Roadside Bomb Kills US Soldier in Iraq

[sabra]

Source: VOA

The U.S. military in Iraq says a roadside bomb has killed one of its troops south of the capital, Baghdad.

The military says the soldier was killed Thursday when his vehicle hit the bomb during a combat patrol near Iskandariyah.

The United States invaded Iraq in 2003, citing concerns about alleged weapons of mass destruction programs. No such weapons were found.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-26-voa6.cfm

[mtnester]

1. I am pretty sure he was from Ohio

father a police chief in Elyria

The AM news talked about an Ohio soldier getting killed yesterday

[Left Brain]

2. Two more :(

and some of the folks I've worked with in the National Guard C-TAP program are scheduled to return to Iraq next year.



Each loss is an unnecessary heartbreak.
Damn.

[saigon68]

3. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[llmart]

4. Who cares any more?

We've got fat cat Republican banking execs to bail out! The sky is falling, the sky is falling.

Do you really think they give a rat's ass about a soldier dying?

[saigon68]

5. THEY DON'T GIVE A RATS ASS

[xchrom]

6. recommend -- the surge isn't working -- buchco's bizarre attempt

to keep us all safer -- except if they are in germany, syria, yemen{i.e. terrorists workng their way around the world} -- it's all a failure.