U.S. Soldier Killed by Roadside Bomb #1234

[Olive]

7.08AM, Sat Nov 27 2004


Insurgents have detonated a roadside bomb next to a US tank patrol north of Baghdad, killing a US soldier.

A statement from the 1st Infantry Division said the blast occurred near the town of Duluiya, 58 miles north of Baghdad, shortly after dawn. An Abrams battle tank was also damaged.

The area around Duluiya, between the rebellious towns of Samarra and Baquba, has been a focus of insurgent attacks in recent weeks.


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http://www.itv.com/news/index_1429365.html

[Flagg]

1. "Bring'em on" cried the AWOL chimp.

[Skittles]

2. and people actually voted for that bastard while touting "moral values"

:puke:

[Swamp Rat]

3. Just collateral damage to a biological unit.

Soon, cybernetic replacement limbs will enable broken units to return to the battlefield.

[saigon68]

4. "Its a Few Dead enders" whimpered the cowardly Rumdumb

[leftchick]

5. ALL of Iraq has been the focus of 'insurgent attacks'!

good lord... :eyes:

[teryang]

6. Plymouth Rock versus the lawless and rebellious towns

...or is it the imperial Army of the invading dictator versus the independence movement?

[0007]

7. How many Brits lost their life before they backed off in the 1920

war with Iraq?

Timeline: Iraq
A chronology of key events:

1920 25 April - Iraq is placed under British mandate.

NAJAF
Shrine of the Imam Ali, one of Shia Islam's holiest places

1921 23 August - Faysal, son of Hussein Bin Ali, the Sharif of Mecca, is crowned Iraq's first king.

1932 3 October - Iraq becomes an independent state.

1958 14 July - The monarchy is overthrown in a military coup led by Brig Abd-al-Karim Qasim and Col Abd-al-Salam Muhammad Arif. Iraq is declared a republic and Qasim becomes prime minister.

1963 8 February - Qasim is ousted in a coup led by the Arab Socialist Baath Party (ASBP). Arif becomes president.

1963 18 November - The Baathist government is overthrown by Arif and a group of officers.

1966 17 April - After Arif is killed in a helicopter crash on 13 April, his elder brother, Maj-Gen Abd-al-Rahman Muhammad Arif, succeeds him as president.

1968 17 July - A Baathist led-coup ousts Arif and Gen Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr becomes president.

1970 11 March - The Revolution Command Council (RCC) and Mullah Mustafa Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), sign a peace agreement.

1972 - A 15-year Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation is signed between Iraq and the Soviet Union.

Petroleum firm nationalised

1972 - Iraq nationalises the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC).

1974 - In implementation of the 1970 agreement, Iraq grants limited autonomy to the Kurds but the KDP rejects it.

1975 March - At a meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in Algiers, Iraq and Iran sign a treaty ending their border disputes.

1979 16 July - President Al-Bakr resigns and is succeeded by Vice-President Saddam Hussein.

1980 1 April - The pro-Iranian Dawah Party claims responsibility for an attack on Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, at Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad.

Iran-Iraq war

1980 4 September - Iran shells Iraqi border towns (Iraq considers this as the start of the Iran/Iraq war).

IRAN-IRAQ WAR
Almost one million people died in the conflict; exchanges of war dead continue
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2002 September - US President George W Bush tells sceptical world leaders at a UN General Assembly session to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq - or stand aside as the US acts. In the same month British Prime Minister Tony Blair publishes a dossier on Iraq's military capability.

2002 November - UN weapons inspectors return to Iraq backed by a UN resolution which threatens serious consequences if Iraq is in "material breach" of its terms.

"In Iraq a dictator is building and hiding weapons that could enable him to dominate the Middle East and intimidate the civilised world - and we will not allow it"
US President George W Bush, February 2003

2003 March - Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix reports that Iraq has accelerated its cooperation but says inspectors need more time to verify Iraq's compliance.

Saddam ousted

2003 17 March - UK's ambassador to the UN says the diplomatic process on Iraq has ended; arms inspectors evacuate; US President George W Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war.

2003 20 March - American missiles hit targets in Baghdad, marking the start of a US-led campaign to topple Saddam Hussein. In the following days US and British ground troops enter Iraq from the south.

BAGHDAD, 9 APRIL 2003
A symbol of Saddam's power tumbles

2003 9 April - US forces advance into central Baghdad. Saddam Hussein's grip on the city is broken. In the following days Kurdish fighters and US forces take control of the northern cities of Kirkuk and Mosul. There is widespread looting in the capital and other cities.

2003 April - US lists 55 most-wanted members of former regime in the form of a deck of cards. Former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz taken into custody.

2003 May - UN Security Council approves resolution backing US-led administration in Iraq and lifting of economic sanctions. US administrator abolishes Baath Party and institutions of former regime.

2003 July - US-appointed Governing Council meets for first time. Commander of US forces says his troops face low-intensity guerrilla-style war. Saddam's sons Uday and Qusay killed in gun battle in Mosul.

Guerrilla warfare intensifies

2003 August - Bomb attack at Jordanian embassy in Baghdad kills 11; attack at UN HQ in Baghdad kills 22 including UN's chief envoy. Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, or Chemical Ali, captured. Car bomb in Najaf kills 125 including Shia leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim.

2003 October - UN Security Council approves amended US resolution on Iraq giving new legitimacy to US-led administration but stressing early transfer of power to Iraqis.

2003 October - Dozens killed in Baghdad bombings, including attack on Red Cross office.

2003 November - Security situation deteriorates. By early November - six months after President Bush declared the war over - more US soldiers have been killed in Iraq than died during the war to oust Saddam. In the course of the month 105 coalition troops are killed - the highest monthly death toll since the war began.

[ckramer]

8. What kind of weapon did they use to damage a tank?