US soldier killed in Baghdad blast

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

US soldier killed in Baghdad blast

9 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) — An American soldier died when his vehicle
was hit by a roadside blast in the Iraqi capital Baghdad,
the US military here said Saturday.

The soldier was on a "combat patrol" in eastern Baghdad
when he was attacked on Friday evening, the military said
in a statement. It said the victim's name was being
withheld until his family could be informed.

The latest deaths brought the number of US troops killed
in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion to 4,066, according
to an AFP count based on independent website
www.icasualties.org.


Read more: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jP4LbsJypOYfg8q7zm-VNAkWiOBQ

---

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 3
03 May 2008 13:26:26 GMT

May 3 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1325 GMT on Saturday.

-snip-

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces and the Iraqi army killed 14 militants
in separate incidents on Friday in eastern Baghdad, the U.S.
military said. Hospital officials in the eastern Baghdad
militia stronghold of Sadr City said 14 bodies had been
brought in overnight, but did not know if they were fighters
or civilians. They said 25 people had been wounded.

BAGHDAD - Two rockets landed near the al-Sadr hospital in
Sadr City, wounding 20 people including women and children,
and incinerating or damaging 11 ambulances, police and
hospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died from wounds sustained when a
roadside bomb struck his vehicle during a combat patrol in
eastern Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03338263.htm

[xchrom]

1. recommend -- great start to the merry month of may.

[hokies4ever]

2. icasualties.org

Is a great site for keeping updated on the toll this war is taking on our men and women. It reports on the soldiers killed, even updates their name and stuff after their family is informed. I check it at least once a day to remind me of why I am voting against McCain this fall.

[ckramer]

3. Iraq = death-trap for Americans

War of attrition.

There is nothing we can do about that unless getting the hell out of there right now!

[pfitz59]

4. K & R

First question in any press conference re: Pretzeldent and Candidates: How many US soldiers have died in Iraq? How many died tday?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. Two young men from my area died there in the past week. TWO!

I live in a small rural area. Before these two young men we'd only lost two since the war began.

I knew one but not the other. They were both my daughters age. My heart is breaking from all the senseless loss of life in this fucking war. They had their whole lives ahead of them. Now they're gone forever.