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July 08, 2003
U.S. Toll in Iraq Nears '91 War Deaths
The Pentagon on Tuesday raised its count of Americans killed by hostile fire in Iraq since the war began in March to 143, a figure that approaches the 147 killed in the 1991 Gulf WarWhen President Bush (news - web sites) declared major combat operations had ended on May 1, the number killed in action stood at 114. Since then, guerrilla-style attacks have taken another 29 American lives, and Bush as well as U.S. military commanders have said the war is not yet over. "Rough road behind, rough road ahead," Gen. Tommy Franks, who commanded U.S. forces in the war, said Monday at a ceremony in which he handed over command of the operation to Gen. John Abizaid. Posted By Michele Catalano at July 8, 2003 06:19 PM | TrackBackIn 91, there wasn't a ground advance. meanwhile, back in LA, the death toll passes 300 murdered..... Posted by: Bubba at July 8, 2003 06:31 PMNot as bad as it was in Truman's war when the US 8th Army was defeated at the Chongchon River. Posted by: richard at July 8, 2003 08:33 PMInteresting point, Bubba. Do you have actual stats and time frame for LA? Posted by: Jeff B at July 8, 2003 09:10 PMAlan and Michelle: I was away for the past few days. I just notice the changes. Thanks for your intevention. Posted by: Anthony at July 8, 2003 09:12 PMI notice the casualties are all Army and on another site was told that there is still a significant Marine presence. What was disturbing was the Army and Marine rules of engagement were different. The Marine were far more aggressive and the Army's tied its troops up in knots. For instance, Army personnel carrying a weapon could carry more than two magazines. The upshot was a feeling that the Army was quickly perceived by the locals as easy marks. Hope this isn't true, but I got out of Afghanistan before the conventional Army arrive and was glad of it. Don't need no stinkin' flakjacket for PT. Posted by: Limpet at July 8, 2003 09:33 PMjeffB, yes, LAPD news.com time frame is from Jan till now. Bubba...I can see the headlines now...... 'Huge Exodus of Californians, New Yorkers, and the People of the District of Columbia to Iraq. Drawn by the Prospects of a Safer Place To Live and Raise a Family' Posted by: Jeff B at July 9, 2003 10:43 AMLoL Posted by: Bubba at July 9, 2003 12:01 PMBubba, what is that URL? www.lapdnews.com is giving me a DNS error. Am I on crack? Posted by: Del Simmons at July 9, 2003 01:15 PMDel! If'n you're hookin' and cookin' in LA, your are! LMAO!
Anthony, http://www.lapd.com/main_NRM/nrm_list.asp?topic=NWS_HEADLINES&lngkey=en Posted by: Bubba at July 9, 2003 01:43 PMMy nephew is a good kiss up isn't he? He embarrasses the family name Posted by: Anthony's uncle at July 9, 2003 04:19 PMMy nephew is a good kiss up isn't he? He embarrasses the family name Posted by: Anthony's uncle at July 9, 2003 04:20 PMPost a comment
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