: 7:48 PM EST (0048 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in separate attacks on their military convoys in Iraq, according to the U.S. military.
Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed Sunday when their convoy came under attack by small-arms fire in the northern town of Mosul, according to a U.S. Army spokesman.
After the deaths, witnesses told CNN the soldiers had their throats cut and were stripped of personal effects after they had been shot and wounded while riding in a civilian vehicle. But further investigation by CNN casts doubt on the allegations.
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt would not comment on the details of the incident. "We have an ongoing investigation, and we're not going to get ghoulish about this."
Another U.S. soldier was killed and two were wounded Sunday morning near Ba'qubah, north of Baghdad, when a military convoy hit a roadside bomb, according to a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.
The wounded soldiers are in a stable condition, the spokesman said.
In addition, vehicle accidents claimed the lives of three other soldiers Friday and Saturday, and Iraqi sources said an Iraqi police colonel charged with security at oil installations was shot and killed in northern Iraq.
The deaths bring the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in the Iraq war to 432 -- 300 of them under hostile conditions.
Since May 1, when President Bush declared the end of major combat operations, 290 U.S. troops have died, 185 from hostile fire.
Despite the losses, Kimmitt said the guerrilla attacks are not having a major impact on the occupation forces' mission in Iraq.
"This is a enemy that cannot defeat us militarily, and in engagement after engagement, we see the enemy breaking off, running away," he told reporters.
No reliable estimate of Iraqi deaths over the course of the conflict is available. The Associated Press reported an estimated 3,240 civilian Iraqi deaths between March 20 and April 20, but the AP said the figure was based on records of only half of Iraq's hospitals and that the actual number was thought to be significantly higher.
Civilian flights suspended after missile attack
U.S. authorities in Iraq suspended civilian flights into Baghdad's international airport Sunday after a cargo plane was damaged by a surface-to-air missile over the weekend.
Military air traffic into Baghdad will continue, Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor said.
A DHL flight was struck by a surface-to-air missile shortly after takeoff Saturday from Baghdad, military officials said. The missile struck one of the jet's engines, and the aircraft returned safely to the airport, its left wing ablaze. No one was hurt. (Full story)
The U.S. Air Force is conducting an investigation into the attack, Kimmitt said.
DHL and passenger carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines are the only companies flying into Baghdad.
Other Developments
? An explosion at an oil compound near the northern city of Kirkuk injured four employees Saturday night, according to Iraqi Northern Oil Co. spokesman Mike McAleer. A preliminary investigation indicated that the blast at the oil company's Baba Cultural Social Club was caused by a bomb, McAleer said.
? Iraqi civilians flagged down an Iraqi Railroad train early Sunday to prevent it from approaching an improvised explosive device placed on the tracks near the town of Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad. Central Command said the bomb was made of three 155mm artillery rounds linked together. An ordnance disposal team attached to the 82nd Airborne Division disarmed the device, and the rail line reopened.
-- CNN correspondents Jane Arraf and Walter Rodgers contributed to this report.
Sunday, November 23, 2003 Posted: 7:48 PM EST (0048 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in separate attacks on their military convoys in Iraq, according to the U.S. military.
Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were killed Sunday when their convoy came under attack by small-arms fire in the northern town of Mosul, according to a U.S. Army spokesman.
After the deaths, witnesses told CNN the soldiers had their throats cut and were stripped of personal effects after they had been shot and wounded while riding in a civilian vehicle. But further investigation by CNN casts doubt on the allegations.
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt would not comment on the details of the incident. "We have an ongoing investigation, and we're not going to get ghoulish about this."
Another U.S. soldier was killed and two were wounded Sunday morning near Ba'qubah, north of Baghdad, when a military convoy hit a roadside bomb, according to a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.
The wounded soldiers are in a stable condition, the spokesman said.
In addition, vehicle accidents claimed the lives of three other soldiers Friday and Saturday, and Iraqi sources said an Iraqi police colonel charged with security at oil installations was shot and killed in northern Iraq.
The deaths bring the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in the Iraq war to 432 -- 300 of them under hostile conditions.
Since May 1, when President Bush declared the end of major combat operations, 290 U.S. troops have died, 185 from hostile fire.
Despite the losses, Kimmitt said the guerrilla attacks are not having a major impact on the occupation forces' mission in Iraq.
"This is a enemy that cannot defeat us militarily, and in engagement after engagement, we see the enemy breaking off, running away," he told reporters.
No reliable estimate of Iraqi deaths over the course of the conflict is available. The Associated Press reported an estimated 3,240 civilian Iraqi deaths between March 20 and April 20, but the AP said the figure was based on records of only half of Iraq's hospitals and that the actual number was thought to be significantly higher.
