Did you know...2 More American Soldiers Killed In Iraq Today?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

You have to hunt it down.

Wait...

What's that?

Jon Benet?

Never mind. What was that guy doing in Taiwan? What do her Aunts and Uncles have to say? What does...





http://www.wral.com/apworldnews/9696061/detail.html
POSTED: 3:36 pm EDT August 17, 2006
UPDATED: 3:36 pm EDT August 17, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Car bombs killed 10 people in Baghdad on Thursday as violence persisted in the capital despite the U.S.-led security crackdown. Two more American soldiers were killed in combat, the U.S. command said.

Iraqi officials announced plans to double the amount of money spent to import fuel to combat the country's worst oil and gasoline shortages in years. Much of the fuel crisis is due to insurgent attacks on convoys and on Iraq's fragile pipeline network, Oil Ministry officials said.

Seven people were killed and 15 were wounded when a car bomb exploded at midday near an outdoor market in Sadr City, Baghdad's biggest Shiite district, the Iraqi army general command said.

The blast wrecked shops and stalls but caused relatively few casualties in the normally crowded area because many people had left the area to escape the 120 degree midday heat.

Another car bomb missed an Iraqi police patrol in the Mansour district of western Baghdad but killed three bystanders and wounded a fourth, police Capt. Jamil Hussein said.

The two American fatalities included one soldier killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near a foot patrol south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. The other was a soldier from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division who died Wednesday of wounds suffered in Anbar province, stronghold of the Sunni Arab insurgency west of Baghdad.

This month, at least 26 U.S. service members have died in Iraq _ 17 of them in Anbar.
<snip>

[babylonsister]

1. Nope, hadn't heard a word. The media whores are too busy

w/the cold case. Thanks for informing, and :cry: .

[catmandu57]

2. They never say much

unless it's something spectacular involving a large number of Americans it's more of a hohum and today in Iraq, if at all.