At the end, as they do every week, list the names of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Last week the Pentagon released 21 names, this week it was 18…

Proof the surge is working!!! Less dead this week. Yeehaw, now go shoppin'!

#2 Censored Fan: Just disappear will you. You are repugnant and obviously an ignoramous.

I have a feeling that the defense dept. has been "low-balling" the figures of both the dead and the wounded until the "surge" report is delivered. Then it will be back to situation normal for the administration.

This sounds very cold, but I don't trust any one of them as far as I can throw them.

Thanks so much for posting this. I like the segment and missed it this week.

It's been 2,183 days since George WMD Bush said he'd catch Nine Eleven "Conspirator" Osama bin Laden 'Dead or Alive???'

Sunday: 1 GI, 46 Iraqis Killed; 32 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 66 Iraqis Killed, 60 Wounded
Friday: 7 GIs, 1 Briton, 25 Iraqis Killed; 11 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 1 GI, 49 Iraqis Killed; 45 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 10 GIs, 51 Iraqis Killed; 65 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 1 GI, 40 Iraqis Killed; 27 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 2 GIs, 78 Iraqis Killed; 45 Iraqis Wounded

Bin Laden tape shows need for resolve in Iraq: Bush !!!
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/08/2027484.htm
Interesting that both the images they are using are fakes.

sconset @ 4:

#2 Censored Fan: Just disappear will you. You are repugnant and obviously an ignoramous.

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Now play nice.

LibertyLover @ 11:

But Tony Snow said that we aren't dying in Iraq anymore...

Ya but he also said he has to quit his cushy overpaid job with full benefits, because he can't afford to pay for his medical coverage. Tony isn't very bright.

Wasn't number 2 censored comment's comment supposed to be sarcastic? It 's an echo of what BushCo told us to do in the wake of 9/11 ...

Author Madeline L'Engle (A Wrinkle In Time, etc.) also died this week. In that book she painted a disturbing portrait of an Orwellian world that was brought down by 3 children and their interest in science. It bears rereading.

as mentioned by Bataccio, PBS runs a memoriam at the end of the news hour. All soldiers have their picture with the personal data. the presentation is given in silence...no soft music theme. each soldier, one at a time, on the screen. this has had an unnatural and overpowering effect on me. i can't help but think of the lives represented and how each one had a story. i am often brought to tears. that's just me. look at their faces...these are American lives. not just a name on the screen. kudos to ABC for their effort but "supporting the troops", especially at this poignant moment, should allow for us to SEE their faces when we acknowledge their sacrifice.

Hope nobody minds, but:

Saturday 8 September: 56 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 15 in Sadr City -among the victims 2 barbers and 6 of their clients; mortars kill 2 brothers, Baladiyat; 11 bodies.
Diyala: 8 killed in various incidents -a child among them, killed during clashes in Muqdadiya; 3 bodies.
Kufa: bomb kills 5 in market.
Cheman village: 2 bodies.
South of Kirkuk: police find 4 bodies of people killed returning from a funeral.
Daquq: the bodies of 4 members of a family found. They were killed by their son's kidnappers, who had called the family claiming they were about to release him, but shot the family dead instead.

Friday 7 September: 25 dead
Baghdad: 8 bodies.
Kirkuk: car bomb kills 2; gunmen kill 3 people in a car.
Mosul: 3 policemen killed in drive-by shooting.
Saqlawiya: 2 policemen's bodies found.
Thursday 6 September: 59 dead
Baghdad: up to 31 reported dead in US air raid over Washash; roadside bomb, Zafaraniya; 12 bodies.
Tikrit: car bomb kills 3.
Kirkuk: 3 shot dead after prayers at mosque.

Wednesday 5 September: 36 dead
Baghdad: 15 killed by roadside bomb, Sadr City; 11 bodies.
Mosul: PDK member shot dead; suicide bomber attacks police checkpoint, kills policeman; 6 bodies.

Tuesday 4 September: 28 dead
Baghdad: car bomb, roadside bomb kill 6, Zayouna; US forces kill 2 in house raid, Zayouna; 8 bodies.
Mosul: 4 killed in shootings.
Al-Siniya village: 3 security men shot dead.
Galozi village: body of young woman found.
Monday 3 September: 38 dead
Baghdad: car bombs kill 5; 8 electricity workers abducted and killed; 15 bodies.
Dujail: raodside bomb kills child.
Mosul: Al-Iraqiya reporter shot dead; 2 members of Democratic Party of Kurdistan shot dead.
Najaf: gunmen kill assistant police chief of Kufa.
Sunday 2 September: 41 dead
Baghdad: 9 killed by car bomb, Kadhimiya; 13 bodies.
Kut: policeman killed in clashes; 6 bodies.
Diwaniya: 6 bodies.
Mussayab: 2 bodies

CensoredFan @ 15:

Suzy @ 14:

Wasn't number 2 censored comment's comment supposed to be sarcastic? It 's an echo of what BushCo told us to do in the wake of 9/11 ...

Author Madeline L'Engle (A Wrinkle In Time, etc.) also died this week. In that book she painted a disturbing portrait of an Orwellian world that was brought down by 3 children and their interest in science. It bears rereading.

Thanks Suzy and you are right. It was sarcasm.

I broke in to express a similar comment to the two above. I have recently reread the L'Engle books. Her warnings in A Wrinkle EXACTLY reflect what our illiterate, ahem, president's principles and the stamp that he has already inflicted upon this once-free-spirited nation. Pity that her death was overlooked this morning. But, then, she's not a media darling, never did splash herself around. Only wrote books with brains. Who in this day and age would even know her name? Madeleine, your imagination and your care for this world live on.

slightly off topic......geeezzz...The Repubs are droppin like flies now....or quiting.........maybe there is a invisible sky genie....

Bush doesn't care about one of those deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. He still has this illusion of the just cause. He doesn't see the mess he's made and he's looking at Iran as a next step.

BTW, the U tube showing of James Brown and Pavarotti is hauntingly beautiful. Absolutely stunning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIyzNISw1Q