Eight Americans were killed on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. How many of you read in your newspaper or heard a single word on TV about these deaths? That's so typical of the 'support our troops' really get. It's a goddamn national disgrace!
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Iraqi factory workers lean against a pickup truck loaded with the bodies of their colleagues killed by suspected insurgents in Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Wednesday
10/19/05 DOD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Lucas A. Frantz, 22, of Tonganoxie, Kan., died in Mosul, Iraq, on Oct. 18, when he was hit by enemy fire while performing a combat mission. Frantz was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment ...
10/19/05 CENTCOM: Task Force Liberty Soldier Killed in Vehicle Fire
A Task Force Liberty Soldier was killed and four were wounded when their vehicle caught fire near Tikrit at about 6:00 p.m. Oct. 19 ... The wounded Soldiers were transported to a Coalition Forces medical facility for treatment.
10/19/05 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Daniel Scott R. Bubb, 19, of Grottoes, Va., died Oct. 17 from small-arms fire in Al Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
10/19/05 DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
Petty Officer 3rd Class Fabricio Moreno, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was killed Oct. 14 in a single-vehicle accident in Manda Bay, Kenya. Moreno was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Port Hueneme, Calif.
10/19/05 Reuters: Three Iraqi policemen killed in Baghdad
Three Iraqi police were killed and two injured when their patrol was ambushed in the Al-Adil district of western Baghdad, the interior ministry said.
10/19/05 AP: Insurgents Kill 19 In New Iraq Violence
Militants barged into a building materials factory near Iskandariyah lined up all the workers and forced the six Shiite ones to identify themselves. The militants then tied up the hands of Shiites, shot them to death in front of the other workers.
10/19/05 Focus: Baghdad Mayor Killed
The mayor of Baghdad Hatem Mirza Hamza and his driver were killed Wednesday in al-Durra neighborhood of Baghdad, Interfax reported citing a statement of the Iraqi Interior Ministry. Gunmen opened fire on the car of the mayor and then escaped.
10/19/05 BBC: Guardian reporter missing in Iraq
It is believed Baghdad correspondent Rory Carroll may have been abducted by armed men while on assignment in the capital, a Guardian statement said. The paper said it was urgently seeking information about the 33-year-old Republic of Ireland national.
10/19/05 AP: Spanish judge issues warrant for three U.S. soldiers
A judge has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers whose tank fired on a Baghdad hotel during the Iraq war, killing a Spanish journalist and one other, a court official said Wednesday.
10/19/05 AP: Two men killed in Baquba
Elsewhere in northern Iraq, insurgents shot and killed two men at a gas station near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, police said.
10/19/05 AP: Elections officials among 13 dead in Iraq
Insurgents shot and killed three election commission officials on the outskirts of the capital in Abu Ghraib, as they drove home after another round of counting referendum ballots, said police Capt. Qassim Hassan.
10/19/05 MOD: Soldier from 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards killed in Iraq
It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that a British soldier from the 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards died as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb at approximately 2320 hrs local time in Basra.
10/19/05 WWTI: Heuvelton Soldier Recovering From Iraqi War Wounds
De Luca, of Heuvelton was one of several soldiers wounded in May when their armored HumVee hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. He has been recovering at his parent's home in Heuvelton from a leg that was fractured in three places.
10/19/05 USAToday: 1 in 4 Iraq vets ailing on return
More than one in four U.S. troops have come home from the Iraq war with health problems that require medical or mental health treatment, according to the Pentagon's first detailed screening of servicemembers leaving a war zone.
10/19/05 Xinhua: Two mortar rounds hit Baghdad Green Zone ahead of Saddam trial
"Two mortar rounds hit the Green Zone but it was not clear whether there were any casualties or damages," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
10/19/05 USAToday: Four police killed battling insurgents in Baghdad
In central Baghdad insurgents opened fire on a police checkpoint near the Hai Al-Adil highway in a western district, killing four policemen and wounding 11. The fighting continued for several hours. it was not known if any militants were hurt.
10/19/05 AP: N.M. Marine Shot, Killed in Iraq
Lance Cpl. Chad Robert Hildebrandt of Springer died Monday after being shot in the head while patrolling near the Syrian border. His death occurred on the same day Iraqis were voting on a landmark referendum on a new constitution.
10/19/05 Lawrence Journal-World: Soldier from Tonganoxie killed in Iraq
Lucas Frantz, a 2002 Tonganoxie High School graduate, died this week while serving in the Middle East. Frantz was 22. He was a specialist in the Army. On Tuesday, the cause of Frantz’ death had not been released.
10/19/05 Reuters: Four Iraqis killed in clashes, bomb blast
Two Iraqi police commandos were killed and three wounded when security forces clashed with insurgents in western Baghdad on Wednesday. In Falluja two Iraqi soldiers were killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb.
