8 (Eight) U.S. Marines Killed In Iraq! Breaking News!

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

Details soon www.msnbc.com

[w4rma]

1. ugh. (nt)

[snippy]

2. I am pleased with the progress in Iraq. Bring 'em on. n/t

[kayell]

3. Oh no.

:cry:

[saigon68]

97. They are bringing it on

9 Kia today

These people died for the Halliburton criminals

[Iceburg]

4. Reuters: 8 killed, 9 wounded

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20041030/ts_nm/iraq_marines_dc
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Eight U.S. marines were killed and nine wounded in action west of Baghdad Saturday, the U.S. military said.

[maryallen]

39. I would wager that those 9 wounded are ...

Critically injured.

[Iceburg]

62. That was suggested by one TV reporter on MSNBC this morning

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. In al-Anbar provence

nothing else yet

[Richardson08]

6. "Catastrophic success"

[saigon68]

7. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"We were winning when I left" a tee shirt worn by numerous Viet-Nam Vets in the mid eighties.

[kayell]

8. Brilliant war.

At an airport rally at a hangar in Montoursville, Pa., Cheney said the U.S. invasions of "Afghanistan and Iraq will be studied for years for their brilliance."

[belle]

68. In HELL, yes.

[donheld]

86. studied for years for their brilliance?

Stupidity more like it. It Will be studied for all the wrong decisions that were made my the Commander in Thief and his cabal.

[Az_lefty]

94. Delusional motherfucker....

people are dying and "little dick" chaney makes stupid statements
:mad:

[Mokito]

101. They will be studied for years indeed...

Most probably by scholars who are trying to formulate a single super-theory for stupidity.

[are_we_united_yet]

9. I fucking hate this war! n/t

[realcountrymusic]

10. Please pay no attention. Osama is on TV.

[Flagg]

11. "Brilliant" ! Squealed small Dick Cheney.

[leftchick]

12. "Remarkably Successful" said the chickenhawk cheney...

I hope the families of all of the soldiers remember his callous remarks... :grr:

[anarchy1999]

13. Eight dead, nine wounded. What more do we need to say?

n/t

On edit

Catastrophic success and brilliant.

Cheney must be removed. He's been around too long, along with the rest of his criminal thugs.

[Bozita]

14. Yahoo story --- I gave it a 5

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041030/ts_nm/iraq_marines_dc

It certainly deserves more.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

15. 5 more nt

[Tansy_Gold]

37. done

with a very heavy heart

[mbperrin]

38. 5!

You have given the news article Eight U.S. Marines Killed, Nine Wounded in Iraq a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 4.31 with 194 vote(s).

[acmavm]

58. 11:23 a.m. CST

You have given the news article Eight U.S. Marines Killed, Nine Wounded in Iraq a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 4.25 with 273 vote(s).
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The people of this country better be paying close attention to Iraq as they vote. The cost of this war is skyrocketing daily. But costs I mean the death of Americans, Iraqis, the bankrupting of this nation, the hate it has engendered all over the world. Because this war was so unnecessary and unjustified, it will rank as one of the costliest wars this planet has ever seen. And if the bush* administration has any idea that the latests attacks on Falluja and Ramadi will bring the Iraqi resistance in line, then he wasn't paying any attention to what his friend OBL was telling him.

[realcountrymusic]

65. KICK eom

You have given the news article Eight U.S. Marines Killed, Nine Wounded in Iraq a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 4.25 with 296 vote(s).

[leftchick]

16. ap:8 Killed 9 Wounded..

8 U.S. Marines Killed, 9 Wounded in Iraq

Associated Press


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eight U.S. Marines were killed and nine others wounded in action Saturday in Anbar province west of Baghdad, the U.S. military announced.

The statement gave no details of how they were killed or injured and did not say where the engagement took place, citing security. They were assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

Anbar province includes Fallujah, where the U.S. military is gearing up for a major offensive, as well as Ramadi and Qaim along the Syrian border.

[catmandu57]

17. Fallujah

The Iraqis have had plenty of time to prepare a nasty wewlcome for the Marines sent into that hornet's nest. If this is kkkarls october suprise it's going to blow up in his ugly fat face.

