5 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq When 3 Rockets Slam Into Their Compound
- Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:07am by
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Five American troops serving as advisers to Iraqi security police in eastern Baghdad were killed Monday when rockets slammed into the compound where they lived. The deaths were the largest single-day loss of life for American forces in two years.
The U.S. force announced the deaths in a brief statement, excluding details. Two Iraqi security officials later said the troops died when three rockets hit near the U.S. forces’ living quarters at a joint U.S.-Iraqi base in the Baladiyat neighborhood where U.S. forces were partnering with Ministry of Interior troops. The Iraqi officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
American forces said the incident is under investigation. Names of the dead were withheld pending notification of family. The deaths raised to 4,459 the number of American service members who have died in Iraq, according to an Associated Press count.
With the 46,000 U.S. forces still in Iraq scheduled to depart by year’s end, American troops and their bases in Baghdad and southern Iraq have increasing come under attack and threats from Shiite Muslim militias, hoping to construct a narrative that they were responsible for driving out the Americans.
At the height of the sectarian violence that was tearing Iraq apart five years ago, there were about 170,000 American forces in the country. The number then was gradually drawn down to below 50,000 when Washington announced it had ended its combat operations ten months ago.
U.S. troops still in the country focus on training and assisting Iraqi security personnel, but are to shun combat. Nevertheless, the American forces still come under almost daily attack by rockets and mortars in their bases and gunfire and roadside bombs when moving around the country.
The five fatalities Monday were the largest on a single day since May 11, 2009, when five forces died in a noncombat incident. On April 10, 2009, six U.S. troops died – five in combat in the northern city of Mosul and one north of Baghdad in a noncombat related incident.
Elsewhere, a total of eight people were killed in the northern city of Tikrit and the capital Monday morning.
Four of them died when a bomb exploded at a checkpoint outside a government compound in Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein. It was the second attack in four days against the compound and the government employees who live and work there.
The deaths were announced by a media adviser to the provincial governor, Mohammed al-Asi. A military official in the Salahuddin Operations Command, which oversees security operations in the province, said a suicide car bomber blew himself up near the entrance to the compound. It had been a palace and support buildings constructed by Saddam, but now serves as a hub for government offices in the city.
Monday morning’s attack is the second in Tikrit in recent days. On Friday, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque inside the government compound, killing 16 people. Hours later, another suicide bomber walked into the Tikrit hospital and blew himself up near the emergency room, where family members had gathered. Five people were killed and 16 were injured in that incident.
The four others killed Monday died in Baghdad, where officials said gunmen in speeding cars opened fire on two security checkpoints. The early morning attack took place in the Azamiyah district, a mostly Sunni Muslim enclave, according to military and medical officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
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Associated Press writers Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sinan Salaheddin in Baghdad contributed to this report.
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Agnes
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:43pmMy sincere sympathy to the families. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:40pmThanks obama.. Now you have the jihadists closing in on our troops – to go along with your re-engineered ‘Death to America chants” we have not seen for 8 years! We know you want sentiment to turn against America – like everything else you want turned against America. You are a loser- And you swing a gold club like a little girl. You walk like you have a 9 iron stuck up your asss and can’t even throw a baseball. You are a disgrace to America in way innumerable! The only thing you have down pat is the Low-Bowma
Report Post »mutslie
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:38pmThese 5 deaths are such a waste’ as is one, and the polititians here are ‘mulling around takeing pic’s of their weenies’ what disgusting representitives they are, SHAME on them ,
Report Post »Derfel Cadarn
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:23pmObservation: If they were in their homes in Toledo,Mobile or wherever ,then this would not have happened. This is obviously a difficult concept for the war hawks but it is TRUE anyway. Bring ALL the troops home and then they CANNOT die on foreign soil,rather simple really.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:56amClose all of our bases outside of the U.S., draw our troops back on a much more efficient scale, and reinforce our nation. Our military desrves better.
Report Post »Bushie
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:43amPull all our troops out and support Israel in whatever it decide it need to do.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:32amThe Caliphate will take over the region. Get our troops out of harms way.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:17amTime to come home billions to blow up mud huts too many have died for nothing!
Report Post »ProCommonSense
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:14amYeah! Let‘s kill all people who aren’t Christian! And be sure to donate to brother Nathan!
