When There’s Nothing On The Horizon You’ve Got Nothing Left To Prove
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 603-08
July 16, 2008
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of nine soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died of wounds suffered when their outpost was attacked by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades from enemy forces in Wanat, Afghanistan, on July 13. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
Killed were:
1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom, 24, of Hawaii.
Sgt. Israel Garcia, 24, of Long Beach, Calif.
Cpl. Jonathan R. Ayers, 24, of Snellville, Ga.
Cpl. Jason M. Bogar, 25, of Seattle, Wash.
Cpl. Jason D. Hovater, 24, of Clinton, Tenn.
Cpl. Matthew B. Phillips, 27, of Jasper, Ga.
Cpl. Pruitt A. Rainey, 22, of Haw River, N.C.
Cpl. Gunnar W. Zwilling, 20, of Florissant, Mo.
Pfc. Sergio S. Abad, 21, of Morganfield, Ky.
For more information media may contact the Southern European Task Force public affairs office at 011-39-0444-71-7011/-8020, or after hours at (328) 733-2167.
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- July 16, 2008
Unless I've miscounted
...that makes 4,130 good American service members that have died for BushCo in the Iraq failure.
The human body holds around 5 liters of blood, or about one and a quarter gallons. That computes to 5,162.5 gallons of blood spilled in order to push oil above $140 a barrel.
Only the RepubliCANTs and their PNAC masters would consider that an "acceptable trade."
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manJuly 16, 2008 - 5:35pmyoung turks
It's great I missed you guys ! wecome back and thank yiu, having you just prior to tom hartmann.
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By jamesmy13July 16, 2008 - 10:33pmMy Sincere Condolences To The Families...
... of these soldiers... 45 more litres of blood. That will keep Cheney alive for a few more days.
Young Turks? I think you are on the wrong thread, James.
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By othelloJuly 17, 2008 - 10:14pm