Civilian flights suspended after missile attack
U.S. authorities in Iraq suspended civilian flights into Baghdad's international airport Sunday after a cargo plane was damaged by a surface-to-air missile over the weekend.
Military air traffic into Baghdad will continue, Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor said.
A DHL flight was struck by a surface-to-air missile shortly after takeoff Saturday from Baghdad, military officials said. The missile struck one of the jet's engines, and the aircraft returned safely to the airport, its left wing ablaze. No one was hurt. (Full story)
The U.S. Air Force is conducting an investigation into the attack, Kimmitt said.
DHL and passenger carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines are the only companies flying into Baghdad.
Other Developments
? An explosion at an oil compound near the northern city of Kirkuk injured four employees Saturday night, according to Iraqi Northern Oil Co. spokesman Mike McAleer. A preliminary investigation indicated that the blast at the oil company's Baba Cultural Social Club was caused by a bomb, McAleer said.
? Iraqi civilians flagged down an Iraqi Railroad train early Sunday to prevent it from approaching an improvised explosive device placed on the tracks near the town of Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad. Central Command said the bomb was made of three 155mm artillery rounds linked together. An ordnance disposal team attached to the 82nd Airborne Division disarmed the device, and the rail line reopened.
-- CNN correspondents Jane Arraf and Walter Rodgers contributed to this report.
MrsSpringsteen
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U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Hours After Bush Visit
By Andrew Marshall
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A mortar attack on a U.S. base in Iraq killed an American soldier on Friday, hours after President Bush made a secret visit to Baghdad to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops fighting to end a guerrilla war.
A military spokeswoman said the soldier was killed when a mortar bomb hit the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division in the northern city of Mosul. Since Bush declared major combat over on May 1, 185 U.S. soldiers have been killed in action.
By Andrew Marshall
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A mortar attack on a U.S. base in Iraq killed an American soldier on Friday, hours after President Bush made a secret visit to Baghdad to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops fighting to end a guerrilla war.
A military spokeswoman said the soldier was killed when a mortar bomb hit the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division in the northern city of Mosul. Since Bush declared major combat over on May 1, 185 U.S. soldiers have been killed in action.
MrsSpringsteen
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Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Western Iraq
Sun Nov 30, 5:56 AM ET
By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Guerrillas killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded a third in an ambush in western Iraq , a military statement said on Sunday. A day earlier, seven Spanish intelligence agents and two Japanese diplomats died in separate attacks near Baghdad.
With the latest deaths, guerrillas have killed 106 coalition troops in Iraq in November, with 79 American soldiers slain along with 25 other allied soldiers. It has been the bloodiest month of the war that began March 20.
A military statement said the U.S. troops were killed when a task force from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment was hit Saturday by rocket-propelled grenades and automatic fire east of the border town of Husaybah, 180 miles northwest of Baghdad.
Scarletwine
New Yorker
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/7368173.htm
Posted on Fri, Nov. 28, 2003
Toll on U.S. troops in Iraq grows as wounded rolls approach 10,000
BY ROGER ROY
The Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO, Fla. - (KRT) - Nearly 10,000 U.S. troops have been killed, wounded, injured or become ill enough to require evacuation from Iraq since the war began, the equivalent of almost one Army division, according to the Pentagon.
Posted on Fri, Nov. 28, 2003
Toll on U.S. troops in Iraq grows as wounded rolls approach 10,000
BY ROGER ROY
The Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO, Fla. - (KRT) - Nearly 10,000 U.S. troops have been killed, wounded, injured or become ill enough to require evacuation from Iraq since the war began, the equivalent of almost one Army division, according to the Pentagon.
As of today 304 US military personal have been killed by hostile fire in Iraq. The number wounded from hostile fire is a little over 1,500.
Any other killed, wounded, or personal seen for other problems have occured as a result of circumstances present anywhere US military personal serve, from Oklahoma and Georgia to Afghanistan.
Any other killed, wounded, or personal seen for other problems have occured as a result of circumstances present anywhere US military personal serve, from Oklahoma and Georgia to Afghanistan.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A U.S. soldier was reported killed south of Samarra on Tuesday, as U.S. and Iraqi authorities pressed the debate about how many Iraqis were killed when U.S. forces repelled simultaneous ambushes during the weekend.
The battles at Samarra -- about 120 km (75 miles) north of Baghdad -- were described as intense, with small-arms fire erupting from windows, roofs, alleyways and vehicles, escalating into rocket-propelled grenade and mortar attacks.
The soldier with the 4th Infantry Division was killed when his convoy struck an improvised explosive device south of Samarra, military officials said. There were no further details.
The battles at Samarra -- about 120 km (75 miles) north of Baghdad -- were described as intense, with small-arms fire erupting from windows, roofs, alleyways and vehicles, escalating into rocket-propelled grenade and mortar attacks.
