by Joe
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004 at 7:29 AM
www.icasualties reports today that the "official" number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq is 1297 with three more working class "cann fodder" lost today. Make it stop! Spread this news all through the web. (Indy main page is not publishing?) Be the media and get the news out.
www.icasualties reports today that the "official" number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq is 1297 with three more working class "cann fodder" lost today. Make it stop! Spread this news all through the web. (Indy main page is not publishing?) Be the media and get the news out. Joe
12/14/04 DailyNews: The women of war
Through last week, 27 women had been killed in Iraq and five in Afghanistan and more than 230 had earned the Purple Heart for wounds inflicted by the enemy, according to Pentagon records.
12/14/04 Journal: Stony Point native returns with Purple Heart
On Feb. 16, a 155-millimeter artillery round was planted in a flower pot. It was set off with a cell phone as U.S. forces drove by. Whelan, a staff sergeant with the 415th Civil Affairs Battalion of the Army Reserve, was a back-seat passenger.
12/14/04 AP: Eight more bodies found in Mosul, 150 since Nov.
U.S. troops discovered eight more bodies in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, bringing the number of bodies found there since Nov. 10 to more than 150, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
12/14/04 Reuters: Senior Zarqawi Aide Killed by Iraqi Police - PM
A senior aide to Jordanian al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed by Iraqi security forces, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Tuesday.
12/14/04 AP: Insurgents Hit Green Zone With Second Suicide Attack In Two Days
A suicide car bomber killed seven people when he struck a checkpoint at Baghdad's Green Zone early Tuesday, the second attack in two days at the district that houses Iraq's interim government and the U.S. Embassy, officials said.
12/14/04 AP: Assailants Set Fire to Iraq Oil Pipeline
KIRKUK, Iraq - Unknown assailants set off a fire near a vital oil pipeline in northern Iraq, raising concerns that the heat could damage the line, an official said Tuesday.
12/14/04 CENTCOM: TWO MARINES KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
Two Marines assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force were killed in action Monday, December 13 while conducting security and stabilization operations in the Baghdad Province.
12/14/04 MansfieldNewsJournal:Ohio soldier killed while on patrol in Iraq
Army Pfc. Josh Ramsey, 19, of Defiance in northwest Ohio, died of a single gunshot wound on Sunday afternoon, said his mother, Le'Ann Ramsey
12/14/04 AP: Orlando construction manager killed in Iraq
An Orlando builder who managed construction projects in Iraq for a Pennsylvania company has died after he and his boss were shot and killed outside Baghdad, officials said
12/14/04 Reuters: Suicide Car Bomber Hits Baghdad Checkpoint Again
A suicide car bomber struck at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone government compound on Tuesday, 24 hours after an almost identical attack on the same checkpoint, a U.S. military spokesman and Iraqi police said.
12/14/04 AP: 2 Marines Killed in Iraq's Anbar Province
Two U.S. Marines were killed in action in Iraq's volatile western Anbar province, the military said Tuesday, taking the number of Marines reported killed in the region in past three days to 10.
12/13/04 WorldNow: Civilian Workers At Redstone May Face Iraq Deployment
more than 150 civilian volunteers have been deployed during the past year. And now, AMCOM is designating 111-jobs as emergency essential, which means the holders of those jobs, might face deployment in the next two years.
12/13/04 Observer: Pago engineers head for Iraq
Some 56 American Samoan army reservists will depart Hawai'i for Iraq before Christmas. The Samoan engineers will be part of the 793rd Engineering Detachment that will be assisting in reconstruction work in the war-torn country.
12/13/04 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of Spc. Edwin W. Roodhouse, 36, of San Jose, Calif. He died Dec. 5 in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their HMMWV. he was assigned to the 1st Bat. 506th Infantry Reg. 2nd Inf. Div.
12/13/04 DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of Staff Sgt. Marvin L. Trost III, 28, of Goshen, Ind. He died Dec. 5 in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their HMMWV. he was assigned to the 1st Bat. 506th Infantry Reg. 2nd Inf. Div.
12/13/04 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Robert W. Hoyt, 21, of Ashford, Conn., died Dec. 11 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an IED detonated near his HMMWV while conducting convoy operations. Hoyt was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment
12/13/04 IHA: Iraqi insurgents attack US supply convoy
A nine-truck convoy supplying the US military in Iraq was attacked on Monday in the town of Garma, near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, by a group of insurgents who called themselves the "Al-Rahman Army"
12/13/04 AP: Iraq Insurgents Targeting More Police
Policemen are perceived as easier targets than the better-trained and equipped army soldiers or paramilitary national guard, according to Sabah Kadhim, a senior adviser at Iraq's interior ministry.
12/13/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch #173:
December 10 - late night attack on a twin pipeline in the Riyad area southwest of Kirkuk.
12/13/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch #172
December 7 - attack on pipeline supplying oil from northern Iraq to Baghdad.
12/13/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch #171:
December 6 - attack on a pipeline that runs inside an underground oil storage tank 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Kirkuk.
12/13/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch #170:
December 6 - attack 10 miles (16 km) south of Samarra on oil pipeline that runs from Bayji to Daura refinery.
12/13/04 Chronicle: Wounded local soldier improving
Army Pvt. Harold Peckenpaugh Jr., 19, of Darien, Genesee County, has been moved out the intensive care unit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., said Jan Phillips, a family friend.
12/13/04 CENTCOM: VEHICLE ACCIDENT KILLS ONE, INJURES TWO
One 1st COSCOM Soldier is dead and two are injured as the result of a vehicle accident near Convoy Support Center Cedar 2 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Dec. 13.
12/13/04 Stars and Stripes: As 13th COSCOM heads home to Texas, 1st moves in
After supplying the fighting force in Iraq for one year with everything from bullets to beans to tires and toilet paper, the 13th Corps Support Command cased its colors Sunday and began its return to Fort Hood, Texas.