[onehandle]

18. And yet this is not the top story.

All Osama. All the time.

[tabasco]

19. RIP, Troops.

We promise to do our best to punish the criminal administration responsible for this war. :mad: :cry:

[AussieDave]

20. CNN World News would rather bang on about Arafat

- I guess they're just waiting for the old goat to finally fall off his perch.

[leftchick]

21. I can't help but wonder if it is one of these guys....

Marines of the 1st Division get a briefing prior to a mission outside Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004. US forces are prepairing for a possible attack on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


:(

[Palacsinta]

22. I wish it was Tuesday

so I could vote this f******* war criminals out of office. I am so anxious, outraged, tense, angry, nervous, depressed, jittery, furious..........don't know where to put it all. I want to vote RIGHT NOW!

[CookieD]

24. Why didn't you vote early? n/t

[Palacsinta]

46. I couldn't.........

I'm on the election board (as Dem. Inspector) here in my PA district so I'll be at the polls all day. The only way I could vote early was by absentee ballot and I won't be "absent".

[xchrom]

23. one wonders

with our own explosives?

[jmcgowanjm]

25. If they say 8, it's 24

and someone got it on film or there
were too many witnesses.

[Pirate Smile]

26. MSNBC said it was a suicide car bomb into a convoy.

[TacticalPeek]

31. And now CNN says it is Fallujah.

So my respiration returns. And I can ease off hoping it's eight other families who will get a visit they dread.

A car bomb is an obvious method for using the RDX that was looted. Some of it has already been identified when used in a car bomb in Najaf earlier.

Bummer.

Lots of civilians buying it in Fallujah also. And Jim Maceda is saying on MSNBC that a lot of the insurgent bosses may have already slipped out of Dodge.

I hate Bush more every day. Every frigging day.

[BootinUp]

27. They made the ultimate sacrifice

A moment of silence for them please.

[jobycom]

28. Our flag is drenched in blood. nt

[pippin]

29. please , please let this be over with

before any more of our own sons and daughters are slaughtered in this lunatic cause.


George W. Bush and Co., may you all rot in hell.
:mad:

[jdonaldball]

30. They can find replacements at Freerepublic.com

Isn't that right, Freepers?
Isn't it time you enlisted?

[barb162]

33. LAST place on this planet to look for volunteers for the

military. Freepers/chickenhawks (what's the diff) just talk big and send other people to do their dirty work. I feel so sorry for the families of the military people in Iraq.

[jdonaldball]

34. Good point. And even if Freepers were drafted they'd probably

end up getting real soldiers killed. Kind of like they did when they voted for Bush in the first place.

[saigon68]

57. No most of them are Cowardly Draft Dodgers like Pres. Cheney

And the clueless sock puppet who sits on his lap and is called the "Chimp" by many of us here.

[jdonaldball]

107. I prefer the name "AWOL"

Or "Bunnypants"

[Florida_Geek]

32. Today's picture say it sll

[SammyWinstonJack]

52. Ugly evil smirking bastard!

I F,ing hate him! :grr: And what the hell if wrong with Laura Bush? As a mother herself, how can she stand by his side when she knows full well he is getting other mothers' children killed daily? She should be so ashamed!

[Mira]

106. Original Message

I see Laura as the ultimate Stepford wife.
She looks at him with disgust in her eyes and a waxy smile on her lips.

[LibDemAlways]

110. I'll bet none of the dipshits at this rally

has any relatives being blown up in this "brilliant" war. I want desperately to see Kerry blow the chimp out of the water and watch that ugly simian smirk turn into big crocodile tears. What an asshole.

[catmandu57]

35. This is going to get nasty and very ugly

The Marines are intent on turning this into another Grozny, there is going to be much killing and death on both sides. Many will be civilians who couldn't get out, all this is going to fall directly onto the shoulders of the ones who started this mess.
When the world comes for them I won't stand in the way.

