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How long can this go on?

jamie | 19.09.2004 14:27 | Anti-militarism | Indymedia | Social Struggles | World

"Official" number of U.S. GI's killef in Iraq is now 1032. Some knowledgeable sources believe that figure could be 3 to 4 times higher in reality (www.mirror-world.ru) At any rate these reports are varified (www.icasualties.org) and startling in their own right.

What do you think this note on the South Carolina guard indicates?

"09/19/04 WaPo: Strains Felt By Guard Unit on Eve Of War Duty
The 635 soldiers of a battalion of the South Carolina National Guard scheduled to depart Sunday for a year or more in Iraq have spent their off-duty hours under a disciplinary lockdown in their barracks for the past two weeks."

Please spread this information widely. jamie

"Official" number of U.S. GI's killef in Iraq is now 1032. Some knowledgeable sources believe that figure could be 3 to 4 times higher in reality (www.mirror-world.ru) At any rate these reports are varified (www.icasualties.org) and startling in their own right.

What do you think this note on the South Carolina guard indicates?

"09/19/04 WaPo: Strains Felt By Guard Unit on Eve Of War Duty
The 635 soldiers of a battalion of the South Carolina National Guard scheduled to depart Sunday for a year or more in Iraq have spent their off-duty hours under a disciplinary lockdown in their barracks for the past two weeks."

Please spread this information widely. jamie

09/19/04 TheObserver: Britain to cut troop levels in Iraq
The British Army is to start pulling troops out of Iraq next month despite the deteriorating security situation in much of the country, The Observer has learnt.

09/19/04 AFP: Turkish drivers killed, others kidnapped north of Baghdad
Separately, three Turkish trucks were ambushed late Saturday in the town of Dujail, which has become notorious for attacks on US vehicles and convoys of foreign contractors working for coalition troops, police Major Adel Ibrahim said

09/19/04 Reuters: Car bomb south of Baghdad kills one - police
A car bomb killed one Iraqi when it exploded in a residential area of a town south of Baghdad, police said today.

09/19/04 WaPo: Strains Felt By Guard Unit on Eve Of War Duty
The 635 soldiers of a battalion of the South Carolina National Guard scheduled to depart Sunday for a year or more in Iraq have spent their off-duty hours under a disciplinary lockdown in their barracks for the past two weeks

09/19/04 AFP: Sadr's lieutenant arrested
SHEIKH Hazem al-Araji, rebel Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Baghdad lieutenant, and his brother were arrested overnight by US-backed Iraqi security forces, a relative and fellow Sadr supporter said today

09/19/04 AP: Shiite cleric's militia refuse to disband
A new round of talks to cease hostilities in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City has ended in deadlock, with fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr refusing American demands to disband and turn in weapons, both sides said Sunday.

09/19/04 AP: U.S. Strikes in Fallujah Leave Four Dead
U.S. warplanes and artillery units fired on the insurgent-held city of Fallujah overnight, killing four people and wounding six, hospital officials said Sunday.

09/18/04 Centcom: 2 US Soldiers Killed - Confirmed
Two Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were killed and eight wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated at approximately 4 p.m. today.

09/18/04 AFP: US, UK given 48-hour deadline
Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours, and in northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 23 people and wounded 67

09/18/04 Sarawak: US planes hammer Iraqi insurgents
US air strikes killed 47 people around the Iraqi insurgent bastion of Fallujah as two suicide car bombs in Baghdad claimed another six lives and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi prepared to visit an election-conscious Washington next week

09/18/04 AP: Hillsdale Man Reportedly Being Held Hostage In Iraq
Frank Armstrong said Saturday in a brief telephone interview that the FBI told him about his brother Eugene Armstrong's abduction this week.

09/18/04 Reuters: Two U.S. Soldiers Killed by Baghdad Car Bomb
A car bomb killed two American soldiers and wounded eight when it exploded in Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

09/18/04 Novinite: Sofia Reluctant to Relocate Troops to "Hostile Area"
There has been no official request for consideration over a possible relocation of Bulgarian troops from Karbala to Najaf, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov said on Saturday

09/18/04 SkyNews: FRENCH PAIR TO BE FREED
The two French journalists being held in Iraq could be freed soon, according to reports.

09/18/04 AP: Car bomb injures US soldiers
Three U.S. soldiers are hurt after a car bomb hit their convoy on the main highway to Baghdad's international airport.

09/18/04 DoD Confirms Marine Casualty
Cpl. Steven A. Rintamaki, 21, of Lynnwood, Wash., died Sept 16 due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Rintamaki was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

09/18/04 AP: British troops pull out of al-Sadr's office in Basra
British troops pulled out Saturday from radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in the southern city of Basra a day after they occupied the building and seized an arms cache in fighting that killed three and wounded five

09/18/04 arabtimesonline: Militants threaten to kill US, UK hostages in Iraq
Insurgents threatened to kill two Americans and a Briton unless the United States freed Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera said on Saturday, and a suicide car bomb killed 23 people outside Iraqi National Guard offices

09/18/04 Focus: Bomb Blasted Near US Convoy of Vehicles in Southern Baghdad
A bomb blasted near a US motorcade of vehicles on the road to the airport in Southern Baghdad, reported AFP. A few minutes later another convoy of vehicles was attacked by a car bomb. The double attack was committed shortly after 3 pm Bulgarian time.

09/18/04 KENTUCKY.com: 5 Ky. Army National Guard units mobilized for Iraq
Five Kentucky Army National Guard units will mobilize as part of the war in Iraq, the Guard announced yesterday.

jamie

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