Idiot…
Report Post »Louise Massa
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:10amMy grandson left for Iraq 13 days ago. I heard the news this morning and my heart is in my mouth! Why are we willing to sacrifice our beautiful young men and women? These five that were “murdered” belong to someone, they are loved and they deserve to have had a life, and it has been taken away. I pray everyday for our troops. We have out stayed our welcome, it’s time to pack our bags and come home!
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:25pmMaybe if you had taught him that war is about committing mass murder of men women and children he wouldn’t have gone .This glorification of war and all this patriotism propaganda ,distorts reality.And 50 million people died in ww2. maybe had we done more talking and less fighting we could have prevented that slaughter.and when the dust settled we gave the russian communists half of europe to subjugate for 50 years. and it’s not like we prevented the holocaust with all that killing.Perhaps more negotiations would have.and saddam was our friend when he waged mass murdering war with iran.he was not a nazi wanting to build a super race of people by eliminating all others.Judith Mller the times correspondent was planting stories about his wmd’s to get us to want to invade. She’s a staunch zionist who wanted to see us kill arabs cause she hates them .She is a war criminal for her genocidal false propanda campaign which led us into war[her and all these other zionist neo-cons.Had we not invaded looks like there would have been an arab spring there anyway .all those americns died in vain ,victims of anti arab genocidal media propaganda some made out of whole cloths[and saddam invaded kuwait cause they slant drilled his countries oil, thereby destroying his economy].we say we’ll go to war if anyone dirrupts our computer systems.hypocrites[and we torture too].and saying you’re fighting for your country is a meaningless meme.we havn’t been invaded by a country or regime or been
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:14pmLouise, we will all pray for your grandson. God bless him and your family, his mother must also be devistated.
Rose Ellen, seek help, I’ll pray for you as well.
Report Post »lketchum
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:05amPresident Bush showed us that he truly believed that Arabs “are” as deserving of freedom and liberty as are all others – he showed us that the price is very high and our greatest men and women, our armed forces, willingly paid it.
Obama and the people that voted for him showed us that they do not really believe in freedom and liberty for all people, and they have stolen the victory our forces won; they have willingly ceded a hard won victory, and given an enormous opportunity over to radicals in the region, as milled by Iran.
The Constitutional Republic functioning as the seat of liberty in the Middle East that President Bush and our armed forces provided as an example for all others will instead become the base for Iranian expansion of terror and death – culminating in a massive attack on the state of Israel and a much broader war involving most of the world’s major powers. Obama’s ideology is 100% to blame for all of the death and destruction to come.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:04amTo whomever is in charge of our troops and getting them home NOW~~~ Let it be known that this address does NOT apply to the moron/hate monger/idiot/non-AMERICAN currently sitting in OUR HOUSE when he should be out behind the shed learning about being a REAL AMERICAN.
This address applies to the military commanders who follow a higher power, that power being WE THE PEOPLE…. I am not referring to the HIGHEST POWER WHO would be GOD….
Military people, PLEASE get our young men and women out of the rest of the world NOW. Bring them home, please, NOW. We have no business being anywhere else in the world except home, AMERICA, protecting us against the enemies within as well as the enemies without.
Military servicemen and women~~~~ We are praying for you and for your safe return home to the USA, asap!
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:53amThanks barry, thanks for bringing our boys home from that he!! hole like you promised, you’re a peach barry!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:46amThink Martin Luther and other ministers have been trying that one since the 4th century. Get into reality! Read your Bible for yourself. Many Christians are descendants of displaced Hebrews back in 722 BC when they were disbursed out of Israel. In Romans 11, it wasn’t the Jewish people who were cut off, it was the House of Israel. House of Judah (Jews) will only be cut off IF they do not accept the Messiah at his return. We have enough false prophets already, we don’t need another.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:46amI think I am becoming an isolationist….Bring our boys home…bring our MONEY home and keep it here….WE can handle our own..anybody messes with us….react HUGELY and PROMPTLY and then back home…period……LEAVE US ALONE WORLD!
Report Post »CrazyCraig
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:57amI am with you POWHATAN. I am afraid we are no longer the free country we once were. We are being driven to socialism so fast that we can’t see it. The one world order is swallowing us whole and soon our constitution will be void. It makes me sad for our children. All we can do is pray that the sleeping citizens of America will wake up before it is too late.
Report Post »clarkm
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:03amCouldn’t agree more! I read a good viewpoint about this on http://www.whitehousevoice.com
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:35amI don’t think you are becoming isolationist…I agree with you 100%. We have to look at reality….we have been “policemen” for the world a long time…….and before us, the UK way back when. What may have started out good and we have done good, isn’t so good anymore. We all know how very CORRUPT our current administration–and dept of state is! What we are doing now seems like supporting corruption in other countries. Look at all the dictators we have supported in the middle east…….maybe now we are not doing good any longer.
