Death toll quickly mounts for 101st

Wednesday, 11/30/05
Death toll quickly mounts for 101st

Some in Clarksville say it's time to bring the troops home

By LEON ALLIGOOD
Staff Writer

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — More soldiers based at Fort Campbell have died this month in combat in Iraq than any other month other since the 101st Airborne was first deployed there in March 2003.

Combat had claimed the lives of 16 soldiers as of last evening. In all 19 died in November, including deaths from accidents, raising the toll to 92 since the unit's first deployment more than two years ago.
With confirmation this week of the two most recent deaths, some residents of this superpatriotic town yesterday said enough is enough.

"Don't let any more of them young boys die. I say bring them home, bring them all home," said Sandy Meriwether, 64, chowing down on a favorite meal of white beans and cornbread at Frank's Hamburgers on North Second Street. "It's awful sad what is happening over there. Our young men are dying, and we don't exactly know what for. Why are we still there? When are they going to be brought home for good," he asked.

Others on the narrow downtown streets of the Queen City posed the same question as they ventured out for lunch. And President Bush, whose popularity has sagged lately, in part, to dissatisfaction with how the war is going, is expected to address it tonight during a televised speech to the nation.

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