More "wonderful" news from Dumbya's "valley of peace" :
06/17/05 CENTCOM: TWO MARINES KILLED IN ACTION (confirmed)
Two Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), were killed in action June 16 when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. The incident took place during combat operations near Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
06/17/05 AP: Roadside bomb kills two U.S. Marines in western Iraq
A roadside bomb killed two U.S. Marines in western Iraq, the military said Friday. The attack on their vehicle occurred during combat operations Thursday near Ramadi.
06/17/05 bellaciao: US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war
Yesterday’s disclosure led to calls by MPs for a full statement to the Commons and opened ministers to allegations that they held back the facts until after the general election.
06/17/05 AP: Third Nevada soldier in a week killed in Iraq
The mother of Nevada Army National Guard Specialist Anthony Cometa says her worst fear was realized when her son was killed this week in southern Iraq. Cometa was killed yesterday (Thursday) in a vehicle crash in southern Iraq.
06/17/05 AP: Two people die in Iraq when suicide car bomber slams into fuel truck
Iraq Two people are dead and six injured in Iraq after a suicide car bomber slammed into a loaded fuel tanker as it drove through Baghdad's eastern suburbs. Police say the car hit the tanker after it missed an Iraqi army patrol.
06/17/05 Reuters: US forces storm Iraq rebel stronghold
The chief doctor at Qaim hospital, Hamdi al-Alusi, said six dead bodies had been brought to the morgue Friday. Also a modified U.S. Black Hawk helicopter, known as a Pave Low, made an "unscheduled landing" near Qusayba.
06/17/05 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Pfc. Nathan B. Clemons, 20, of Winchester, Tenn., died June 14 from wounds sustained when an IED detonated near his vehicle while conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Ar Rutbah, Iraq.
06/17/05 Xinhuanet: 2 killed in car bomb outside Shiite mosque in Baghdad
A car bomb went off outside a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing two civilians and wounding four others, including a child, a witness told Xinhua. Two oil tankers were set ablaze while the mosque was not damaged in the attack.
06/17/05 Novinite: Injured Bulgarian Soldier's Condition "Critical
The condition of the third soldier, who was wounded in the June 14 Iraq accident is critical, General Stoyan Tonev, who heads Bulgaria's Military Medical Academy, said Friday.
06/17/05 Cadillac News: Cadillac native injured in Iraq
Brian Sayer had just entered the base when a mortar shell hit and sent shrapnel into his leg. "He will have four Purple Hearts and I believe that is enough," his wife wrote.
06/17/05 BBC: Bomb goes off at Baghdad mosque
A car bomb has exploded outside a Shia mosque in Baghdad as people were emerging from Friday prayers, causing an unknown number of casualties.
06/17/05 AP: U.S. Launches Major Operation in West Iraq
The U.S. military launched a major combat operation Friday, sending 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters in a volatile western province straddling Syria.
06/17/05 KUNA: Baghdad, Tuz Khurmatu blasts, 12 Iraqis, 3 officers injured
another blast in Tuz Khurmatu left 12 Iraqis injured, including three army officers, when a suicide bomber detonated his car upon the passing of an Iraqi Army patrol.
06/16/05 KRT: U.S. military charges soldier with murder in deaths of 2 officers
A 37-year-old staff sergeant was charged in the deaths of two of his superior officers in the first alleged case of its kind in Iraq.
06/16/05 independent: US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war
"The US confirmed to my officials that they had not used MK77s in Iraq at any time and this was the basis of my response to you," he told Mr Cohen. "I regret to say that I have since discovered that this is not the case and must now correct the position."
06/16/05 AP: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charged With Murder
A U.S. Army staff sergeant was charged with murdering his two commanders last week at a base outside Baghdad, the military said Thursday in what is believed to be the first case of an American soldier in Iraq accused of killing his superiors.
06/16/05 TheGuardian: Gunmen take over Ramadi as bomb kills five marines
Insurgents have taken over much of the Iraqi city of Ramadi and used it to launch attacks against US forces while terrorising the population with public beheadings.
06/16/05 repubblica: Italian military convoy ambushed near Nassiriya
An Italian military convoy was ambushed yesterday (wednesday) near Nassiriya (50km north of) with improvised explosive device (IED) and small arms fire. No wounded between italian soldier. One of VM90 vehicle has been struck.
06/16/05 DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
Petty Officer 2nd Class Cesar O. Baez, 37, of Pomona, Calif., died June 15, as a result of enemy small arms fire while conducting combat operations in al-Anbar province, Iraq. Baez was a Hospital Corpsman assigned to 2nd Marine Division.
06/16/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Sgt. Anthony G. Jones, 25, of Greenville, S.C., died June 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, where an IED detonated near his military vehicle. He was assigned to the 104th Transportation Company, 36th Engineer Group, 3rd Infantry Division.
06/16/05 CENTCOM: COURT-MARTIAL CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST TASK FORCE LIBERTY SOLDIER
The United States Government preferred charges against Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez in the deaths of two Task Force Liberty Soldiers who died June 7 at Forward Operating Base Danger, near Tikrit, Iraq.
06/16/05 AP: Second contractor with Reno lawyer alleges Marine abuse in Iraq
Peter Ginter learned what it was like to be a prisoner of war in combat training so he had an idea of what to expect when he was roughed up [and] stripped ... in Iraq. But the ex-Marine never imagined his captors would be U.S. troops.
06/16/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Michael R. Hayes, 29, of Morgantown, Ky., died June 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, where a RPG hit his HMMWV while he was providing security cordon for an IED found earlier. He was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 617th Military Police Company.
06/16/05 Reuters: Iraq rebels kill 5 marines in blast
Iraqi rebels killed five U.S. marines in a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, the second time in a week an entire armoured Humvee crew has died there in what U.S. officers said on Thursday could be a new insurgent tactic.
06/16/05 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #241
June 15 - insurgents blew up a pipeline near Baghdad that transports crude oil between Bayji and Daura.
06/16/05 AP: PA Guard Members Headed To Iraq
Some 22-hundred Pennsylvania Army National Guard members—the state’s largest deployment since the Korean War— are being sent to Iraq.
06/16/05 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
Cpl. Jesse Jaime, 22, of Henderson, Nev. and Cpl. Tyler S. Trovillion, 23, of Richardson, Texas died June 15 when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Ar Ramadi.
06/16/05 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores, 18, of San Antonio, Texas and Lance Cpl. Dion M. Whitley, 21, of Los Angeles, Calif. died June 15 when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Ar Ramadi.
06/16/05 AP: Morgantown Guardsman killed during fighting in Iraq
Spc. Michael Ray Hayes, 29, of Morgantown, was killed in Iraq during a RPG. He was providing security around a possible IED near Baghdad on Tuesday when they were attacked. Hayes was attached to the 617th Military Police Company based in Richmond |