Report Post »flsnipe
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:12pmsounds good to me too!
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:41amI am so sorry for their families, God bles them all.
Report Post »celestialfire
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:18amAmen.
Report Post »bring our troops home from this dark and desperate land.
psst
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:39amI was for going after Sodom. Get him and get the hell out.
Report Post »This nation building thingy is all crap.Borrow $$ from the Chicoms to nation build in the ME.It’s like watching/living in toon town.
We can stay in Eyerock for the next hundred years and it won’t make a difference until the real problem , EyeRan is dealt w/.Which ain’t gonna happen, so we may as well bring out guys home.
Until then, we are kpissing in the wind.Gotta watch out for the politically correct censors here at the Blaze, otherwise they will asterisks you to death.
Another thingy about this area. These are tribal peoples. Sunnis ,Shiaa. Kurds, etc,etc. killing each other for centuries.
But what da hey. The race pimps ameriiKan pols are taking US into this tribal thingy.
Like Soetoro told Holder to say “My People ” w/ this black panther billy-club thingy.
Keep the races at each other throats. Divide and conquor.Balkanize the country.
It’s funny as hell ,we are supposed to be exporting democracy whilst here at home,we are becoming more like these people, turning the races into tribes. A house divided against itself cannot stand.
ProCommonSense
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:12amYou are an idiot. Sunni and Shia are not tribes they are seperate divisions in Islam. They are like Catholic and Episcopal.
Report Post »psst
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:20am@Pro. Is that all ya gotta say. They are not tribes?
Report Post »You couldn’t address the fact they have been slaughtering each others for eons?
ya couldn’t address what I said about Eyeran being the real problem?.
Ya pick out one item (selectively)and call me an idiot whilst ignoring ALL the rest of the post.
Methinks you are the idiot w/o realizing you’re an idiot.
You did not mention what I said about borrowing Chicom loot to nation build.
An idiot who don’t know he/she is an idiot. Boy/Gal. Ya got a twofer going there.Congrats.
But I gotta git to woik .Don’t have time to argue w/ two (2) idiots in one.
vennoye
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:37amU.S. troops still in the country focus on training and assisting Iraqi security personnel, but are to shun combat. Nevertheless, the American forces still come under almost daily attack by rockets and mortars in their bases and gunfire and roadside bombs when moving around the country.
What a bunch of crap! Think all command needs to spend a month in the field abiding by the conditions they require our soldiers to live with!! Let them win this war, or get them out of there! I hate to see them look like chess pieces that someone is moving around on a board! They deserve better!
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:47amSo true that!
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:45pmJust like viet nam you’re fighting the people of the country.you wouldn’t like it if yoyu were invaded with shock and awe then occupied, in your hubris can‘t you see they don’t like it either.You’re so full of your sense of entitlemen t[you're entitled to dictate to others and invade anyone for your own interests'] that you’ve lost any sense of reality; you invaded them and they’re fighting back. plain and simple.long live the resistance to foreign occupiers and mass murderers and torturers- the americans are the biggest terrorist force on earth yet..
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:04pmRose, do you also think we should have left that nice Adolpf Hitler alone? Sadaam and Hitler had alot in common, maybe you would prefer that we leave all mass murdering animals alone to do as they will. I submit that you are nothing but a coward unable to see that some times you must do what is right.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:45pm@rose-ellen
Report Post »I think you should save up for travel expenses so you could go live in the country (countries) that you have so much admiration for. I think they would be so grateful for your sympathy……….probably just like they were grateful to Lora Logan for her reporting on their problems. Apparently it is such a burden for you to live in the country where we are the biggest terrorist force on earth yet….I would wish you well in your new country………
santramir
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:33amiraq on fire because of what?? http://www.realzionistnews.com/?p=186
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:28amSad.
Hunt the bastages down that did this.
Report Post »His Lamb is Satanic
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:27amHydrogen bombs….use them.
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:30amI second that!
Report Post »ProCommonSense
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:09amYeah, it’s not like there are any world super-powers that would mind if we just started using nuclear warheads >.>
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:26amBreaking News: We still have troops in Iraq!
