U.S. Soldier Killed by Iraq Roadside Bomb

U.S. Soldier Killed by Iraq Roadside Bomb

2 hours, 14 minutes ago

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen killed three Iraqi women working for the U.S.-led coalition Sunday, while fighters in the southern stronghold of a radical cleric staged hit-and-run attacks on Italian troops and other coalition targets. A U.S. soldier died in a bomb blast.





Two Iraqi fighters were killed and 20 were wounded in battles in Nasiriyah, mostly at two bridges crossing the Euphrates River, residents said.


Six Italian soldiers were slightly wounded in Nasiriyah, said Maj. Antonio Sottile, spokesman for Italian troops in Iraq (news - web sites). Militiamen were shooting from a civilian hospital, but Italian troops did not fire toward the facility, he said. The Iraqi fighters were using assault rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

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with each piece of bad news, I keep hoping we are closer to the end of this.

Looks as if these people's lives are there to be used, according to the complete indifference shown by the pResident. After all, as you've heard so many Republicans say, "They knew what they were getting into....."

What wisdom, right? Sick, sick, sick Republicans. They live in deadly fear the draft will be reinstituted, and their children might be at risk.

Meanwhile, this soldier is gone, and it's a damned shame.

I'm so sorry for his or her family's loss . :cry: