Seven U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq (so far this weekend)

[Bluebear]

"Oh, well," say the Republicans. Why waste their beautiful minds on this? Seven more mothers to be notified on Mother's Day. I do hope Laura had a great day!

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An explosion of insurgent violence in Iraq killed seven U.S. servicemembers over the weekend even as the Shiite-dominated parliament reached out Sunday to Sunni Arabs, approving four more of their number to serve as government ministers.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20050508/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[oneighty]

1. There are never ever enough words.

Like many I am speechless.

And I think that had I been wasted in Korea long ago my passing too would go without comment.

There are never enough words.

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[Bluebear]

4. I'm glad you made it through

Your voice is an important one!

[ogradda]

2. It's not going to stop.

As long as we're there it will never stop. I can't believe so many idiots thought some crappy election would mean living happily ever after.

[RPM]

3. this can't be true - the news hasn't said anything about this

:sarcasm:

[Zinfandel]

5. A sad kick...