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:59pmYour good versus evil is the standard stuff of war mongering propaganda .You all fall for it meanwhile the arabs themselves are rising up against american backed dictators. They took the rug out from under your own propaganda and you’re only hope is that the muslim brotherhood bogeyman takes over there or your house of lies comes tumbling down.Long live the noble arab reistance who justly oppose american agression and are now rising to oppose american backed regimes.The 21st century is the century of the people , not regimes not even and especially not even american imperialist greedy hypercapitalist regimes .And you lie as you breathe-you all did sign up to kill arabs after 9-11but genocide is not so easy .Your government were using you and let you think you would turn the place into a parking lot but when you got there your superiors did a bait and switch on you and told you you ‘re here cause you want to liberate arab women.hence your ptsd is just anger that you were manipulated to hate, to sign up for genocide and then told no you‘re here cause you love these people so much you’re gonna give your life up for them.When you fall pry to genocidal media propaganda[good versus evil scenarios about a whole people] then you’re victims of your own hatred. It came back to bite those terrorist americans.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:05pm@Rose-Ellen
Report Post »It must get hot and sweaty under that burka with all the mouth-foaming, rabid, hate you are spewing.
Jesus loves you.
Messenger4God
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:40am@Rose-Ellen
Report Post »Let’s not forget which extremist group refers to the United States of America as the Great Satan. It all boils down to good versus evil in ALL aspects of life.
Attacking the troops who are just following orders from the commander-in-chief and his officers is plain wrong. But then after reading your posts it is clear that you have sided with the evil forces and have a difficult time comprehending the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform along with their families.
ChiefGeorge
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:24amWhat are we still fighting and dying for over there? Are we really fighting to keep Americans free? my prayers go out to the families of all concerned that means the Iraqis as well.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:37pmI saw the missles with the word for 9-11 on it. i hear the anti-arab media propaganda all over american media and spoken by american politicians. Guantanamo[a place beyond all laws even if just symbolically] was created for detaining arabs. innocent till proven guilty, universal human rights [the convention against torture ] all went out the window the day we really hated a whole group of people[arabs].Fox was created as a genocidal media campaign against muslims and as you here these americans talk you knew they have succeeded in brainwahing americans to want genocide.[or forced conversions of muslims].
Report Post »Mikhail Kennedy
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 7:33pmRose bin Ellen
Report Post »You are on the side of Satan. People don’t hate muslims for no reason. Look at the amount of deaths that the muslims have caused in their pursuit of bringing Islam to the world. They will not stop until every non-muslim is dead, including all real religious people and especially you progressives. You are an abomination to them just by opening your mouth and having an opinion. When we are finally forced to eradicate the muslims from the earth then there will be peace. We will be forced to do so as they become more and more aggressive with their jihads and people will wake up to the truth, maybe even you.
Allah is Satan and Mohamed is his demon.
Bushie
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:10amFive more of our children die for what so barry obama can play his 70th round of golf. Bring all our troops back and let these pigs kill each other.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:46amI know there are good people over there that we are trying to help. that said, I think BO killed alot of these young men by telling everyone the plan for pulling out. If he was not such a glory whore he would have kept that info private and the animals would still be in their hidey holes instead of ramping up the violence to make it look like they ran us out. I wish we could round up all the radical extremists and treat them like the pigs they are. Turn the middle east into a sheet of glass.
Report Post »myfamily04
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:50am@ Bushie
Report Post »I would love nothing more than to have our troops back…but if we just gather them up now then the radical islamic groups will come together and destroy Israel…We must make sure there is some stability in the Middle-East or we will be abandoning Israel.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:36am@Untamable Kate:
The radical extremists do need to be dealt with, and with extreme predujice at that. The main thing for bringing our troops home though sunk in to me the other weekend, when watching a series of interviews with troops and offficers in Afghanistan they kept asking the question – why are we here anymore?
When the men on the line have lost or are losing confidence in the mission, it is game over and it is past time to bring them home…this loss and disgrace is solely on Obamas shoulder as he prepares to cut and run with a deal giving the Afghan nation back to the Taliban – a major victory for them.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:51amThey volunteered to go kill arabs, steal their oil,and set up military bases there.They lived by the sword and died by the sword.Had we never invaded there probobly would have been a peoples uprising there too.and saddam would have been toppled anyway [iraqis are not fundamentalists and were not anti-american till we invaded and committed mass murder there].They died for nothing as that arab spring shows.They were victims of hatred of arabs[no american joined the military ever because they loved arabs so much they wanted to liberate them from american back dictators].They couldva stayed home and cared for their spused and children but signed up to kill people their media and politicians told them to hahate.Gullible pawns in the “patriot game”.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:37pmDon’t put this all on President Obama. President Bush, a conservative Republican, started this and your precious Republicans want to continue all our wars. Hell even expand them!
