CentCom: ONE SOLDIER KILLED, ONE INJURED IN IED ATTACK (#1590)

[UpInArms]

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20050501.txt

LSA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq – One 1st Corps Support Command Soldier was killed and one other was injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during a combat logistics patrol south of Baghdad International Airport at approximately 9:45 p.m. May 2, 2005.

The names of the Soldiers are being withheld pending next of kin notification.

Period	US	UK	Other*	Total	Avg	Days	
4 	153	2	7	162	1.74	93	
3 	579	26	27	632	2.93	216	
2 	718	27	58	803	1.89	424	
1 	140	33	0	173	4.02	43	
Total	1590	88	92	1770	2.28	776

http://icasualties.org/oif/

RIP soldier :(

You may have died in vain, and there will be others that follow you into the darkness, but know that now 57% of Americans now are beginning to awaken from the lies.

[For PaisAn]

1. Thank you

People need to see these numbers every day. And they're not just numbers, they're human beings who are gone forever, and for WHAT? A lie. How devestatingly sad.

[blogbear]

2. Yes, they gave their lives in valor despit the indignities and lies

they were 'spooon fed' from a failing and out of touch indignant regime..

[dArKeR]

3. I'd like to see our moral government allow all those who wish to leave

the military do so. Why should someone be forced to kill? For a long time the military was just a job the same as you'd get at Walmart. How many of the soldiers would leave the military today if they could?

[blogbear]

5. I agree with you! If only it could just be a respectable job!

[dArKeR]

4. I think the wounded stats should be included with the deaths!

[Erika]

6. Our kids still are dying

While Bush pushes on with his corporate imperialism. Maybe they'll get the hint when they can't recruit. See www.icasualties.org.

[tabasco]

7. Tommy Franks got a Freedom Medal ...

for commanding one of the most incompetent military campaigns in US history. Seeking glory in a rush to Baghdad, Franks violated numerous principles of war, mainly security, by leaving huge amounts of munitions unguarded. These munitions are now used to kill and maim our troops and innocent civilians.

[teryang]

8. What a payload

Is there possibly a more ineffective use of human resources?

[deadparrot]

9. RIP.

More waste of precious life. :puke: