As the war in the Middle East continues to rage
at a continueing alarming rate, it seems
the president and whoever else is in charge are
totally ignoring the will of the people INCLUDING
myself.
The people of the region say we are not helping
matters,SO WHY are we still there???
The smart wise ones have long since fled and
probly for good reason.
Someone here in South Carolina made a snide remark
that "Havent they blown up all the cars in
Bagdad yet?"
- In one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the
war started more than four years ago, a suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20, officials said.
An insurgent group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a Web statement Tuesday.
An Iraqi civilian also was wounded in the attack on Task Force Lightning soldiers in Diyala province, a volatile area that has been the site of fierce fighting involving U.S. and Iraqi troops, Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias
Of the 20 wounded in the attack on the patrol base, 15 soldiers were treated and returned to duty while five others and the Iraqi were evacuated to a medical facility for further care, the military said.
It was the single deadliest attack on ground forces since Dec. 1, 2005, when a roadside bomb killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 on a foot patrol near Fallujah.
Twelve soldiers died when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Diyala on Jan. 20. The military said it might have been shot down but the investigation is still ongoing.
In other devastating attacks, 14 Marines were killed when a roadside bomb struck an amphibious assault vehicle near the western town of Haditha on Aug. 3, 2005. And a suicide bomber struck a mess tent in a base near Mosul on Dec. 21, 2004, killing 22 people, including 14 U.S. soldiers and three American contractors.
The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group of Sunni militants that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, said in the posting that it was behind Monday's attack on a U.S. patrol base in Diyala province.
The attack • one of the deadliest on American ground forces since the Iraq war started more than four years ago • killed nine American soldiers and wounded 20, the military said.
Monday's attack was the second bold attack against a U.S. base north of Baghdad in just over two months and was notable for its use of a suicide car bomber. Militants have mostly used hit-and-run ambushes, roadside bombs or mortars on U.S. troops and stayed away from direct assaults on fortified military compounds to avoid U.S. firepower.
On Feb. 19, insurgents struck a U.S. combat post in Tarmiyah, about 30 miles north of Baghdad, killing two soldiers and wounding 17 in what the military called a "coordinated attack." It began with a suicide car bombing followed by gunfire on soldiers pinned down in a former Iraqi police station where fuel storage tanks were set ablaze by the blast.
American troops are facing increasing danger as they step up their presence in outposts and police stations in the Baghdad area as part of the security crackdown to which President Bush has committed an extra 30,000 troops.
Sunni militants are believed to have withdrawn to surrounding areas such as Diyala province where they have safe haven. The U.S. command also deployed an extra 700 soldiers to the area last month.
A U.S. soldier also was killed Monday in a roadside bombing in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, a predominantly Shiite area that also is in Diyala, the military said in an earlier statement. A British soldier was shot to death while on patrol in the southern city of Basra, officials said.
The deaths raised to 85 the number of U.S. service members who died have in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month for American troops since December, when 112 died.
Elsewhere, at least 48 Iraqis were killed in seven other bombings, violence that has persisted despite a nearly 10-week-old U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown aimed at pacifying Baghdad.
Two car bombs exploded Tuesday near the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad, police said. The bombs exploded within two minutes of each other at about 10 a.m. in a public parking lot located about 150 yards from the front of the Iranian Embassy, wounding six civilians but causing no damage to the embassy or its guards, a police officer said on condition of anonymity out of concern for his own security.
On Monday, two parked car bombs exploded outside the Iranian Embassy. One bomb exploded near the same public parking lot, killing one civilian and wounding another; the other parked car bomb exploded close to a police patrol near the Iranian Embassy, killing one civilian and wounding two officers, police said.
The prominent Iraqi Sunni insurgent group Islamic Ansar al-Sunnah issued a statement on its Web site claiming responsibility for Monday's bombing near the parking lot.
At least 68 Iraqis were killed or found dead Monday, according to police, including 10 in a suicide car bombing against a police station in the Diyala provincial capital of Baqouba.
With the U.S. casualty toll mounting, Democratic leaders in Washington agreed Monday on legislation that requires the first American combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. Bush has promised to veto any such measure as the legislative confrontation intensifies.
On Tuesday, the Shaibah logistics base, once the main center of British military operations in Iraq, was turned over to the Iraqi national army for use as a training base.
The brief ceremony by British and Iraqi forces was the latest example of the coalition's efforts to give Iraqi forces control over some parts of Iraq as British forces plan to begin withdrawing from southern Iraq where most of them are based. Two other British bases • al-Saie and Shatt al-Arab • were turned over to Iraqi forces in Basra, Iraq's second largest city, in the last month.
Elsewhere, gunmen stormed a house south of Baghdad at dawn, going room to room and killing seven relatives while they were still in their beds, police and neighbors said. The attack occurred in the mostly Shiite village of Jaara, less than 25 miles south of Baghdad.
Also Tuesday, gunmen disguised as Iraqi soldiers raided a remote village near the city of Baqouba on Tuesday, killing six people, wounding 15, and burning five homes, police said.
In a separate attack on Monday, a suicide car bomber struck a police station in Baqouba, killing 10 people and wounding 23, police said. The fatalities included Brig. Gen. Safa al-Tamimi, a city police commander, and the wounded included police Col. Bassem Azzawi.
CUSE me this morning friends butIm about
to have a full blown Irish blow off.......
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Whoever this F_____ing star trekkie is HE
is WRONG this is a bunch of bull hockey..
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I HAVE already alerted myspace to this
bucnh of looney crap......
Ok ladies and Gents and boys and girls.
Gather around it time for Uncle dennis'
enlightening dose of reality slap yourself in the face
why on Earth did I do that.
Gather around in a circle all you Rutgers basketball ladies want
you to hear this to.
Reality can be a hard knock you on your fat ass thing at times.
Point number 1......
Womens pro basketball doesnt pay zelch on a stick, IF
ya even make it that far.
Listen UP kiddies Don Imus on the other hand I want to
point out is probly veryy well financially set.
Point 2.
A radio story I remember in my hometown.
At the time we had a hispanic mayor.
Well one day a radio talk show host said,
they should give out taco bell stickers to put on your car
for every illegal ya nail on the highway as a confirmed kill.
The hispanic mayor had a full blown meltdown overreacting.
Yepp you guessed it.
Little radio talk host was canned, shocking.
Wait, wait theres more a happy ending more or less.
Poor poor discraced humbled bowed radio guy ENDED up
in the third highest rated radio market in the country Boston.
Making more money than when he was fired.
Point to this----------
The POINT being the people gettin bit such as Don Imus and the
gentleman in the situation i discussed HAVE A TALENT.
I suggest Rutgers you really dwell awhile on the monster youve
created.
Don Imus is not coming out the loser on this
I ammm pissedddd at how gulible the American public is.
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will do about anything to grab the
noterity and spotlight.
When they started rattling cages everyone has an opinion all of a
sudden.
The "Today" show and their smirky little attitude is no different, they are the
media gang they are paid to creat stories.
To be honest the Rutgers womans basketball team will not win
any votes for prom queen.
Now Imus is not one of my favorites although I have listened to
his show in the past.
As for Rutgers get on with any business you have to do YOUR 15
minutes of fame is over.
The farce that is March Madness is all about advertising advertising
advertising and little else.
Next year or down the road WHO will remember Rutgers as one of
the stalwarts of the tournament.
I wont.
Instead of feeding this seemingly ongoing conspiracy for the
dumbing down of America be gracious both in defeat adversity AND
winning.
Case you havent noticed girls college basketball is OVER.
