NEWS: 7 Marines and 3 Iraqis Killed in Attack

POLITICS: 7 Marines and 3 Iraqis Killed in Attack

A car bomb detonated near two Humvees patrolling the outskirts of Fallujah today, killing 7 Marines and 3 Iraqi guards. This is the largest number of US personnel killed in a single attack since April.

Hey, ma? Do you hear that? Do you hear that flapping sound?

Look, ma! Up there!

It's the chickens!!!

THEY'RE COMING HOME TO ROOST!

this has been the most violent in the first 6 days since May. A damn shame.

I don't pray, but I can't think of a word for what I do for those soldiers. Right now, I'm hoping they come home safe.

My best friend Bill is in the marines, everytime that i see a story like this one i get really freaked out. one day earlier this year the big newspaper in indiana did a special story where they put the face of all the kids from indiana that had been killed and i got really freaked out. luckly bill is soposed o be coming home sometime this month

i spent 8 months in Fallujah (August of 03 to March of 04). That place is a real shitole.... there's no way to win with those hajji fucks... the more you kill the more there are...

we need to get the fuck out of there and carpet bomb the place...

I regret the loss of any Marines or other servicemen. Car bombs are a bitch to deal with for a variety of reasons.

On the other hand, any war where the enemy has extreme difficulty killing a squad of infantry could be much worse.

Oh same here, everytime I hear about a marine or someone in the air force I hold my breath because I know three kids over there right now. I hate it.

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Hmmm... good idea....
Carpet bomb innocent civilians caught up in a war for oil...
</sarcasm>

i just talked to my buddy this morning, that attack was at his base but he is ok. his unit was moved to a new base the day before that happened. he is soposed to come home on the 15th, hopefully they dont fuck him over.

yeah we do need to get out of iraq, but we cant just leave. we have to finish what we started, the last thing that we need to do is start a war without any major countries backing us then quit before its finished, that would be bad.

Do we (and by 'we' I mean the US gov't) have any idea what 'finishing what we started' means? What are the ending goals right now, and how do we know that we've achieved them? The only goals that I've been aware of are : the creation of an Iraqi government (Iyad Allawi et al, check) and a somewhat nebulous idea of 'security'. Does 'security' mean perfectly-placid streets? The creation and installation of an Iraqi police force?

I would like to agree with you, Humtuk, but I just don't know what our goals in Iraq are right now, or what they should be.

What exactly does that mean?

Your racism is sticking out.

It's hard to be loving and tolerant when people are shooting at you.

another 3 have passed. 10 since monday.

There are lots of soldiers being shot at over there. Are you suggesting all of them are racist?

Darn it all.




[Edited on Sep 07, 2004 by sixblueten]

Well, you are half right.

far more Iraqi's are killed by the terrorists over there then the ones that are killed by US Forces. and lets not forget the mass graves that were uncovered, but apparently that is not important nor the fact that Saddam and his government killed of thousands of people, but lets not talk about the fact that thousands of people stopped dying due to our liberation, while i don't agree with carpet bombing areas i do think that we need to get more aggressive with dealing with the Terrorists on the ground...

...and every American should honor the sacrifice that all Service Members have given when paying the ultimate price...

I agree. Especially the president, who is happily throwing away their lives for no good reason.

Are they paying $2.29 at the pump over there as well? What a crying shame. You'd think they'd get some sort of break. . .

WTF is that supposed to mean?