5 U.S. troops killed in Iraq, military says

w8liftinglady

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Mon Jun-06-11 01:27 PM
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5 U.S. troops killed in Iraq, military says

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.soldiers.killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Baghdad (CNN) -- Five U.S. servicemembers were killed Monday in central Iraq, the U.S. military said in a written statement.

The deaths are the single largest loss of life among U.S. troops in Iraq since 2009, and they come as Iraq debates whether to request U.S. troops stay beyond a January 1, 2012, deadline that requires 46,000 American forces out of the country.

The U.S. military did not say how or where the five died.

But two Iraqi security officials told CNN Monday that the servicemembers were killed during an early morning mortar attack at a U.S. military base in southeastern Baghdad.

Can we leave yet?

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w8liftinglady

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Mon Jun-06-11 01:43 PM
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1. fwiw... this was the 17th story on the AP news page

17th.

That is how much we value our troops these days.

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