Marine killed in Anbar # 2928 - Democratic Underground

saigon68

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Sat Dec-09-06 09:34 AM
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Marine killed in Anbar # 2928

Marine killed in Anbar
Saturday, 09 December 2006

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20061209-09
Dec. 9, 2006

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7924&Itemid=21

Marine killed in Anbar
Multi-National Corps – West PAO

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq –One Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died
Thursday from wounds sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar
Province.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin
and release by the Department of Defense.

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MaineDem

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Sat Dec-09-06 09:53 AM
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1. And another...Marine from Aroostook (Maine) is killed in Iraq firefight

Edited on Sat Dec-09-06 09:53 AM by MaineDem

A Marine from Aroostook County who died in Iraq this week was killed in a firefight, his brother said on Friday night.

Cpl. Dustin J. Libby, 22, of Castle Hill died on Wednesday in Anbar province. Libby had gone to the roof of a building and was manning a machine gun when he was shot, said his brother, Chris Libby of Mapleton.

A member of Cpl. Libby's squad told Chris Libby that his brother went down still holding the trigger.
Dustin Libby was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and was based at Camp Pendleton in California.

He arrived in the Ramadi area for his second tour in Iraq a little more than two weeks ago. His brother said the mission was seeking out insurgents.

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/061209libby.html

This goes beyond sadness.

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UpInArms

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Sat Dec-09-06 10:10 AM
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2. and the death machine unleashed by this maladministration continues

and I am so angry.

Who could have imagined??

The "lack" of imagination has been a force of destruction -

9/11 - we did not imagine

Katrina - we did not imagine

Iraq - we did not imagine

:nuke:

stupid greedy unimaginative fools are destroying the world

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seemslikeadream

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Sat Dec-09-06 10:28 AM
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3. HOW MANY MORE GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE?

WHEN A SOLDIER MAKES IT HOME

Halfway around the world tonight
In a strange and foreign land
A soldier packs his memories
As he leaves Afghanistan
And back home they don't know too much
There's just no way to tell
I guess you had to be there
For to know that war was hell

And there won't be any victory parades
For those that's coming back
They'll fly them in at midnight
And unload the body sacks
And the living will be walking down
A long and lonely road
Because nobody seems to care these days
When a soldier makes it home

They'll say it wasn't easy
Just another job well done
As the government in Kabul falls
To the sounds of rebel guns
And the faces of the comrades
Being blown out of the sky
Leaves you bitter with the feeling
That they didn't have to die

Halfway around the world tonight
In a strange and foreign land
A soldier unpacks memories
That he saved from Vietnam
Back home they didn't know too much
There was just no way to tell
I guess you had to be there
For to know that war was hell

And there wasn't any big parades
For those that made it back
They flew them in at midnight
And unloaded all the sacks
And the living were left walking down
A long and lonely road
Because nobody seemed to care back then
When a soldier made it home

The night is coming quickly
And the stars are on their way
As I stare into the evening
Looking for the words to say
That I saw the lonely soldier
Just a boy that's far from home
And I saw that I was just like him
While upon this earth I roam

And there may not be any big parades
If I ever make it back
As I come home under cover
Through a world that can't keep track
Of the heroes who have fallen
Let alone the ones who won't
Which is why nobody seems to care
When a soldier makes it home

-Arlo Guthrie

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Eugene

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Sat Dec-09-06 11:21 AM
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4. Another marine killed Saturday in western Anbar

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 9
09 Dec 2006 14:16:07 GMT
Source: Reuters

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq
as of 1400 GMT on Saturday:

* denotes new or updated item.

*FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine died on Saturday from wounds sustained in combat
in western Anbar province, the U.S. military said in a statement.

FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine died on Thursday from wounds sustained in combat
in Anbar province, the U.S. military said in a statement.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL938388.htm

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Sat Dec-09-06 11:48 AM
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5. Pile the body on the marine pile

~~Grass~~ Bush

Pile the bodies high in ~~Austerlitz and Waterloo~~ Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the ~~grass;~~ bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in ~~Gettyburg~~ Baghdad
And pile them high in ~~Ypres and Vedum~~ Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the ~~grass~~ bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg

Support the war - Donate a Son a Daughter
The GOP working for a better America
God Bless America

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stanwyck

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Sat Dec-09-06 11:58 AM
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6. "It's bad. That enough for ya?" Giggle and Sneer

I don't know if Bush is capable of understanding reality. His hubris blocks all input. He doesn't listen. He doesn't hear. He has a shield of arrogance which allows him to shrug off news of deaths in Iraq with a snarky comment. He continues to mistake his stubbornness with leadership. As do those few who still have the "W" stickers on their vehicles.

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