[Inland]

36. But because there is no video, CNN ignores KIA, replays Osama tape

[TacticalPeek]

40. Interesting and encouraging comment by Jane Arraf on CNN's 'On the Story'.

Arraf reports from Baghdad. I've noticed in the past that she also gets out of the Green zone often - even out in the country.

Asked about how the troops' votes may go, she said that mostly they don't talk about it that much, and that mostly it's along the lines of "I don't care, makes no difference anyhow" and many will not vote, which is a plus for Kerry since it drains what was a support for Boosh in 2000. But when some do talk about it, she found a surprising amount of sympathy for Kerry, perhaps because some of them spend lots of time on the internet.


edit: clarity spasm

[skordane]

41. Didn't the insurgents get the memo

Mission Accomplished

[NNN0LHI]

99. They were all too busy participation in the gun buy back program n/t

[gulfcoastliberal]

42. Poor kids

USMC - United States' Misguided Children

[TacticalPeek]

44. Gotta raise a point there, Bub.

You'll find misguided children all around if you think about it. In the other branches, down at the mall, working on political campaigns.

The Corps is the best of the branches.

TacticalPeak, Army, US, 69-71

[0007]

74. What's the difference between one paid assassin over another?

The way 'ya snap your heels together and say "Yes Sir"?

[TacticalPeek]

80. In the case of the Marine Corps,

In the case of the Marine Corps, the difference comes from their leadership and tradition. And a key difference, for me, is that they are on my side.

It would be nice if we did not have wars, if we had no enemies, and had no need for troops. But we have nation states, and will have them for the foreseeable future, and in my analysis the resulting power contests will require that powerful nations have powerful armed forces. Troubling but true.

[0007]

85. The Marine Corps has no case - Except in recuitment

Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.
Whoever said had it right! Troubling but true.

[TacticalPeek]

89. Mark Twain said it.

And he and I are both right. Sad but true.

[ezekiel333]

51. Yes, they are misguided...

Misguided by a government into fighting an illegal war and the fascist leaders who wrought that upon them & the people of Iraq should be handed over to the world court.

Semper Fi
<http://floridapatriots.com/semper_fi.htm>

Gunny C / USMC (ret.)

BTW gulfcoastliberal the term used by us Marines is actually Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.

[TacticalPeek]

53. Thanks for that web site, floridapatriots.

It is a real service.

[Narraback]

104. Thank you for the site. Sadly I have bookmarked it for future use.

Semper Fi

[Hornito]

43. As with other casualties, the news comes on a weekend, where

it will have minimal coverage, compared with a weekday news release.

[MattNC]

45. Semper Fi :(

[OSX]

47. This is very sad...

[ismnotwasm]

48. What a complete mess

And to think just yesterday, my husband got into an argument with this idiot who said, and I quote "98% of all military are for Bush" I'm going to be sick again. Every death turns my stomach

[leftchick]

49. Marines were killed 'In Action" Update...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716


8 Marines Dead in Iraq; Car Bomb Kills 7

~snip~


The U.S. military said nine Marines were also wounded in the fighting in Anbar province west of the capital which includes the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The statement gave no further on how or where they were killed.


The deaths came as U.S. forces are gearing up for a major assault on Fallujah, seen as the toughest bastion of Sunni Muslim guerrillas, ahead of crucial elections due by Jan. 31.


Fierce clashes erupted Saturday in Fallujah as an American military convoy entered the southeastern industrial Shuhada neighborhood and nearby Nueimiya village — an apparent probing foray on the city's edges. Explosions and gunfire rocked the area and smoke was seen billowing in the air, witnesses said.


Marines responded with heavy artillery fire after insurgents shot mortar shells from positions in the southeast of the city. About 4 p.m. a Marine Harrier jet bombed a mortar position inside Fallujah and strafed it with machine-gun fire, "neutralizing the target and any threat," said Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Lyle Gilbert.

...Shit we lose eight in a "probing foray"??? How many fucking more chimpass*???

[fishwax]

50. Osama is alive. WMD are missing. Marines are dying.

bush administration failures, all.

It is beyond me how anyone can think that sob deserves four more years to inflict such results on our nation and the world.

