16 U.S. soldiers hurt in Baghdad battle

Source: AP

16 U.S. soldiers hurt in Baghdad battle

By LAUREN FRAYER
Associated Press Writer


BAGHDAD (AP) -- A raging, daylong battle erupted in central Baghdad on Tuesday and four Iraqi soldiers were killed, 16 U.S. soldiers were wounded and a U.S. helicopter was hit by ground fire at the close of the second month of the massive security crackdown on the capital.

Sixty miles to the north, in the mostly Sunni city of Muqdadiyah, a woman with a suicide vest strapped beneath her black Muslim robe blew herself up in the midst of 200 Iraqi police recruits. The attack killed at least 16 men waiting to learn if they had been hired.

The security crackdown, which began Feb. 14 and will see nearly 170,000 American forces in Iraq by the end of May, has curbed some sectarian attacks and assassinations in the capital. But violence continues to flare periodically in Baghdad and has risen markedly in nearby cities and towns.

The fierce fighting in central Baghdad shut down the Sunni-dominated Fadhil and Sheik Omar neighborhoods just after 7 a.m., the U.S. military said. After American and Iraqi troops came under fire during a routine search operation, helicopter gunships swooped in, engaging insurgents with machine gun fire.

Some Arab television stations reported an American helicopter was shot down in the fight, and showed video of a charred piece of mechanical wreckage that was impossible to identify. The U.S. issued a statement late Tuesday saying an attack helicopter suffered damage from small arms fire but returned to base.

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When are the fucking Republicans going to stand up to their little monster?

I have been upset since this draft dodging, chicken-hawk 'decider' set foot illegally in my white house by denying African Americans from voting in Florida, claiming they were felons; then he sits like a lump on a log while our country was being attacked, while I was standing my post; then he declares war on the world claiming he is the sole superpower, pissing off all of our WWII allies; then he is cutting weeds on his chicken ranch while New Orleans drowns good Americans; all the time letting baron robbers raid the stores in a made up war killing my brothers in arms - What is this finally shit? I just think the rest of America is a little slow is all, but they are coming around?

Thank God for Harry Reid & Nancy Pelosi actually speaking for the People rather than just rolling over in bed with him.

They are going to hit and run

and not demand that we leave Iraq and allow the idiotson to invade Iran.

:(

White House.

BRING 'EM HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Hurt."

Fuck you, AP Headline Writer of Genius.

they have been stuck in the low 20,000s for a year when hundreds are wounded weekly??


http://icasualties.org/oif/

You think, whew!, at least they weren't killed.

Now, go read this:
http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/forgotten_wounded_20060117/

A little sample:


On edit:
The writer of this story is Ron Kovic, author of the 1976 book, "Born on the Fourth of July"

whether any of these soldiers died or how seriously they were injured. I've googled for info to no avail; I imagine we'll here about their fates tomorrow.:-(

But you might encounter one of them on the streets in some future time... begging for some money or food.

If things keep going like they are today.

I only found the story tonight. But everyone should read it.

This should be printed in every newspaper in America. Thanks again. I bookmarked this site and will forward this to several people I know.



Edited for some goofy spelling

Someone stop the madness.

I finally understand why all of the coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's tragic life is troubling to me. I am wondering why she is getting so much coverage in the news in the name of a tragic "human interest" story. I apologize for being blunt, but Anna Nicole Smith was a drug addict and a whore who was reckless with her life and the lives of those around her. She had "everything" and threw it away of her own free will. She was a "character," not a person of character. She did not, and her legacy does not, deserve the honor of our attention.

If you want a "human interest" story, tell the life story of each of our fallen soldiers in Iraq. These men and women gave their lives-- for us. They made the ultimate sacrifice. These are the people of character who deserve to be known to us. Let us honor them with media coverage. If the news profiled just one fallen soldier every day, it would last over eight years. Now that is human tragedy of epic proportions. Please focus on what is important.

How many suffered brain damage? Mangled limbs that will have to be amputated?