The soldier with the 4th Infantry Division was killed when his convoy struck an improvised explosive device south of Samarra, military officials said. There were no further details.
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AP: Bremer Predicts More Attacks in Iraq
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi guerrillas will step up attacks in the next few months in an attempt to thwart a transfer of sovereignty from the occupation authority to a new Iraqi government, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq said Friday.
But L. Paul Bremer said in an interview with Associated Press Television News that U.S. forces were getting better intelligence in the fight against insurgents who stage attacks daily. Hours before he spoke, a roadside bomb hit a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad, killing one soldier. Two Iraqi civilians also died and 13 were wounded.
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi guerrillas will step up attacks in the next few months in an attempt to thwart a transfer of sovereignty from the occupation authority to a new Iraqi government, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq said Friday.
But L. Paul Bremer said in an interview with Associated Press Television News that U.S. forces were getting better intelligence in the fight against insurgents who stage attacks daily. Hours before he spoke, a roadside bomb hit a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad, killing one soldier. Two Iraqi civilians also died and 13 were wounded.
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Iraq Suicide Blast Kills 1 U.S. Soldier
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb driven by a suicide bomber blew up outside a U.S. Army base in the town of Ramadi on Thursday, killing one soldier and injuring 14 others.
The bomb was concealed in a truck that was delivering furniture to the base, and three Iraqis in the vehicle died in the explosion, a military spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.
Three wounded soldiers were evacuated to a combat hospital and the other 11 injured were treated and returned to duty, the spokeswoman said.
The bomb detonated just outside the gate of the Army's "Champion Base" in Ramadi, 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Baghdad.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb driven by a suicide bomber blew up outside a U.S. Army base in the town of Ramadi on Thursday, killing one soldier and injuring 14 others.
The bomb was concealed in a truck that was delivering furniture to the base, and three Iraqis in the vehicle died in the explosion, a military spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.
Three wounded soldiers were evacuated to a combat hospital and the other 11 injured were treated and returned to duty, the spokeswoman said.
The bomb detonated just outside the gate of the Army's "Champion Base" in Ramadi, 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi translator were killed Monday when their convoy struck an improvised explosive device along a road in Baghdad, U.S. Central Command said.
Two other soldiers in the 1st Armored Division patrol were wounded and evacuated to a hospital, Central Command said.
There have been 537 confirmed coalition deaths, 463 Americans, 53 Britons, one Dane, 17 Italians, one Pole, one Spaniard and one Ukrainian, in the war as of December 22, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/
Two other soldiers in the 1st Armored Division patrol were wounded and evacuated to a hospital, Central Command said.
There have been 537 confirmed coalition deaths, 463 Americans, 53 Britons, one Dane, 17 Italians, one Pole, one Spaniard and one Ukrainian, in the war as of December 22, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/
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No holiday for the death and violence
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Suspected insurgents struck coalition and Iraqi targets throughout the country Wednesday, killing three U.S. soldiers north of Baghdad, a bus driver in the capital and causing casualties in the northern city of Erbil.
The soldiers were killed Wednesday morning when a roadside bomb struck their convoy on a highway near Samarra, north of Baghdad, U.S. Central Command said. The soldiers were members of Task Force Ironhorse. No further details were available.
A civilian bus exploded Wednesday in Baghdad after riding over a bomb, killing the driver and wounding two passengers, an Iraqi police official said. The blast occurred in a tunnel of a highway that leads to the city's western part.
In Erbil, a large explosion happened around 11:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. ET) Wednesday outside the interior ministry of the autonomous Kurdish government established in the city after the Persian Gulf War, according to the U.S. military. Casualties were reported, but the military was unable to say how many people were killed or wounded.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Suspected insurgents struck coalition and Iraqi targets throughout the country Wednesday, killing three U.S. soldiers north of Baghdad, a bus driver in the capital and causing casualties in the northern city of Erbil.
The soldiers were killed Wednesday morning when a roadside bomb struck their convoy on a highway near Samarra, north of Baghdad, U.S. Central Command said. The soldiers were members of Task Force Ironhorse. No further details were available.
A civilian bus exploded Wednesday in Baghdad after riding over a bomb, killing the driver and wounding two passengers, an Iraqi police official said. The blast occurred in a tunnel of a highway that leads to the city's western part.
In Erbil, a large explosion happened around 11:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. ET) Wednesday outside the interior ministry of the autonomous Kurdish government established in the city after the Persian Gulf War, according to the U.S. military. Casualties were reported, but the military was unable to say how many people were killed or wounded.
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Five GIs killed in Iraq insurgency attacks
Japan sends team for biggest deployment since World War II
Friday, December 26, 2003 Posted: 12:42 PM EST (1742 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Striking several times in a 24-hour period in Iraq's restive "Sunni Triangle" region, insurgents killed five U.S. soldiers, including three Friday north of Baghdad and two Thursday in a mortar attack.