[JoFerret]

54. All caused by the Liberal media spin

Kerry in a landslide. Hope is on the way.

[suegeo]

55. Insanity

I first saw the same story at excite.com. It came with some pictures of Iraqi children (toddlers) wandering around the "war zone" (their backyards, apparently.)

I cannot believe people are getting killed like this, and young kids are seeing it. How messed up will they be, if they live past 12 years?

This is some serious bad karma.

The Bush administration is a bag of stinking poop and they're gonna end up getting us all killed.

[progressivebydesign]

56. Car bomb? More looted explosives? How sad and unnacceptable. n/t

[saigon68]

59. Its a Christian Crusade Boys

"Jump right in" ---Little Dick Cheney approves this message.

[Sinnerman]

60. This is not a real war... Only Bushes War... Remeber that

Bush Lied .... Our Troops Died

[Zgrrl]

61. Bring it on...keeps being broughten...

So, so, so sad. I weep for the families.

Hurry up, Tuesday.:cry:

[damntexdem]

63. The Bushista mentality:

"The statement gave no details of how they were killed or injured and did not say where the engagement took place, citing security."

Yeah, security: wouldn't want the insurgents to know where they'd been fighting U.S. forces, after all. But this hopefully won't provide the real security it is meant to protect -- keeping the American electorate in line. They can classify the deaths, but they can't hide them.

[Rex_Goodheart]

64. LiberalStance, no matter how you feel about GW Bush...

I think it's a bit tasteless to put exclamation points on your post title like that.

[NorthernSpy]

70. just what the hell are you trying to say?

You said:

LiberalStance, no matter how you feel about GW Bush...
I think it's a bit tasteless to put exclamation points on your post title like that.

Tasteless? It's now "tasteless" to use emphatic punctuation?

What are you implying here, Rex_Goodheart?

[Name removed]

83. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[saigon68]

92. Adios

[VegasWolf]

66. We've turned a corner in Iraq!! eom

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[MADem]

67. The continuing legacy of Al Qaaqa

Jesus, those poor families. They're getting those visits now. The Casualty Assistance Calls Officer with his or her little briefcase with the CACO manual, the forms to fill out, the box of tissues, the list of phone numbers....the chaplain, accompanying, with his empty words of "wisdom" and "faith." The shrieks, the screams, the wails. Happy fucking Halloween, looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas??? Gold stars in the window.

This administration is full of assholes. Chickenhawk, chickenshit assholes. I am sickened, yet again, by their incompetence, arrogance, and complete and utter disregard for human life.

[The_Casual_Observer]

69. They didn't exactly dwell on this report did they?

If is wasn't for DU I doubt I would even know about it.

"Freedom is on the march"

[0007]

71. Bring the troops home!

Insanity must be removed from our White House. Eight more needless deaths of our best.

Vote as if your life depended on it, because it does.

Call 866 687-8683
If Poll Workers refuse you to vote for any reason
If there is a late opening or early closing of a polling place.
If your polling place runs out of ballots or has an incorrect ballot
If you experience poll worker insensitivity or discrimination in the voting process

The civil rights community have set up a toll-free Election Day hotline. This line is staffed now and,
in addition to logging your complaint, the civil rights organizations have law students and attorneys
who can provide assistance on Election Day.

The hotline number is
866 687-8683
202 457-0473 fax

When you call the hotline, be prepared to give your name, telephone number, and note as many
details as possible, including the names of the people who are involved.

[ausiedownunderground]

72. This is incrediable - US media admits to 8!!!!!! deaths!!!!

This is incrediable!!!!! I can't believe the US Mainstream Media has admitted to 8 US soldiers deaths and 9 woundeed in a single Iraq'i incident.!!!! This is an incredible US media moment!!! How the heck is Hannity and his Murdoch stoogees going to cover this!!!!!!!!!! You don't think they will completely Not notice this!!!!!

This will be "HugeEEEEEEE" Around the rest of the world" !!!!!! The US is actually admitting to Mass casualties!!! I don't believe this!
This is some kind of Karl Rove scam. Its got to be Bin Laden's fault!!!!!

