More marines die in Iraq.
Fourteen U.S. Marines and a civilian interpreter were killed Wednesday in western Iraq, the U.S. command said.
The Marines, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), were killed in action early Wednesday when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the military said. One Marine was also wounded in the attack. .....
The latest losses come on the heels of the deaths of seven U.S. Marines in combat two days ago in the volatile Euphrates Valley of western Iraq. .....
At least 39 American service members have been killed in Iraq since July 24 — all but two in combat. In addition, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said that since the beginning of April, more than 2,700 Iraqis — about half of them civilians — had been killed in insurgency-related incidents.
Horrible. That brings the total of Dead US military to 1821 according to this site which tracks such things.
The Marines, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), were killed in action early Wednesday when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the military said. One Marine was also wounded in the attack. .....
The latest losses come on the heels of the deaths of seven U.S. Marines in combat two days ago in the volatile Euphrates Valley of western Iraq. .....
At least 39 American service members have been killed in Iraq since July 24 — all but two in combat. In addition, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said that since the beginning of April, more than 2,700 Iraqis — about half of them civilians — had been killed in insurgency-related incidents.
Horrible. That brings the total of Dead US military to 1821 according to this site which tracks such things.
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Reservists that train together now serve together in Iraq. In Vietman, reservists were dispersed into various active duty units. The current stragety opens up small, local communities to devestating losses if a particular unit is hit. As of this date, 8/3/05, CNN's home page story is about a small town in Ohio that just lost 19 of their own in a single day. The comments from this typical, small American community are largely summarized as: "Get our kids out of there." Faith in the war as an act of self protection is failing in the Heartland.
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