One soldier was killed and one was wounded Friday in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Duluiya, 47 miles (76 kilometers) north of Baghdad, said Master Sgt. Robert Cargie of the 4th Infantry Division.
Another soldier was killed Friday by an improvised explosive device near Ba'qubah, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of the capital. A second soldier was killed in Ba'qubah while attempting to dismantle an explosive.
On Thursday night, the Ba'qubah region was the site of two other U.S. military deaths, according to a 4th Infantry spokesman. Two soldiers were killed and four wounded in a mortar attack on their forward operating base in Ba'qubah, the spokesman said Friday.
The Sunni Triangle is the area north and west of Baghdad, a region in which opposition to the U.S.-led coalition has been the greatest.
In the Iraq war, 474 U.S. troops have died -- 326 under hostile circumstances. Eleven troops have been killed since the beginning of the week.
Four other coalition soldiers were wounded in incidents across Iraq, and troops pressed on with raids to root out the guerrilla infrastructure, bracing for an escalation of attacks during the holidays.
Two U.S. soldiers received minor wounds Friday morning when their patrol came under fire near the northern city of Mosul, a military spokesman said. The spokesman with the Army's 101st Airborne Division said that the patrol exchanged small-arms fire with attackers. The injuries are not considered life threatening, he said.
Gunmen also shot and killed a tribal chief and his son Friday in Mosul, a 101st Airborne Division representative said. Identified as Sheikh Talal al-Khalidi, the chief was a member of the U.S.-appointed local council.
Two coalition soldiers were wounded overnight in an attack near Mahawil, an area controlled by the Polish military.
On Christmas Day, insurgents assaulted targets at or near the "Green Zone," the heavily fortified area in Baghdad where the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority offices are located, and at the Turkish and Iranian embassies.
Soldiers with the Army's 1st Armored Division captured five men suspected of firing rockets at the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters Thursday night. Two rockets hit near the headquarters, but there were no injuries or damage, said Capt. Jason Beck of the 1st Armored Division.
Holiday not quiet in Baghdad
Sirens blared in the Iraqi capital on Christmas Day after some early morning explosions. Beck said the dawn attacks numbered at least eight and called them "weak and ineffective."
At least two rocket-propelled grenades hit the Sheraton Ishtar Hotel, showering broken glass and debris throughout the lobby and causing some damage to the building's atrium. Hotel staff quickly worked to sweep up the mess.
Another rocket-propelled grenade whistled past the hotel and other rockets exploded near the U.N. compound, Iraqi Interior Ministry and an abandoned police station.
There were also reports of damage on a nearby apartment block and injuries to a woman and man.
Rockets were fired toward the Turkey Embassy in northeastern Baghdad, and one of them struck the embassy's adjacent residence, a source said.
There were no casualties and only minor damage at the residence, the source said.
The attacks on the coalition stronghold came during a week in which the U.S. military launched Operation Iron Grip, targeting insurgents in Baghdad.
The 1st Armored Division has captured 66 suspects, of which 21 are "considered significant," according to a statement Thursday. The division also has seized weaponry, including 60 122 mm rockets, the statement said.
Task Force All-American soldiers in the central city of Ramadi arrested 10 insurgent suspects and confiscated several weapons, including mortar and artillery rounds, grenade launchers, sticks of dynamite and bomb-making materials, according to the military.
Japanese advance team goes to Iraq
The first Japanese noncombat troops have left for the Iraq region, beginning the Asian country's biggest overseas military deployment since World War II. (Full story)
The 23 personnel from the Air Self Defense Force flew from Tokyo on Friday and will work as an advance team in cities in Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar, Kyodo news agency reported.
They are part of a 40-member group that will prepare for the arrival next month of the force's main detachment, numbering about 150 personnel.
Japan will send about 1,000 noncombat troops to Iraq. The bulk of them are expected to go in February and March.
The Air Self Defense Force team, based in Kuwait, will operate four C-130 transport planes and will ferry food and medical supplies to cities such as Baghdad, Basra, Balad and Mosul, Kyodo reported.
South Korea also approved plans this month to send a new 3,000-strong troop contingent to Iraq.
Japan sends team for biggest deployment since World War II
Friday, December 26, 2003 Posted: 12:42 PM EST (1742 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Striking several times in a 24-hour period in Iraq's restive "Sunni Triangle" region, insurgents killed five U.S. soldiers, including three Friday north of Baghdad and two Thursday in a mortar attack.
One soldier was killed and one was wounded Friday in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Duluiya, 47 miles (76 kilometers) north of Baghdad, said Master Sgt. Robert Cargie of the 4th Infantry Division.