[NorthernSpy]

73. ... and what are YOU trying to say?

This is incrediable!!!!! I can't believe the US Mainstream Media has admitted to 8 US soldiers deaths and 9 woundeed in a single Iraq'i incident.!!!! This is an incredible US media moment!!! How the heck is Hannity and his Murdoch stoogees going to cover this!!!!!!!!!! You don't think they will completely Not notice this!!!!!

This will be "HugeEEEEEEE" Around the rest of the world" !!!!!! The US is actually admitting to Mass casualties!!! I don't believe this!
This is some kind of Karl Rove scam. Its got to be Bin Laden's fault!!!!!

Honestly, now...

[lebkuchen]

75. 8 dead in the timespan of dinner

that god damn son of a bitch Bush.

Get him out of office, PLEASE!

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

76. It's time to bring out another Bin Laden video or up the terror level

We can't have nasty reports of multiple service person deaths reminding the American public of how much Shrub has fucked up the Iraq situation. Time for another terror distraction...

JB

[msanthrope]

77. That's It!!! That is fucking well it......

Okay, I've pretty much kept my cool up until now, but this does it!

I AM SO FUCKING TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT OUR SOLDIERS GETTING BLOWN UP!!!

Not shot, not killed in hand-to-hand, but FUCKING BLOWN UP!!!

And there are MISSING EXPLOSIVES!!!!

Am I going FUCKING NUTS??? Or is the media completely unable to put two and two together? Why? WHY CAN'T THOSE WHORES CALL IT WHAT IT IS?

OUR KIDS ARE GETTING BLOWN UP BY EXPLOSIVES WE WERE TOO DAMN BUSY TO SECURE BECAUSE THE GODDAMNED MINISTRY OF OIL'S PAPERWORK WAS MORE IMPORTANT!!!

[TahitiNut]

88. Reichbots are more interested in keeping IUD's out of the hands of ...

... teen-agers than in keeping IED's out of the hands of Iraqi insurgents. Always have been. Always will be.

Why don't they try abstinence as a policy in Iraq? :eyes:

[cleofus1]

78. my nephew by marriage

Is a marine in Iraq he's in his early 20's and just married a beautiful young lady.
I never really got to know him too well, but I hope to god he makes it back alive and in one piece.

sigh....

[uppityperson]

79. I have a 16 yr old son

who is a junior in highschool, reading "1984" and currently in Oregon doorknocking with GetOutTheVote. I also have many friends who are male 15-19 yr olds from pro-Kerry and pro-* camps. This continues to hit closer and closer to me. We need to live well, and die well, and this is not how to do it.

[Barkley]

81. Republican Make Wars, Democrats Fight in Them

Republicans

* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Six deferments.
* Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
* Tom Delay: did not serve.
* Roy Blunt: did not serve.
* Bill Frist: did not serve.
* Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
* Rick Santorum: did not serve.
* Trent Lott: did not serve.
* John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
* Jeb Bush: did not serve.
* Karl Rove: did not serve.
* Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee."
The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.

* Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
* Vin Weber: did not serve.
* Richard Perle: did not serve.
* Douglas Feith: did not serve.
* Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
* Richard Shelby: did not serve.
* Jon Kyl: did not serve.
* Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
* Christopher Cox: did! not serve.
* Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
* Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
* George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got
assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for
U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared
from duty.
* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role
making movies.
* B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.

* Phil Gramm: did not serve.
* John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart
and Distinguished Flying Cross.
* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
* John M. McHugh: did not serve.
* JC Watts: did not serve! .
* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for
8 years.
* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
* George Pataki: did not serve.
* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
* John Engler: did not serve.
* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.

Pundits & Preachers
* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pylonidal cyst.')
* Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
* Michael Savage: did not serve.
* George Will: did not serve.
* Chris Matthews: did not serve.
* Paul Gigot: did not serve.
* Bill Bennett: did not serve.
* Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
* John Wayne: did not serve.
* Bill Kristol: did not serve.
* Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
* Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
* Ralph Reed: did not serve.
* Michael Medved: did not serve.
* Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
* Ted Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don't shoot
back.)



