And this is only from TODAY

[MoseyWalker]

http://icasualties.org/


02/13/07 centredaily: Bellefonte Marine badly hurt
Emery, 21, is clinging to life in a military hospital in Germany after a suicide-bomb attack in insurgency stronghold Anbar province last week. His left arm and leg were shattered, as was his right leg...also suffered a severe abdominal wound.
02/13/07 courant: Army's Suicide Struggles Continue
The suicide rate among soldiers in Iraq remained high in 2006 and could reach record levels for the war, with 22 deaths ruled as self-inflicted and more than a dozen other cases still under review, according to Department of Defense records.
02/13/07 AP: National Guard families face hardship
Daphne Chaniz-Rico had picked out her dress, put down a deposit on a country club for her reception, and reserved a photographer. All she was lacking for her July wedding was one groom. But now the 20-year-old is scrambling to reschedule...
02/13/07 AP: In Northern Iraq, Another War Looms
While the world focuses on Baghdad's security, a series of bombings here may be the long-feared start of a second deadly war in Iraq this one between Kurds and Arabs, both with claims on a territory atop one of the world's largest oil reserves.
02/13/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Brian A. Browning, 20, of Astoria, Ore., died Feb. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire while conducting security operations. Browning was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment...
02/13/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Dennis L. Sellen Jr., 20, of Newhall, Calif., died Feb. 11 in Umm Qasr, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment, Fresno, Calif.
02/13/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pvt. Clarence T. Spencer, 24, of San Diego, died Feb. 4 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with the enemy using small arms fire in Baqubah, Iraq. Spencer was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment...
02/13/07 RFE: Iraq Closes Border Under New Security Plan
Iraq says it will close its borders with Iran and Syria for three days and extend the hours of night curfew in the capital, Baghdad. The announcement was made on state television by General Abud Qanbar, the Iraqi commander of a new U.S.-backed security...
02/13/07 Reuters: car bomb kills 4 in Baghdad's al-Ameen district
A car bomb exploded in al-Ameen district in southeastern Baghdad, killing four people and wounding four, police said
02/13/07 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Pfc. Tarryl B. Hill, 19, of Shelby Township, Mich., died Feb. 7 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Hill was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
02/13/07 Reuters: Mortar rounds kill 5 wound 12 in Nahrawan
At least five people were killed and 12 wounded when mortar rounds landed in the town of Nahrawan on Monday, 30 km (20 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
02/13/07 Reuters: 3 bodies bearing signs of torture found in Mahmudiya
Police found three bodies bearing signs of torture and with bullet wounds in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
02/13/07 wfaa: Fort Worth mom talks of son killed in Iraq
The body of Clarence Spencer, a former high school star athlete and student leader in Fort Worth, is headed home after he was killed while serving in Iraq. Spencer served three tours in Iraq, but his mother... said he felt he had to go back again.
02/13/07 Focus: Maltese company implicated in arms trafficking to Iraqi insurgents
Italian authorities yesterday announced they had interrupted an international arms trafficking deal that was to have operated between China, Malta, Italy and Libya, and which planned to supply hundreds of thousands of weapons to Iraqi insurgents
02/13/07 AP: Funding for VA slashed in 2009
Iraq War veteran Christopher Carbone said he wouldn't mind a decrease in his medical benefits if it meant that additional federal dollars would be used for armored Humvees on the battlefield. But Carbone, a survivor of an improvised explosive device...
02/13/07 AP: British aircraft destroyed after landing incident in Iraq
A British Hercules aircraft was damaged while landing in southeastern Iraq and was destroyed by coalition forces because of the risk of mounting a recovery operation, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
02/13/07 ITN: Baghdad suicide bomber kills 18
A suicide bomber driving a small lorry rigged with explosives has struck at a Baghdad college killing 18 people. Police said the bomber detonated in a parking lot between the College of Economic Sciences and a large warehouse...
02/13/07 AP: Padres to sign injured Marine as minor-league pitcher
A Marine who lost a finger on his left hand while serving in Iraq has agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres...Right-hander Cooper Brannan will report to minor league spring training March 1. The 22-year-old injured his left hand ...

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Valentines for these. They have given more than their hearts.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Oh damn

:cry:

[Greybnk48]

2. Lives lost and families destroyed

and for what? It's mind boggling.

[MichaelHarris]

3. And

Abe Vigoda is the father of Anne Nicole's baby.