Another soldier was killed Friday by an improvised explosive device near Ba'qubah, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of the capital. A second soldier was killed in Ba'qubah while attempting to dismantle an explosive.
On Thursday night, the Ba'qubah region was the site of two other U.S. military deaths, according to a 4th Infantry spokesman. Two soldiers were killed and four wounded in a mortar attack on their forward operating base in Ba'qubah, the spokesman said Friday.
The Sunni Triangle is the area north and west of Baghdad, a region in which opposition to the U.S.-led coalition has been the greatest.
In the Iraq war, 474 U.S. troops have died -- 326 under hostile circumstances. Eleven troops have been killed since the beginning of the week.
Four other coalition soldiers were wounded in incidents across Iraq, and troops pressed on with raids to root out the guerrilla infrastructure, bracing for an escalation of attacks during the holidays.
Two U.S. soldiers received minor wounds Friday morning when their patrol came under fire near the northern city of Mosul, a military spokesman said. The spokesman with the Army's 101st Airborne Division said that the patrol exchanged small-arms fire with attackers. The injuries are not considered life threatening, he said.
Gunmen also shot and killed a tribal chief and his son Friday in Mosul, a 101st Airborne Division representative said. Identified as Sheikh Talal al-Khalidi, the chief was a member of the U.S.-appointed local council.
Two coalition soldiers were wounded overnight in an attack near Mahawil, an area controlled by the Polish military.
On Christmas Day, insurgents assaulted targets at or near the "Green Zone," the heavily fortified area in Baghdad where the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority offices are located, and at the Turkish and Iranian embassies.
Soldiers with the Army's 1st Armored Division captured five men suspected of firing rockets at the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters Thursday night. Two rockets hit near the headquarters, but there were no injuries or damage, said Capt. Jason Beck of the 1st Armored Division.
Holiday not quiet in Baghdad
Sirens blared in the Iraqi capital on Christmas Day after some early morning explosions. Beck said the dawn attacks numbered at least eight and called them "weak and ineffective."
At least two rocket-propelled grenades hit the Sheraton Ishtar Hotel, showering broken glass and debris throughout the lobby and causing some damage to the building's atrium. Hotel staff quickly worked to sweep up the mess.
Another rocket-propelled grenade whistled past the hotel and other rockets exploded near the U.N. compound, Iraqi Interior Ministry and an abandoned police station.
There were also reports of damage on a nearby apartment block and injuries to a woman and man.
Rockets were fired toward the Turkey Embassy in northeastern Baghdad, and one of them struck the embassy's adjacent residence, a source said.
There were no casualties and only minor damage at the residence, the source said.
The attacks on the coalition stronghold came during a week in which the U.S. military launched Operation Iron Grip, targeting insurgents in Baghdad.
The 1st Armored Division has captured 66 suspects, of which 21 are "considered significant," according to a statement Thursday. The division also has seized weaponry, including 60 122 mm rockets, the statement said.
Task Force All-American soldiers in the central city of Ramadi arrested 10 insurgent suspects and confiscated several weapons, including mortar and artillery rounds, grenade launchers, sticks of dynamite and bomb-making materials, according to the military.
Japanese advance team goes to Iraq
The first Japanese noncombat troops have left for the Iraq region, beginning the Asian country's biggest overseas military deployment since World War II. (Full story)
The 23 personnel from the Air Self Defense Force flew from Tokyo on Friday and will work as an advance team in cities in Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar, Kyodo news agency reported.
They are part of a 40-member group that will prepare for the arrival next month of the force's main detachment, numbering about 150 personnel.
Japan will send about 1,000 noncombat troops to Iraq. The bulk of them are expected to go in February and March.
The Air Self Defense Force team, based in Kuwait, will operate four C-130 transport planes and will ferry food and medical supplies to cities such as Baghdad, Basra, Balad and Mosul, Kyodo reported.
South Korea also approved plans this month to send a new 3,000-strong troop contingent to Iraq.
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AP - A roadside bomb killed an American soldier and two Iraqi children in Baghdad on Sunday, as mourners buried victims of a coordinated guerrilla assault in the southern city of Karbala that left 19 dead and almost 200 wounded. The Baghdad blast also wounded five American soldiers, their Iraqi interpreter and eight members of the Iraqi civil defense corps, said Sgt. Patrick Compton of the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division
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Friday, January 2, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. Army helicopter crashed Friday near the Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, killing an American soldier and wounding another, a U.S. military spokesman said.
The OH-58 observation helicopter crashed about 12:50 p.m. local time (4:50 a.m. ET), the spokesman said. It was carrying a crew of two.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. Army helicopter crashed Friday near the Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, killing an American soldier and wounding another, a U.S. military spokesman said.
