More "wonderful" news from Dumbya's "valley of peace" :
06/01/05 AFP: Suicide car bombings kill three Iraqi soldiers
06/01/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Pfc. Jeffrey R. Wallace, 20, of Hoopeston, Ill...died May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV.
06/01/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Spec. Dustin C. Fisher, 22, of Fort Smith, Ark.....died May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV.
06/01/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Sgt. Charles A. Drier, 28, of Tuscola, Mich....died May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV.
06/01/05 Xinhua: Iraqi soldier dies of poison near Mosul
An Iraqi soldier died and 12 others were hospitalized after they ate poisonous watermelon near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul ... "An unknown driver of a truck full of watermelon gave late Tuesday poisonous watermelon to Iraqi soldiers ...
06/01/05 AFP: Iraqi attack kills three children as deadly violence rages on
Two further suicide car bombings killed three Iraqi soldiers in the northern towns of Tarmiya and Baiji. Another police officer was shot dead at a market in northern Samarra.
06/01/05 KOIN: One Oregon Marine Killed, Another Wounded in Iraq
Lance Corporal Joseph Crabtree, 21, of McMinnville sustained severe injuries to his legs, arms and face when a roadside bomb went off under his Humvee in Western Iraq. He's is now at a military hospital in Maryland.
06/01/05 Focus: Four People Died in Attack with Mortars in Iraq
Four people including three children died in an attack with mortars in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, announced AFP, citing official sources from the Ministry of Interior of Iraq. No details are announced.
06/01/05 DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties
Capt. Derek Argel, 28, of Lompoc, Calif., assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Staff Sgt. Casey Crate, 26, of Spanaway, Wash., assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
06/01/05 DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties
Maj. William Downs, 40, of Winchester, Va., assigned to the 6th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Capt. Jeremy Fresques, 26, of Clarkdale, Ariz., assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
06/01/05 KUNA: Nine Iraqis injured in Mosul University attack
Nine Iraqis were injured when Mosul University's campus was attacked with rocket propelled grenades, an Iraqi police source said.
06/01/05 AP: Farmington High grad killed in Iraq
An Air Force officer who was a Farmington High School graduate has been killed in the crash of a single-engine airplane in Iraq. Sherry Fresques says her son, First Lieutenant Jeremy Fresques, died Monday.
06/01/05 Reuters: Iraq's wild west a constant thorn for U.S. troops
When it comes to peace and stability in Iraq, there may be no greater obstacle to success than Anbar province, a vast region of desert and scrubland stretching west from Baghdad.
06/01/05 KVAL: Marines Hurt
One U.S. Marine has died and four others have been injured in hostile action in Iraq. Injured are Lance Corporal Joe Crabtree of McMinnville, Lance Corporal Andrew Miller, and Major Sean Riddell. A fifth Marine, a Corporal Skelly, was also injured
06/01/05 newschannel6: Soldier Injured in Roadside Bomb Comes Home
In November of last year, the 22 year old Army specialist was riding in a humvee when it ran over a roadside bomb Injured but not deterred Matt Shelton went back to work... but 23 days later on Christmas he wouldn`t be as lucky
06/01/05 MaltaMedia: Islamist group claims Maltese citizen kidnapping
A militant Islamist Group has claimed that it has kidnapped an American CIA secret agent carrying a Maltese passport. According to the Badr Brigades, the hostage is suspected to have passed secret information to ‘the enemy’....
06/01/05 AP: 4 Iraqi plane crash victims were air commandos from Florida
Military sources told the Northwest Florida Daily News that the four killed in Monday's turboprop crash were the first Hurlburt-based air commandos to die in the Iraqi war. Their names and unit have not been released.
06/01/05 News Tribune: Spanaway airman dies in Iraq crash
On their first visit early Monday, they told Linda Crate her son Casey was missing in Iraq. But five hours later, the two Air Force men returned with bad news: confirmation that Staff Sgt. Casey Crate was killed in the crash.
06/01/05 AFP: 15 wounded in Baghdad airport road attack
Police lieutenant Mohamed Khairi was killed by unknown gunmen in the Dur region. An Iraqi soldier died from poisoning and nine others were in critical condition after they accepted free watermelon at their checkpoints between Shorgat and Kiyara.
06/01/05 AP: Casualties From Iraq Insurgency Up in May
Almost 200 more Iraqis were killed in May than in April because of a spike in militant attacks, government statistics showed Wednesday. Overall figures show that at least 670 Iraqis were killed in May; 485 were killed in April.
06/01/05 LATimes: Why would anyone don a cop's uniform?
Scar tissue from shrapnel runs like a shiny thread above Jawad Ali's ear. His skin is a diary of Baghdad's brutal streets...
05/31/05 CNN: 8 US Troops Wounded In Attack Near Baghdad Airport
Eight U.S. troops were wounded Tuesday night in a mortar attack on a military complex near the Baghdad airport, Cable News Network reported. Two private contractors and an Iraqi citizen were also wounded, CNN said.
05/31/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Victor M. Cortes III, 29, of Erie, Pa., died May 29 in Baghdad, Iraq of non-combat-related injuries. Cortes was assigned to the 703rd Forward Support Batttalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
05/31/05 Register: Mac Marine hit in Iraq
Marine Reservist Joe Crabtree of McMinnville is being treated today in Germany's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center for shrapnel wounds to the head and body suffered in a bomb blast in Western Iraq.
05/31/05 Reuters: U.S. death toll in Iraq surges amid rebel violence
The death toll for American troops in Iraq rose in May to the highest level since January, with the U.S. military saying on Tuesday insurgents have doubled their number of daily attacks since April. |