Democrats
* Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
* David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
* Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
* Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army
journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
* Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
* Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
* John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V,
3 Purple Hearts.
* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star;
Vietnam.
* Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
* Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
* Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91
* Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign
ribbons.
* Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars,
and Soldier's Medal.
* Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and
Legion of Merit.
* Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
* Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze
Star with Combat V.
* Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
* Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
* Chuck Robb: Vietnam
* Howell Heflin: Silver Star
* George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
* Bill Clinton: Did not serve.
* Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
* Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
* John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul
Wallenberg.

Ref: This particular item comes from Lamar Pittman
Lamar Pittman <[e-mail]>

[TacticalPeek]

82. Thanks for the reminder, Barkley.

Hope some lurkers take the time to read it. I didn't know that about Lantos.

[Barkley]

84. "Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base."!?!?!

Yep, he's definitely Presidential material:

* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Six deferments.

George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got
assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.

* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role
making movies.

* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.

[cliss]

87. Thank you for that reminder, B.

It's amazing and undeniable when you go down the list. We have WARS being waged by people who did not serve.

We have resisters to these wars being waged by people who served. There is, if I may say so, a clear connection.

[pinniped]

90. Uh oh!...they're not reporting the good things about IRQ again.

But if some could be found, I'm sure it will materialize.

[bear425]

91. kick

You have given the news article Eight U.S. Marines Killed, Nine Wounded in Iraq a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 4.24 with 516 vote(s).

[hangloose]

93. ARE THEY TELLING US THE TRUTH

It seems to me with all the disinformation coming out of this fascist administration, why should we trust the causality count? Who provides and independent account of the figures?

I question this because of an unrelated subject. Time and again I here CNN’s correspondents state that they are reporting this war from their hotel rooms and within the green zone. It just to dangerous to venture out to cover the war, they say. So where do they get first hand knowledge of the events unfolding on a daily basis? From the Army?

I have reliable information of what’s going on in Iraq. My company is involved with the “Rebuilding Iraq” campaign. We have over 100 people on the ground, scattered all over the country. They are engaged in repair of infrastructure. This is relevant because our employees are working daily “outside” of the Green Zone and outside of Bagdad, and being supported by thousands of Iraq civilians on projects sites everywhere.

Why can we do out job but the media somehow can’t?

And no were no associated with KBR .

[Az_lefty]

95. this is the Fallujah area....

was this part of the big attack that was being discussed yesterday?

[hangloose]

96. It's inferred to be near Fallujah

[yardwork]

98. God rest their souls

and forgive us.

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

100. Wonder if the chimpsh*t knows?

I know he doesn't care - unless it affects his polls.

He is a lying, cowardly, traitorous bastard

Did I mention evil?

Makes Saddam look like a choirboy...

[DoYouEverWonder]

102. A couple of pics from al Jazeera

Of course the American 'free' press is not allowed to show us these sorts of images. Americans might stop liking the war if they did.

[osaMABUSh]

103. Haven't seen any front page links on cnn.com or msnbc.com

Eight Marines dead and nada on these homepages? Unbelievable.

But since most still get their news from TV, I am confident the word will get out to remind folks how horribly it continues in Iraq.

[Princess Buttercup]

105. This is awful.

My heart goes out to those families.

Gee, I wonder where the explosives came from?

[falcon]

108. One hell of a waste

*

[TacticalPeek]

109. remember those who are shortening their lives

A Poem That I Wrote In A High Fever

You who are lengthening your lives
with the best doctors and the best medicines
remember those who are shortening their lives
with the wars
that you in your long lives are not
preventing.

You who are again screwing
the younger generations
and winking at each other
the winking of your eyelids
is like the chill of the swinging shutters
in an empty house.


-- Yehuda Amichai

(Translated from the Hebrew, by Leon Wieseltier.)

[burrowowl]

111. Sad

also very sad is the 100,000 Iraqis killed in Bu$h's war, 50% children and women.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1030-23.htm

In the Iran-Iraq war, almost 9 years of fighting, the majority combattants.

Bu$h's U$ really is more efficient at killing.