The OH-58 observation helicopter crashed about 12:50 p.m. local time (4:50 a.m. ET), the spokesman said. It was carrying a crew of two.
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Saturday, January 3, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A mortar attack on a forward coalition operating base near Balad, Iraq, killed a U.S. soldier and wounded two others, a 4th Infantry Division spokeswoman said Saturday.
The wounded soldiers are in stable condition and their injuries are not life-threatening, she said.
After the attack -- which happened at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. ET) Friday about 50 miles north of Baghdad -- a quick reaction force secured the site and detained six Iraqis, the spokeswoman said.
Since the Iraq war began in March, 484 U.S. troops have died in Iraq, 329 from hostile fire. Of those, 345 have died since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1 -- 215 from hostile fire.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A mortar attack on a forward coalition operating base near Balad, Iraq, killed a U.S. soldier and wounded two others, a 4th Infantry Division spokeswoman said Saturday.
The wounded soldiers are in stable condition and their injuries are not life-threatening, she said.
After the attack -- which happened at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. ET) Friday about 50 miles north of Baghdad -- a quick reaction force secured the site and detained six Iraqis, the spokeswoman said.
Since the Iraq war began in March, 484 U.S. troops have died in Iraq, 329 from hostile fire. Of those, 345 have died since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1 -- 215 from hostile fire.
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According to retired Army Colonel David Hackworth, "Lt. Col. Scott D. Ross of the U.S. military's Transportation Command told me that as of Dec. 23, his outfit had evacuated 3,255 battle-injured casualties and 18,717 non-battle injuries. Of the battle casualties, 473 died and 3,255 were wounded by hostile fire." That is a total of 21,972 casualties. Some may have been counted twice if they were transported more than once or injured more than once. This new count is far higher than the report from Mark Benjamin at United Press International. Veterans want to know: what is the true casualty count?
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/newsArticle.asp?id=1457
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/newsArticle.asp?id=1457
Those figures are grossly inaccurate and come from a website and person(Hackworth) that heavily biased against the active US military. In addition, the U.S. Military Transportation Command is not the place to go for a casualty report. The only way the "Non-battle" figure would be accurate is if their included paper cuts and sneezing/coughing as casualties.
On average total deaths are about 20% of the total casualty figure in modern wars, but in Iraq it has been about 16%. Total number of wounded from hostile and non-hostile action is around 2,600.
Strictly from hostile fire, the numbers are 333 killed and around 1,700 wounded.
On average total deaths are about 20% of the total casualty figure in modern wars, but in Iraq it has been about 16%. Total number of wounded from hostile and non-hostile action is around 2,600.
Strictly from hostile fire, the numbers are 333 killed and around 1,700 wounded.
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Tricia Ferri, 22, of Brigantine, N.J., left, poses with her boyfriend, Army Spc. Marc Seiden, in 2003. Seiden was killed Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, while on duty in Iraq. Seiden was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. Spc. Solomon Bangayan of Vermont was also killed in the attack
This is an undated family photo of Army Spc. Solomon Bangayan, 24. He was killed Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, in Iraq when the convoy he was in was ambushed south of Baghdad. Bangayan moved to Vermont after living for 21 years in the Philippines. He lived in the town of Jay, Vt. briefly with his mother, Helen, stepfather, Victor Therrien, and younger sister, Hilda. He obtained a permanent residency visa, and shortly after joined the Army
This is an undated family photo of Army Spc. Solomon Bangayan, 24. He was killed Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, in Iraq when the convoy he was in was ambushed south of Baghdad. Bangayan moved to Vermont after living for 21 years in the Philippines. He lived in the town of Jay, Vt. briefly with his mother, Helen, stepfather, Victor Therrien, and younger sister, Hilda. He obtained a permanent residency visa, and shortly after joined the Army
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By Don Teague
Correspondent
NBC News
Above all things, Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver was a survivor. As a 22-year-old sergeant, Weaver was part of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia ? where 18 U.S. Army soldiers lost their lives.
The fight was chronicled in the movie ?Black Hawk Down.?
In Mogadishu, Weaver's vehicle took a direct hit from a rocket-propelled grenade, but he wasn't injured.
He later spoke in a TV documentary about his experience and on seeing one of the Black Hawks crash.
?And you could see a helicopter just lose that thrust when it hit the tail rotor and started spinning around ... and I lost it behind that building,? Weaver said.
Later, Weaver earned his wings as an army aviator in Iraq, piloting a Kiowa Warrior helicopter ? battling Iraqi guerrillas while also fighting testicular cancer.
"He was an Army Ranger. Tough mentally and tough physically," said Mike Weaver, Aaron Weaver's father.
Weaver?s parents say Weaver so wanted to serve in Iraq, he convinced doctors to sign a waiver allowing him to go despite his cancer.
