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To: tsigprofit who wrote (15081)	11/2/2003 7:02:17 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 48461

Eighteen Die in Second Worst Day for U.S. in Iraq Sun November 2, 2003 06:54 PM ET BAISA, Iraq (Reuters) - Eighteen Americans died in guerrilla attacks in Iraq on Sunday, including 15 soldiers killed when a helicopter was downed in the deadliest single strike on U.S. forces since they invaded to oust Saddam Hussein. It was the second deadliest day overall for Americans in Iraq since the war started on March 20, after 28 soldiers were killed in various attacks on March 23. A total of 252 U.S. soldiers have died from hostile fire since the invasion. On Sunday, one U.S. soldier was killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad and two American civilian contractors died in a roadside mine blast in the town of Fallujah, a fiercely anti-U.S. center 30 miles west of the capital. The crippled Chinook helicopter carrying troops on their way for a rest break came down in farmland at 9 a.m. (1 a.m. EST) near the village of Baisa, south of Falluja. Another 21 soldiers aboard the Chinook were injured. U.S. military officials and witnesses said the large transport helicopter was shot down. Other helicopters circled above the smoking wreckage and American troops rushed to secure the crash site. Some Iraqis were jubilant. "The Americans are pigs. We will hold a celebration because this helicopter went down -- a big celebration," said wheat farmer Saadoun Jaralla near the crash site. "The Americans are enemies of mankind." >>more>>http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3ZOMN5STB00UMCRBAELCFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=3739175 ADMINISTRATION VOWS "NO RETREAT" But the Bush administration vowed that it will not retreat, and Bush continues to cite his Iraq policy as an accomplishment despite accusations of a widening "credibility gap." "Clearly it is a tragic day for Americans," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told ABC television. "In a long hard war we are going to have tragic days." (Geo II declared the war over as I remember, 6 months ago!!) Rumsfeld said on Sunday: "I think the American people have a good center of gravity. I think they get it. They would rather have us fighting terrorists outside the United States of America than inside." (they still stick to that talking point!)