10/19/05 Gannett: Area Marine dies in iraq
Lance Cpl. Daniel Bubb killed by gunfire about 10:15 a.m. Iraqi time Monday. A recipient of the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement medal, he had returned home briefly last October before deploying for a second tour in Iraq.
10/19/05 newkerala: Iraq restarts north oil exports via Turkey
Iraq has repaired its vital northern pipeline and resumed exports to Turkey at pre-war rates after a sabotage attack forced more than a month-long halt in exports.
10/19/05 CENTCOM: ONE SOLDIER KILLED TWO SOLDIERS WOUNDED BY IED ATTACK
One 56th Brigade Combat Team Soldier died as a result of his wounds and two Soldiers were wounded as a result of an improvised explosive device attack while conducting a combat logistics patrol at about 11:00 p.m. October 18, near Al Iskandariyah.
10/19/05 Khaleej Times: One civilian killed in car bomb attack
In Kirkuk a vehicle carrying Kurdish tribal leader Sheik Anwar Khalifa was hit by a car bomb, police said. He escaped unhurt, but a relative riding with him was injured, and one passer-by killed and three wounded, police said.
10/19/05 Reuters: Many Iraq projects may be dropped - U.S. official
Many rebuilding projects for Iraq will be dropped as security costs drain resources and with the growing awareness that more money must be spent to sustain Iraq's existing infrastructure, the top U.S. auditor for Iraq's reconstruction said on Tuesday.
10/19/05 Kuna: British Army officer recruitment scheme amid Iraq war fears
The British Army launched its first officer recruitment campaign for ten years Wednesday amid fears that public antipathy to military action in Iraq could cause candidates to look elsewhere in the future, it was announced here.
10/19/05 AP: Insurgents launch new attacks ahead of Saddam's trial
Authorities say suspected insurgents shot and killed a municipal director of the capital and his driver. And gunmen killed a lieutenant colonel in the Iraqi army.
10/19/05 MNF: One Soldier killed and two Soldiers wounded by IED attack
One 56th Brigade Combat Team Soldier died as a result of his wounds and two Soldiers were wounded as a result of an improvised explosive device attack while conducting a combat logistics patrol at about 11:00 p.m. October 18, near Al Iskandariyah, Iraq.
10/19/05 Reuters: British soldier killed by Iraqi roadside bomb
A British soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq late on Tuesday night, the Ministry of Defense said. A ministry spokesman told Reuters the soldier had died in Basra "as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb at 2323 local time.
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Iraqi factory workers lean against a pickup truck loaded with the bodies of their colleagues killed by suspected insurgents in Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Wednesday
10/19/05 DOD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Lucas A. Frantz, 22, of Tonganoxie, Kan., died in Mosul, Iraq, on Oct. 18, when he was hit by enemy fire while performing a combat mission. Frantz was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment ...
10/19/05 CENTCOM: Task Force Liberty Soldier Killed in Vehicle Fire
A Task Force Liberty Soldier was killed and four were wounded when their vehicle caught fire near Tikrit at about 6:00 p.m. Oct. 19 ... The wounded Soldiers were transported to a Coalition Forces medical facility for treatment.
10/19/05 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Daniel Scott R. Bubb, 19, of Grottoes, Va., died Oct. 17 from small-arms fire in Al Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
10/19/05 DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
Petty Officer 3rd Class Fabricio Moreno, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was killed Oct. 14 in a single-vehicle accident in Manda Bay, Kenya. Moreno was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Port Hueneme, Calif.
10/19/05 Reuters: Three Iraqi policemen killed in Baghdad
Three Iraqi police were killed and two injured when their patrol was ambushed in the Al-Adil district of western Baghdad, the interior ministry said.
10/19/05 AP: Insurgents Kill 19 In New Iraq Violence
Militants barged into a building materials factory near Iskandariyah lined up all the workers and forced the six Shiite ones to identify themselves. The militants then tied up the hands of Shiites, shot them to death in front of the other workers.
10/19/05 Focus: Baghdad Mayor Killed
The mayor of Baghdad Hatem Mirza Hamza and his driver were killed Wednesday in al-Durra neighborhood of Baghdad, Interfax reported citing a statement of the Iraqi Interior Ministry. Gunmen opened fire on the car of the mayor and then escaped.
10/19/05 BBC: Guardian reporter missing in Iraq
It is believed Baghdad correspondent Rory Carroll may have been abducted by armed men while on assignment in the capital, a Guardian statement said. The paper said it was urgently seeking information about the 33-year-old Republic of Ireland national.
10/19/05 AP: Spanish judge issues warrant for three U.S. soldiers
A judge has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers whose tank fired on a Baghdad hotel during the Iraq war, killing a Spanish journalist and one other, a court official said Wednesday.