?He was proud to be a Ranger. And proud to be a pilot,? said Kelly Weaver, his mother.
He was riding in the back of a medical evacuation helicopter Wednesday, on his way to a routine medical checkup, when the chopper crashed.
Weaver and eight other soldiers died.
?He died doing what he was proud doing,? his mother said. ?He would want me to say that if he was here.?
Aaron Weaver was supposed to finally come home next month. He leaves behind a wife and 1-year-old daughter.
His brother, a Black Hawk pilot also serving in Iraq, is on his way home now, hoping to say goodbye to a proud soldier who survived so much ? and sacrificed everything.
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I saw this story last night on NBC News. I hope anyone who is reading this will watch it on the video link here..it's only about 2 min 45 seconds
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3939926/
By Bob Faw
Correspondent
NBC News
EASLEY, S.C. - Kimberly Hampton truly was a star ? seeking out the Army's hardest assignments, piloting her Kiowa helicopter in Korea and in Afghanistan.
She then volunteered for Iraq, where enemy ground fire crippled her chopper, which crashed into a wall, breaking her neck. She was 27 years old when she died in the early days of a new year.
Everyone who served with her remembers not just her skill ? but her attitude. "Capt. Hampton told me, if it can be done, my guys will do it," said her commanding officer, Robin Brown. Said another colleague, "She was like a breath of fresh air, mixing old traditions with the dawn of a new age."
Hampton died Jan. 2 near the Iraqi city of Fallujah, a hotbed of anti-American insurgency. As of this week, nearly 500 U.S. troops have died since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1, 2003.
Dedicated attitude
The pattern started to emerge early, at tiny (enrollment 1,200) Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., where Hampton graduated with honors. A champion on the tennis courts ? 27-0 in three years of singles ? she was admired by teammates and adored by her coach, Donna Arnold.
"Kimbo was a coach's dream," Arnold said. ?You put her on the court, you didn't have to worry; she knew what to do and was going to do it, giving it everything she had."
In the classroom she was also a super-achiever, but with a quiet grace. "She was competitive, but it wasn't about beating people; it was about being the best she could be," said her ROTC commander, Lt. Larry Mulhall, who persuaded Hampton to help him recruit others after graduation, which led to a surge in ROTC enrollment.
"She was exceptional, but what you need to know is that she wasn't a hot dog, she didn't like to draw attention to herself," said Dr. Dean Thompson, her favorite English teacher. Or, as Presbyterian College President John Griffith put it, "She kept a sign over her desk, from Aristotle ? that excellence is not an act but a habit. That sums up Kimberly."
Parents' loss, solace in how she lived life
An only child, her loss is crushing for her parents. Now, every day, around her neck, her mother, Ann Hampton, wears a gold charm of a Kiowa helicopter that Kimberly gave her after graduating from flight school at Fort Rucker in Alabama.
Ann is unflinching now, in her grief, as is her husband, Dean, a successful business executive who never once missed one of his daughter's tennis matches. "She hated to see us cry; she did her job; now we're trying to do ours," her mother recalled.
There is no rancor in this family, no bitterness over the administration policy in Iraq. "Kimberly was doing what she wanted to do.... She believed in the cause; we still do," her father said.
The Hamptons are consoled because Kimberly never relinquished her dream ? of flying and serving ? from the third grade.
As Thompson summed up, "When you consider how many people go through life on autopilot, never really reaching for the stars, and then you look at what Kimberly did, you cannot regret the cause she was fighting for."
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3939926/
By Bob Faw
Correspondent
NBC News
EASLEY, S.C. - Kimberly Hampton truly was a star ? seeking out the Army's hardest assignments, piloting her Kiowa helicopter in Korea and in Afghanistan.
She then volunteered for Iraq, where enemy ground fire crippled her chopper, which crashed into a wall, breaking her neck. She was 27 years old when she died in the early days of a new year.
Everyone who served with her remembers not just her skill ? but her attitude. "Capt. Hampton told me, if it can be done, my guys will do it," said her commanding officer, Robin Brown. Said another colleague, "She was like a breath of fresh air, mixing old traditions with the dawn of a new age."
Hampton died Jan. 2 near the Iraqi city of Fallujah, a hotbed of anti-American insurgency. As of this week, nearly 500 U.S. troops have died since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1, 2003.
Dedicated attitude
The pattern started to emerge early, at tiny (enrollment 1,200) Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., where Hampton graduated with honors. A champion on the tennis courts ? 27-0 in three years of singles ? she was admired by teammates and adored by her coach, Donna Arnold.
"Kimbo was a coach's dream," Arnold said. ?You put her on the court, you didn't have to worry; she knew what to do and was going to do it, giving it everything she had."