McCain would have kept both wars going and he would have been even more aggressive in Libya. Who knows what other wars we’d be in had McCain won!?
Yet you all want to repeat the same mistakes of the past. I know most of you will vote for a NeoCon/RINO to run against Obama in 2012. So predictable….
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:39pm@ Rose-Ellen
Are you crazy? Where do you live? I find you truly lacking especially if you live in the United States railing against the US like that. Go move to one of your great Muslim countries and see how they treat you. I am a Marine that served his country and still does in the reserves. Let me tell you not one person I knew signed up to kill Arabs ya idiot. If they did they eventually drummed out. But I will tell you what in your case I will make an exception… 5.56 Go take your loony American hating self over to one of those Muslim countries so you can be gang raped you sorry excuse for a human being. One question what is it like being on the devils side?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:00pm@Rose Ellen
That statement was so stupid, I don’t know how to respond to it. Stealing oil? Where is it?
Young men joined the service because they hated Arabs? That is the stupidest statement I have ever read anywhere. Young men join the service, because they either feel the duty to their country or they needed to have a way to support themselves. How can sit there and pretend to know what is in people’s hearts? If you are in the USA, please leave my country, you seem to hate it it and don’t understand it at all.
@American soldier
Report Post »Bush may have started the war, but OBAMA is continuing them. McCain NOTHING. He did not get elected president. You can say “what if,” but look at what IS. Get off your mouth-foaming soap box and look at what YOUR president did to our country as well as our military.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:09amGod be with their families and comfort them in this time of grief and loss; please bring our troops home soon as possible, we have no more business being there anymore.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:11amAmen to this!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:23amYou nailed it, snow.
BTW, why aren’t we being treated to a daily running tally of all the deaths and injuries sustained by our military? Why isn’t the MSM reminding us day in and day out of our losses like they did under Bush? Oh, that’s right….. It‘s Obummer’s war so he gets a pass. Well gee, thank goodness for that, huh? We wouldn’t want to distract him with cold hard stats and risk his golf game getting thrown off or anything, now would we?
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:23amBring our troops home!
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:24amOn this anniversary of D-Day.
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:27amWe need to get the hell out of the Middle East, Asia, Europe… et al.
Report Post »101
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:28amElect Ron Paul, he is the only one that will get our troops the hell out of there!
Report Post »LibertariansUnite
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:36amBring my brothers home:
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:37amGod, surround and protect our troops. I pray for their families.
Report Post »DIOS BENDIGA AMERICA ... JESUCRISTO ES EL SEÑOR!
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:57amDitto…get our military out of the sandboxes and bring them home.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:10pmBring them home now! We need to stop sacrificing our youth and treasure.
My condolences to the families and God bless our troops.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:34pmBRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!
@BIOHAZARD23 icasualties.org is where I go to check on the casualties. I check it regularly so learn the names of my fallen brothers. I hate looking at that website but I feel obligated to learn the names of those that made the ultimate sacrifice for an unjust war…..
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:52pm@American Soldier (Separated),
I know there are places where one can find that information. The point you seem to have missed is that since the casualties are now Obummer’s casualties, you don’t hear a peep out of the MSM about it. Where are the Code Oink broads protesting outside the WH? Where are the MoveOn full-page ads denouncing the war? Why is the Left suddenly A-OK with this “unjust war”? Why are they not demanding an end to it? How about the shrill cries of “Obummer = War Criminal”? Where are the Sheens screamin…… Never mind that one. They have their hands full with Charlie….
You get the point now? Silence form the Left = tacit approval
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:19pmapparently not enough iraquis were killed.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:45pmWe didn’t have a good reason to be there in the first place. God bless all the families that have lost someone in vain to this mistake.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:40pmPrior to our last presidential elections, Cindy Sheehan was asked if she would continue to protest the war in Iraq if Nobama was elected president.
She responded that she would continue to protest the war until every single American soldier came home.
Has Sheehan become the invisible woman? Cuz I sure as hell have not seen her in a long time.
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:28pmPrayers for their souls and families. Weren’t there 7 or 9 CIA people killed in one day not long ago? I thought they were considered American forces as well. They too had my prayers.
Report Post »jvrat
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 1:52amwhat do you know ?
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