10/19/05 AP: Two men killed in Baquba
Elsewhere in northern Iraq, insurgents shot and killed two men at a gas station near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, police said.
10/19/05 AP: Elections officials among 13 dead in Iraq
Insurgents shot and killed three election commission officials on the outskirts of the capital in Abu Ghraib, as they drove home after another round of counting referendum ballots, said police Capt. Qassim Hassan.
10/19/05 MOD: Soldier from 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards killed in Iraq
It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that a British soldier from the 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards died as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb at approximately 2320 hrs local time in Basra.
10/19/05 WWTI: Heuvelton Soldier Recovering From Iraqi War Wounds
De Luca, of Heuvelton was one of several soldiers wounded in May when their armored HumVee hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. He has been recovering at his parent's home in Heuvelton from a leg that was fractured in three places.
10/19/05 USAToday: 1 in 4 Iraq vets ailing on return
More than one in four U.S. troops have come home from the Iraq war with health problems that require medical or mental health treatment, according to the Pentagon's first detailed screening of servicemembers leaving a war zone.
10/19/05 Xinhua: Two mortar rounds hit Baghdad Green Zone ahead of Saddam trial
"Two mortar rounds hit the Green Zone but it was not clear whether there were any casualties or damages," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
10/19/05 USAToday: Four police killed battling insurgents in Baghdad
In central Baghdad insurgents opened fire on a police checkpoint near the Hai Al-Adil highway in a western district, killing four policemen and wounding 11. The fighting continued for several hours. it was not known if any militants were hurt.
10/19/05 AP: N.M. Marine Shot, Killed in Iraq
Lance Cpl. Chad Robert Hildebrandt of Springer died Monday after being shot in the head while patrolling near the Syrian border. His death occurred on the same day Iraqis were voting on a landmark referendum on a new constitution.
10/19/05 Lawrence Journal-World: Soldier from Tonganoxie killed in Iraq
Lucas Frantz, a 2002 Tonganoxie High School graduate, died this week while serving in the Middle East. Frantz was 22. He was a specialist in the Army. On Tuesday, the cause of Frantz’ death had not been released.
10/19/05 Reuters: Four Iraqis killed in clashes, bomb blast
Two Iraqi police commandos were killed and three wounded when security forces clashed with insurgents in western Baghdad on Wednesday. In Falluja two Iraqi soldiers were killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb.
10/19/05 Gannett: Area Marine dies in iraq
Lance Cpl. Daniel Bubb killed by gunfire about 10:15 a.m. Iraqi time Monday. A recipient of the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement medal, he had returned home briefly last October before deploying for a second tour in Iraq.
10/19/05 newkerala: Iraq restarts north oil exports via Turkey
Iraq has repaired its vital northern pipeline and resumed exports to Turkey at pre-war rates after a sabotage attack forced more than a month-long halt in exports.
10/19/05 CENTCOM: ONE SOLDIER KILLED TWO SOLDIERS WOUNDED BY IED ATTACK
One 56th Brigade Combat Team Soldier died as a result of his wounds and two Soldiers were wounded as a result of an improvised explosive device attack while conducting a combat logistics patrol at about 11:00 p.m. October 18, near Al Iskandariyah.
10/19/05 Khaleej Times: One civilian killed in car bomb attack
In Kirkuk a vehicle carrying Kurdish tribal leader Sheik Anwar Khalifa was hit by a car bomb, police said. He escaped unhurt, but a relative riding with him was injured, and one passer-by killed and three wounded, police said.
10/19/05 Reuters: Many Iraq projects may be dropped - U.S. official
Many rebuilding projects for Iraq will be dropped as security costs drain resources and with the growing awareness that more money must be spent to sustain Iraq's existing infrastructure, the top U.S. auditor for Iraq's reconstruction said on Tuesday.
10/19/05 Kuna: British Army officer recruitment scheme amid Iraq war fears
The British Army launched its first officer recruitment campaign for ten years Wednesday amid fears that public antipathy to military action in Iraq could cause candidates to look elsewhere in the future, it was announced here.
10/19/05 AP: Insurgents launch new attacks ahead of Saddam's trial
Authorities say suspected insurgents shot and killed a municipal director of the capital and his driver. And gunmen killed a lieutenant colonel in the Iraqi army.
10/19/05 MNF: One Soldier killed and two Soldiers wounded by IED attack
One 56th Brigade Combat Team Soldier died as a result of his wounds and two Soldiers were wounded as a result of an improvised explosive device attack while conducting a combat logistics patrol at about 11:00 p.m. October 18, near Al Iskandariyah, Iraq.
10/19/05 Reuters: British soldier killed by Iraqi roadside bomb
A British soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq late on Tuesday night, the Ministry of Defense said. A ministry spokesman told Reuters the soldier had died in Basra "as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb at 2323 local time.
