Five U.S. soldiers killed in bombing during Iraqi referendum

[NeoConsSuck]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Five U.S. Army soldiers participating in a combat operation were killed by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad during Iraq's constitutional referendum, the military said Sunday.

Saturday's explosion hit the soldiers' vehicle in the mostly Sunni Arab city of Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, where few Iraqis were believed to have voted in the referendum, the military said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-10-16-bombing-vote_x.htm

[Botany]

1. Blessings & prayers on their spirits, families, and friends.

Five U.S. Army soldiers :patriot:


:cry: All this so bin Laden can walk free and Iraq will become a shi ite
theocracy.

[Crunchy Frog]

2. Looks like we'll be hitting the 2000 mark

by the end of the month. Nice work George.:-(

[pinniped]

3. I knew Condosleeza was lying when she said it was a quiet day.

She made sure the crap came out of her piehole before this came out.

[ninkasi]

16. Five dead troops

mean nothing to her, or her "husband". She's as vile as he is. These senseless deaths can be laid at her expensively shod hooves...I mean feet...as well as at those of her lord and master. They have brought such misery and shame to America, and death and misery to Iraq.

[JoFerret]

18. No idea whether on this occasion she was lying, but

like * she is a moveable plague, a walking disater zone.

[bahrbearian]

19. She was going by what Chimpy conveyed to her from Camp David

"The Birds are singing, the weather is quite nice, and I think I heard Crickets"

[leetrisck]

4. Prayers

One feels so totally helpless as to what to do or say.

[tatertop]

17. I just feel anger

We won't be helpless forever. Gotta keep the anger stoked.

[lonestarnot]

5. What is the official count now?

[Crunchy Frog]

7. According to icasualties,

1975.

[lonestarnot]

20. 1976 tonight

http://icasualties.org/oif/USMap.aspx?hndState=Arizona

[indepat]

6. We will stay the course 'til the job's done

[tabasco]

22. We will stay the course till the last drop of YOUR blood.

More good news! The rich are safe and secure !

Another day in Iraqnam. Another five coffins to send to grieving families.

[spanone]

8. Shhhhh....the violence was WAY DOWN yesterday....

Didn't you hear?:sarcasm:

[Barrett808]

12. Yes, remember it was a "peaceful" referendum n/t

[IndianaGreen]

9. How many names do we want on the Iraq War Memorial?

If you want peace now, the number of dead is frozen at the number of the fallen as of this date.

If you are like Clark, Hillary, Kerry, et al, the number of dead is going to be a lot larger than what it is today, depending as to whether we pull out in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, or if Rumsfeld has his way, 2015.

How many names do YOU want on the Iraq War Memorial?

[cliss]

14. Your post should be printed, placed in a letter,

and sent to the man whose face appears above.

He looks worried, dense, concerned. Maybe it's time he addressed this question?

[Earth_First]

10. This must be the "quiet day" that Condi refers to...

[catmandu57]

11. Just like the aspens

They fall in clusters now. Fuck.

[louis-t]

13. Quiet day, only 5 US soldiers killed

and only 20 polling places were attacked. A resounding success! C'mon.

[Carla in Ca]

15. He keeps saying "We won't walk away from Iraq"

Yeah, we will be carried out!

My God, 5 more soldiers killed. I just want to scream! Gore's '2000', he won. *'s 2000, he killed.:cry:

[Breeze54]

21. I am falling apart.........

everytime I read these headlines or similar...
I just want to die...I wanna puke....

My son is in Iraq right now...STOP LOSSED.....
instead of separation papers last Christmas;
he got over 750 additional days!
and orders to Iraq.

I'm just disgusted. I sometimes can't talk about it.

I went to DC just last month.

STOP THE FUCKING LIES!!
STOP THE WAR!!
BRING THEM HOME.....NOW!!!

cripes. There I am... going off again.

gheezzzzzzzz.........

WAKE UP AMERICA!!
What if it was YOUR SON or DAUGHTER???

bring them home!! ..............NOW!!

http://www.mfso.org

[tabasco]

23. Thanks for these pics!

And thanks to all the dedicated protesters.

[Breeze54]

24. You're quite Welcome! Here's some more.....

At the WH 09/26/05..Just before the arrests....






Correction: 1951...today's stats.........

[Breeze54]

25. Is everyone just NUMB??

I was just wondering!

As this topic...."FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED"!

.....seems to be being IGNORED!!!!!

Why is THAT??

Just curious.............

Hmmmmm?

"Do they REALLY matter??"

Huh?

Tell me!...........please?

:wtf:

[Nihil]

27. Yes, people are getting numb

There is a limit of how many "RIP"s and "Sending prayers for (his/her)
family" messages you can put to the unending catalogue of death, pain
and suffering known as Iraq. It gradually sinks in that acknowledging
the deaths has no effect on the next day's casualties, no effect on the
gung-ho idiocy of Bush's supporters and no effect on the inhuman scum
in power in the US.

(PS: Welcome to DU!)

[deadparrot]

26. RIP.

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