Hehehe... Vietnam jilid II nih.... Gara-gara eforia 'war on terror' (sama dulu dengan jaman eforia 'domino theory')... Ini yang namanya pelajaran berharga, jangan pernah kasih cek kosong kepada siapapun yang berkuasa... Kalau seperti ini berarti lebih dungu dan idiot dari seekor keledai... Tapi nggak papa, kalau lihat perang Irak, asyik lagi kayak dulu nonton dunia dalam berita -nya TVRI, perang terus yang muncul... Kalah deh Hollywood... Yakin deh, kalau nanti sorodadu amrik hengkang dari Irak karena sudah terpepet di kanan-kiri, Hollywood mengeluarkan Johny Rambo Jilid 2000, asyik khan bisa nonton pahlawan kesiangan? DG
On 7/12/07, Yap Hong Gie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wodead085286056jul08,0,6906690.story?coll=ny-worldnews-print > > World > More military deaths > 8 Americans, 1 Brit are killed during offensive to pacify Iraq capital so > government can quell insurgency > THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > July 8, 2007 > > BAGHDAD - The U.S. military reported yesterday that eight more American > service members have been killed in fighting in Baghdad and western Anbar > province, reflecting the increased U.S. casualties that have come with new > offensives in the region. > > In addition, a British soldier was killed in fighting with Shia militias > overnight Friday in the southern city of Basra. > > Washington has directed the U.S. military to work at pacifying the capital > and its surroundings, hoping the calm will give Prime Minister Nouri > al-Maliki's government time to take key political steps toward encouraging > Sunni Arabs to turn away from support of the insurgency. Attacks have > fallen > in recent weeks in much of Baghdad, although a suicide car bomber > yesterday > blasted an Iraqi army patrol in an eastern commercial district, killing > five > Iraqi soldiers and a civilian, police said. > > Roadside bombings killed five U.S. soldiers in the capital on Friday and > another the day before, the U.S. military said in its latest statements on > U.S. casualties. Two Marines were killed in fighting Friday in western > Anbar > province, it said. > > In the far south of Iraq, one British soldier was killed and three were > wounded when they came under heavy attack by militants in Basra, the > British > military said yesterday. A soldier from Fiji died in a noncombat related > incident, the British military said, but no further information was > available, according to the Los Angeles Times. > > Britain has withdrawn hundreds of troops, leaving a force of around 5,500 > based mainly on the fringes of Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 > miles > southeast of Baghdad. British bases come under frequent mortar attacks > from > Shia militias. > > The U.S. has about 155,000 troops in Iraq. According to icasualties.org, > an > independent, nonprofit Web site that tracks war casualties, 3,601 American > troops have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003 - 23 of them > during the first week of July. The British toll is 158 and other coalition > forces combined have lost 128. > > According to Defense Department figures, 35,638 troops had been wounded > or medically evacuated from Iraq by the end of June - 29,160 of them Army, > 4,186 Marines, 1,279 Air Force and 1,013 Navy. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