In the classroom she was also a super-achiever, but with a quiet grace. "She was competitive, but it wasn't about beating people; it was about being the best she could be," said her ROTC commander, Lt. Larry Mulhall, who persuaded Hampton to help him recruit others after graduation, which led to a surge in ROTC enrollment.
"She was exceptional, but what you need to know is that she wasn't a hot dog, she didn't like to draw attention to herself," said Dr. Dean Thompson, her favorite English teacher. Or, as Presbyterian College President John Griffith put it, "She kept a sign over her desk, from Aristotle ? that excellence is not an act but a habit. That sums up Kimberly."
Parents' loss, solace in how she lived life
An only child, her loss is crushing for her parents. Now, every day, around her neck, her mother, Ann Hampton, wears a gold charm of a Kiowa helicopter that Kimberly gave her after graduating from flight school at Fort Rucker in Alabama.
Ann is unflinching now, in her grief, as is her husband, Dean, a successful business executive who never once missed one of his daughter's tennis matches. "She hated to see us cry; she did her job; now we're trying to do ours," her mother recalled.
There is no rancor in this family, no bitterness over the administration policy in Iraq. "Kimberly was doing what she wanted to do.... She believed in the cause; we still do," her father said.
The Hamptons are consoled because Kimberly never relinquished her dream ? of flying and serving ? from the third grade.
As Thompson summed up, "When you consider how many people go through life on autopilot, never really reaching for the stars, and then you look at what Kimberly did, you cannot regret the cause she was fighting for."
Jan 14, 4:36 PM (ET)
By The Associated Press
As of Wednesday, Jan. 14, 496 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 343 died as a result of hostile action and 153 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.
The British military has reported 55 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Thailand, two; Denmark, Ukraine and Poland have reported one each.
Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 358 U.S. soldiers have died - 228 as a result of hostile action and 130 of non-hostile causes, according to the Defense Department's figures.
By The Associated Press
As of Wednesday, Jan. 14, 496 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 343 died as a result of hostile action and 153 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.
The British military has reported 55 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Thailand, two; Denmark, Ukraine and Poland have reported one each.
Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 358 U.S. soldiers have died - 228 as a result of hostile action and 130 of non-hostile causes, according to the Defense Department's figures.
TAJI, Iraq (CNN) -- The number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war passed 500 on Saturday when three American soldiers died in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad.
A patrol was sweeping a rural area for improvised explosive devices when a bomb detonated on a road west of Taji, about 19 miles (30 kilometers) north of the Iraqi capital, according to a statement from the 4th Infantry Division.
The explosion split open the gun turret of the patrol's Bradley Fighting Vehicle, knocked the 26-ton vehicle on its side and started a fire, military sources said.
In addition to the Americans, two members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps were killed. A gunner and commander escaped with injuries, the sources said. The wounded soldiers were taken to a Baghdad hospital, according to the military.
On Friday, a U.S. soldier died from a "nonhostile" gunshot about 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Baghdad, according to the U.S.-led coalition.
With the latest casualties, 501 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including 346 in hostile action. Most of those deaths have come since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations May 1.
After Saturday's blast, a quick reaction force secured the area and detained three Iraqis fleeing in a white truck carrying bomb-making materials, the 4th Infantry Division said.
"The enemy can try to do this to us every single day, but it's not going to change our resolve or desire to see things through to the very end," Lt. Col. Richard French said.
French said troops are investigating the makeup of the bomb, which was powerful enough to knock a vehicle as formidable as a Bradley off its tracks.
"Obviously, it was a large amount of explosives," he said.
A patrol was sweeping a rural area for improvised explosive devices when a bomb detonated on a road west of Taji, about 19 miles (30 kilometers) north of the Iraqi capital, according to a statement from the 4th Infantry Division.
The explosion split open the gun turret of the patrol's Bradley Fighting Vehicle, knocked the 26-ton vehicle on its side and started a fire, military sources said.
In addition to the Americans, two members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps were killed. A gunner and commander escaped with injuries, the sources said. The wounded soldiers were taken to a Baghdad hospital, according to the military.
On Friday, a U.S. soldier died from a "nonhostile" gunshot about 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Baghdad, according to the U.S.-led coalition.
With the latest casualties, 501 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including 346 in hostile action. Most of those deaths have come since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations May 1.
After Saturday's blast, a quick reaction force secured the area and detained three Iraqis fleeing in a white truck carrying bomb-making materials, the 4th Infantry Division said.
"The enemy can try to do this to us every single day, but it's not going to change our resolve or desire to see things through to the very end," Lt. Col. Richard French said.
French said troops are investigating the makeup of the bomb, which was powerful enough to knock a vehicle as formidable as a Bradley off its tracks.
"Obviously, it was a large amount of explosives," he said.
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