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Poiuyt

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:56 PM
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Breaking - General injured in Iraq

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko was injured today when an IED exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Pentagon sources tell CNN.

www.cnn.com

I believe this is the first time a general has been injured in Iraq.

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Beetwasher

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:57 PM
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1. Dorko???

Seriously? Dorko?

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acmavm

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:57 PM
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2. I've sure never heard of one being injured.

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RB TexLa

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:58 PM
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3. And if one of the actors going over there gets hurt it will be news for a year

After all the world would be such a dark place without them.

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dflprincess

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:00 PM
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4. How does the general get along with Bush?

Just wondering.

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RedEarth

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:03 PM
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5. Baghdad? ... I thought it was safe to walk the streets

...just like the markets in Indiana... guess not.

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rodeodance

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:13 PM
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6. US Wounded By Week

US Wounded By Week

18-Oct-07 thru 24-Oct-07 38 13
Total 15642 12685
Wnd-RTD: Wounded in Action Return to Duty within 72 hours
Wnd: Wounded in Action Not Return to Duty within 72 hours

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rodeodance

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:15 PM
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8. U.S. Deaths: Self-Inflicted----128

U.S. Deaths: Self-Inflicted
As reported by the DoD as of 10/1/2007
Self Inflicted Army Navy Marines Air Force Total
Died of Self-Inflicted wounds 109 4 15 0 128

http://icasualties.org/oif/

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Renew Deal

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:14 PM
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7. There have been no generals killed IIRC

And I don't think any were injured. A few senior officers have been killed.

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krispos42

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:16 PM
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9. Jeez, he was on the job less than three weeks...

<snip>

In another development Monday, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko was injured when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Pentagon sources said.

Dorko is believed to the be the highest-ranking military officer injured in the war. He suffered shrapnel wounds and has been evacuated to Germany, the sources said.

Dorko took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division in Baghdad on October 10, according to the Corps of Engineers Web site.

<more>

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.main/index.html

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nadinbrzezinski

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:18 PM
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10. Of note, aren't general officers under the protection of Blacwater?

ah they just lost a package..

Somebody send it to randi and ed

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fed-up

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:28 PM
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11. tidbit at bottom of article-Iraq leaders gave U.S. military a $1,000 check to CA fire victims..

I wonder if that came from the pallets of greenbacks we sent over???

dripping sarcasm here...

Iraqi leaders at a military camp east of Baghdad have given the U.S. military a $1,000 check to aid victims of California's wildfires, a U.S. military official said Monday. "In the months I've been here, I have never been so moved," Army Col. Darel Maxfield, the senior U.S. military official at Camp Besmaya, said in an e-mail. Many of the Marines at that camp are from Camp Pendleton, the U.S. Marine Corps facility north of San Diego that has been the scene of some of the fires.

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