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5 U.S. soldiers killed in action today in Iraq (Reuters story)

Thread ID: 16848 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2005-02-20

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Jack Cassidy [OP]

2005-02-20 05:45 | User Profile

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[color=black][font=Arial]Five [/font][/color]<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />[color=black][font=Arial]U.S.[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] Soldiers Killed in [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Iraq[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] Attacks[/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial] [/font][/color][size=3][color=black][font=Arial]Fri Feb 18, [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]2:31 PM ET[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial][/font][/color][/size]

[color=black][font=Arial]MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) -[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Five U.S. soldiers were killed in separate guerrilla attacks in Iraq the U.S. military said Friday, three in or near the northern city of Mosul, one north of Baghdad and the fifth south of the capital. [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial][/font][/color]

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[color=black][font=Arial]The deaths brought to 1,119 the number of [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]U.S.[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] troops killed in action since the U.S.-led invasion of [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Iraq[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] in March 2003. [/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial]In the latest incident Friday, one soldier was killed and two were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military base north of the town of Diwaniya, about 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, the military said. [/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial]Earlier Friday, a soldier was killed and two were wounded in a car bomb blast about 40 km (25 miles) north of the capital, the military said in a statement. [/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial]The other incidents happened Thursday. In the first, a car bomb exploded next to a [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]U.S.[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] army patrol in [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Mosul[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial], killing one soldier and wounding three. [/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial]Another soldier was shot dead in an exchange of fire with guerrillas in [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Mosul[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]. In addition, a roadside bomb killed a soldier and wounded another in an attack near Tal Afar, about 60 km (40 miles) west of [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Mosul[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]. [/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial]U.S.[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] troops have been battling to keep order in [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Mosul[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial], where an insurgency broke out in November when almost the entire police force in [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Iraq[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]'s third largest city deserted. [/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial]The 8,000-strong [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]U.S.[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] force in [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]Mosul[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] has said it is steadily returning stability to the city. [/font][/color]

[color=black][font=Arial]Thursday, a resident tipped off [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]U.S.[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] troops to the presence of six roadside bombs and the devices were defused, the military said. [/font][/color]

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Jack Cassidy

2005-02-20 05:52 | User Profile

This time last year the attitude was that things weren't going well when we were losing 1 soldier a day. Today five times that are killed and you gotta dig for the story. Strangely the news media is putting a happy face on this Iraq mess and focusing on the phony foreign contrived elections and government.