La. Mourns for Soldiers Killed in 1 Day

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Thu Jan-13-05 10:28 AM
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La. Mourns for Soldiers Killed in 1 Day

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&e=4&u=/ap/20050113/ap_on_re_us/soldiers_killed_louisiana

By DOUG SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer

HOUMA, La. - Six members of the Louisiana National Guard were killed last week in a single bomb blast in Iraq (news - web sites). They came from the same company and grew up in towns along the bayous of southeast Louisiana. Now they've come home — together — to a heartbroken state.

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All were killed last week in a single bomb blast in Iraq. They came from the same company and grew up in towns along the bayous of southeast Louisiana.

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"They trained together, they fought together, they went to war together, they died together. The families wanted them to come home together," said Hunt Downer, assistant adjutant general in the National Guard.

Full media coverage was allowed, including photographers and television news crews — an exception to a Pentagon (news - web sites) edict generally banning media coverage of America's war dead as their remains arrive.

How sad! And yet dubya will hold hedonistic inauguration parties to celebrate the troops?

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Jacobin

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Thu Jan-13-05 10:31 AM
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1. Two killed from Western Louisiana earlier this week too

Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 10:31 AM by Jacobin

The mother of one is quoted in the local paper as saying we need to get out of Iraq. Very very red part of the state.

Some are figuring it out.

Some are still cheerleading and saying they "died protecting our freedoms"....

:-(

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tx_dem41

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:03 AM
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5. Either from DeRidder?

Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 11:03 AM by tx_dem41

My in-laws are from there.

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ps1074

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Thu Jan-13-05 10:36 AM
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2. Quit whinning

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Much more people die in auto accidents every day and noone whines about that.
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Sorry, I just had to imply some RW BS crappy MoFo logic.

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OrangeCountyDemocrat

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Thu Jan-13-05 10:55 AM
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3. Red State

Louisiana....sorry for the loss. But you bought him, you own him. Enjoy your war.

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jus_the_facts

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:04 AM
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6. not all of us here are RED.....

.....you in cali? How ya likin' havin' an AUSTRIAN for your Gov. :eyes:

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tx_dem41

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:06 AM
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7. Yep...that makes a lot of sense....

You have no idea how these 6 soldiers voted but you dance on their graves. BTW, all 6 are from Congressional District 3 which just voted Democratic by voting against the son of long time Republican incumbent Billy Tauzin.

But, I guess its a lot simpler to say Louisiana=Red-State=Bad.

I'm glad others on this board can handle more complex, nuanced thought.

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Bridget Burke

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:39 AM
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8. You know nothing about that part of Louisiana.

Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 11:41 AM by Bridget Burke

But I've heard plenty about Orange County. And where were you before the election?

Greetings to your governor; let's hope the Constitution does not get amended. After President Nixon & President Reagan, we really don't need another Californian in the White House.

Edited to add: Did you see the coverage of their funerals? The folks from Louisiana defied the ban on showing flag-draped coffins. I'm sure some Californians have died--but you're following orders much better than the ornery Cajuns.

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BlueManDude

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:03 AM
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4. Los Angeles is much more dangerous than Iraq - right?

Wasn't that Brit Hume's line last year. If there was justice on this planet all the RW cheerleader pundits would be fighting and dying in Iraq right now.

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