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To: DavesM who wrote (27194)	1/19/2005 9:15:16 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

If it was not an imminent threat, then why go with inadequate number of troops, with inadequate body armor and with inadequate equipment? Isn't that dumb? But then, his name is Dumbya!

To: DavesM who wrote (27194)	1/19/2005 9:17:47 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

And btw, here's more "wonderful" news from Dumbya's "valley of peace" 01/19/05 D C Thomson & Co: Dundee security man killed in Iraq ambush Andrew Whyte, Thurso Crescent, died with an Iraqi colleague when their two-vehicle convoy was attacked near a power station complex they were protecting. 01/19/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualty Pfc. George R. Geer, 27, of Cortez, Colo., died Jan. 17 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a V-IED device detonated near his position. Geer was assigned to the 1st Bat., 503rd Inf. Reg., 2nd Inf. Div., Camp Casey, Korea. 01/19/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualty Staff Sgt. Thomas E. Vitagliano, 33, of New Haven, Conn., died Jan. 17 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a V-IED detonated near his position. Vitagliano was assigned to the 1st Bat., 503rd Inf. Reg., 2nd Inf. Div., Camp Casey, Korea. 01/19/05 KUNA: Explosion in Basra damages car; injures its driver A remote-controlled explosion targeting a police squad car with four officers in it failed to cause damage to it but instead damaged a passing car, injuring its driver, witnesses said here on Wednesday. 01/19/05 AP: Gunmen abduct Japanese engineer in central Iraq The engineer, who worked at a power station in the city of Beiji, was traveling with two Iraqi policemen when gunmen stopped their car, killed the two officers and abducted the Japanese, said police Lt. Shaalan Allawi. 01/19/05 Reuters: Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline seen shut for 15-20 days A sabotage attack on Iraq's northern pipeline is expected to keep oil exports through Turkey at a standstill for another two-three weeks, an oil official said on Wednesday . 01/19/05 BBC: Update; UK firm employees killed in Iraq The pair, one British and one Iraqi, died when the two-vehicle convoy they were travelling in was attacked near the town of Beiji. A third contractor, a Brazilian, was said to be missing. 01/19/05 PO Media: Town awaits return of Guard unit that suffered heavy losses The war in Iraq has bound this town together in pride and sorrow as it has followed the travails of its 1544th Transportation Company that has suffered enormous losses: Five deaths - two of them women - and about two dozen serious injuries. 01/19/05 Expatica Communications: Dutch troops kill Iraqi man at checkpoint Dutch peacekeeping troops killed an Iraqi on Wednesday morning after the car he was travelling in failed to stop at a security checkpoint, the Defence Ministry said. 01/19/05 NYTimes: 5 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad in Effort to Disrupt Elections The American military reported that 26 people had been killed and at least 21 wounded, but The Associated Press cited Iraqi officials who put the death toll at 12. 01/19/05 Aljazeera: Suspected fighters vent frustrations When dozens of suspected fighters showed up for a so-called peace conference in Baquba on Tuesday, they told the governor sponsoring it why they would not lay down their weapons ahead of elections. 01/19/05 Thomas Crosbie Media: Rebels kill security company workers Insurgents attacked a convoy of security workers employed by a British company in central Iraq today, killing two of them, a US military spokesman said. A third person was missing. 01/19/05 Reuters: Two Iraqis involved in vote killed MILITANTS in Iraq posted today an internet video showing the killing of two Iraqis who were working for a US communications firm involved in the country's election. 01/19/05 Internet Broadcasting Systems: Cortez Soldier Killed In Iraq Pfc. George Geer, with the 503rd Infantry Air Assault Unit, was on foot patrol Monday in Ramadi when he and a partner approached a suspicious-looking vehicle. The vehicle exploded, killing them both. 01/19/05 ABC: Insurgent attack sparks Ramadi fighting Clashes have broken out in three areas of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a US patrol. 01/19/05 The Daily Telegraph: Diggers injured in bombing TWO Australian soldiers were wounded when a massive truck bomb exploded outside their barracks across the road from the Australian Embassy in Baghdad yesterday. 01/19/05 CJTF7: Chief of Human Rights and Relative Killed in Kirkuk Meghad Police reported that the Chief of Human Rights and a relative were killed, and a third Iraqi civilian was wounded the morning of January 18 in Kirkuk. 01/19/05 CJTF7: One IP Officer Killed, Three Wounded in Mortar Attack One Iraqi police officer was killed and three others were wounded when anti-Iraqi forces attacked the Mufrek police station near Baqubah with mortars at about 11:14 a.m. Seven mortar rounds exploded in the vicinity of the police station. 01/19/05 CENTCOM: FOUR CAR BOMBS DETONATE IN BAGHDAD Four vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices detonated in the Iraqi capital in the span of 90 minutes this morning. Initial reports indicate 26 people died in the blasts, with at least 21 more wounded. 01/19/05 AP: Car Bombings Kill Nine in Baghdad A wave of car bombings shook the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing at least nine people as rebels stepped up their offensive to block the Jan. 30 national election. 01/19/05 AP: Civilians die in U-S checkpoint shooting in Iraq The military says American soldiers opened fire on a car as it approached a U-S checkpoint in northern Iraq yesterday, killing the civilian driver and a passenger in the front seat