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Title: Baghdad Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers
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Associated Press
URL Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121 ... tml?mod=todays_europe_page_one
Published: Aug 5, 2008
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2008-08-05 02:24:44 by TwentyTwelve
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Baghdad Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers Associated Press August 5, 2008 BAGHDAD -- A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad Monday, the first deadly attack against American troops in the capital in nearly a month. At least nine Iraqis also were killed in explosions elsewhere in the Baghdad area, Iraqi officials said, in a grim reminder of the dangers that continue to face security forces and civilians despite security gains over the past year. The U.S. military said another American soldier was wounded when the blast struck a U.S. patrol at about 9:30 a.m. in eastern Baghdad. The area was the site of fierce clashes and frequent roadside bombings blamed on Shiite militiamen before a cease-fire by anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The soldiers were the first to be killed in Baghdad since July 8, when a roadside bomb killed Spc. William McMillan III, a 22-year-old Army medic from Lexington, Ky., and wounded five other soldiers in the western neighborhood of Amariyah, a Sunni area. Iraqi politicians, meanwhile, remained in bitter debate over a power-sharing formula for the disputed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk that has blocked passage of a law providing for provincial elections. The U.S. hopes the nationwide local vote will stem remaining support for violence by more fairly distributing power among Iraq's rival ethnic and religious communities. Talks continued late into the night with the lawmakers facing pressure from U.S. and U.N. officials to reach agreement. Parliamentary officials scheduled another legislative session for Tuesday morning. The Kurds object to an article in the law that would equally distribute the council seats among Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen and dilute their powers in Tamim province, which lies just south of their own semiautonomous region in Iraq's north. Tensions rose last week after a suicide bombing killed more than 20 people in Kirkuk and the Kurdish-dominated Tamim council called for the area to be annexed into the self-ruled Kurdish region. The council decision was nonbinding but provoked Turkomen and Arabs. The main sticking point appeared to be Kurdish demands to include a reference to a constitutionally mandated referendum on Kirkuk's status. The referendum was supposed to have been held by the end of 2007 but was delayed because of resistance among Arabs and Turkomen. Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region, said his bloc had agreed to a U.N. compromise proposal that would delay the Tamim vote while allowing elections to go ahead in Iraq's 17 other provinces. But the political factions remained deadlocked over the referendum issue. The dispute over Kirkuk has shown the sharp differences among Iraq's ethnic and sectarian leaders that have made it difficult for them to compromise on critical issues in the interest of national reconciliation. It has also raised concern that ethnic tensions could spark new violence and jeopardize recent security gains. That fear was underscored this week by a series of attacks in Baghdad and surrounding areas. The deadliest attack Monday was against an Iraqi police patrol vehicle in Mahaweel, about 35 miles south of Baghdad. The roadside bombing killed four policemen and three civilian bystanders, according to Iraqi police. Copyright © 2008 Associated Press
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#1. To: TwentyTwelve (#0)
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American soldiers should not be dying in Iraq. This is the IDF's battle not ours. We should never have been in Iraq. We invaded because Uncle Saddam became too brazen with offering $25,000 to potential Palestinian suiciders. Ariel Sharon told Bush that this could not be allowed to stand. Netanyahu spoke to Congress right before the vote to give Bush authority to invade Iraq. Israel rules! Know it. Accept it.
Indeed. Cheney as Secty of Defense in the Gulf War said these very words. Then in 2003 he made an about face. Why? Think black mail rather than Halliburton. He had alot of $$$$$ by 2003. Maybe gays have a point about heredity. Just musing aloud is all. No sequential thought intended.
8 Million=peanuts to him Think Mossad and gay daughter that appears out of nowhere... Do we want to take that further???
#2. To: scrapper2 (#1)
American soldiers should not be dying in Iraq. This is the IDF's battle not ours. We should never have been in Iraq.
#3. To: TwentyTwelve, Original_Ingtent (#2)
#4. To: scrapper2 (#3)
Then (Cheney) in 2003 he made an about face. Why? Think black mail rather than Halliburton. He had alot of $$$$$ by 2003.
#5. To: TwentyTwelve (#4)
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