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Eugene

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Sun May-14-06 07:38 AM
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2 British Soldiers Killed Near Basra

May 14, 2006, 6:26AM
2 British Soldiers Killed Near Basra

© 2006 The Associated Press

LONDON — Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb as they patrolled
in an armored vehicle near the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday night,
the Ministry of Defense said. A third soldier was injured.

The ministry said the attack occurred while the soldiers carried out a routine
patrol north of Basra. A British helicopter recovered the men, who were taken
to a military hospital.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3862212.html

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xchrom

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Sun May-14-06 07:47 AM
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1. liberating the liberators from their burden.

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saigon68

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Sun May-14-06 11:45 AM
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6. I hope they liked dying for Cheney's oil fortune

Meanwhile "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL SHRUGGING CHIMPAMANZEE

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0007

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Sun May-14-06 07:52 AM
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2. Two more for the 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~~ Basra 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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alcibiades_mystery

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Sun May-14-06 08:01 AM
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3. May 2006: Worst British casualties in over a year

And the worst rate thus far of British casualties since the forst month of the war.

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bemildred

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Sun May-14-06 09:46 AM
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4. What is all this "patrolling" stuff anyway?

Patrolling what and for what purpose? They are like ducks in a shooting gallery.

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leftchick

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Sun May-14-06 09:49 AM
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5. I believe I read a while ago they quit patrolling

They have pretty much been holed up in their base. I think the Shiite militias are in real control. Why the hell are the Brits still there anyway?

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Barrett808

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Sun May-14-06 11:48 AM
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7. This is called a "force protection" posture

Some general a few weeks ago mentioned that US forces were also in a "force protection" posture.

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leftchick

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Sun May-14-06 12:15 PM
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8. if that is true

the last few months indicat they are not very well protected. :(

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Warren Stupidity

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Sun May-14-06 07:58 PM
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9. I believe that is the intention.

The patrols are sent out to draw fire. Grunts are always expendible.

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