D_Raay
12-22-2004, 12:37 AM
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7155347
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A guerrilla attack on a U.S. base in Iraq killed 15 American military personnel and seven other people on Tuesday in one of the deadliest strikes on U.S. forces since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein.
U.S. officials initially said a number of rocket and mortar rounds were fired at the base in the northern city of Mosul, hitting a dining tent, but a militant group claimed a suicide bomber was behind the attack, in which 66 people were wounded.
"A suicide bomber has not been ruled out," a U.S. Army official said later in Washington.
Giving the latest casualty update, a U.S. military spokeswoman in Baghdad said 15 U.S. military personnel, five U.S. contractors and two members of Iraqi security forces were killed. Forty-two of the wounded were U.S. military personnel.
"We send our heartfelt condolences to the loved ones who suffered today. We just want them to know that the mission is a vital mission for peace," said President Bush, who warned on Monday guerrilla bombers were taking a toll.
"I'm confident democracy will prevail in Iraq. I know a free Iraq will lead to a more peaceful world," said Bush, who paid a Christmas visit to families of wounded soldiers as a poll showed most Americans now believed the war was not worth fighting.
The attack was a reminder of the threat guerrillas pose, six weeks after U.S. troops stormed Falluja to quell a Sunni Arab insurgency before Iraq holds national elections on Jan. 30.
The worst single U.S. military death toll since last year's war to topple Saddam was 17 when two helicopters came down in Mosul late last year.
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Let me get this straight, Americans are dying, and the people now oppose the war, but Bush continues to paint a merry picture. So by this logic, even though he supposedly won the popular vote, we actually didn't want him as our president. Just like the exit polls on election night, this just doesn't add up to a reasonable person.
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A guerrilla attack on a U.S. base in Iraq killed 15 American military personnel and seven other people on Tuesday in one of the deadliest strikes on U.S. forces since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein.
U.S. officials initially said a number of rocket and mortar rounds were fired at the base in the northern city of Mosul, hitting a dining tent, but a militant group claimed a suicide bomber was behind the attack, in which 66 people were wounded.
"A suicide bomber has not been ruled out," a U.S. Army official said later in Washington.
Giving the latest casualty update, a U.S. military spokeswoman in Baghdad said 15 U.S. military personnel, five U.S. contractors and two members of Iraqi security forces were killed. Forty-two of the wounded were U.S. military personnel.
"We send our heartfelt condolences to the loved ones who suffered today. We just want them to know that the mission is a vital mission for peace," said President Bush, who warned on Monday guerrilla bombers were taking a toll.
"I'm confident democracy will prevail in Iraq. I know a free Iraq will lead to a more peaceful world," said Bush, who paid a Christmas visit to families of wounded soldiers as a poll showed most Americans now believed the war was not worth fighting.
The attack was a reminder of the threat guerrillas pose, six weeks after U.S. troops stormed Falluja to quell a Sunni Arab insurgency before Iraq holds national elections on Jan. 30.
The worst single U.S. military death toll since last year's war to topple Saddam was 17 when two helicopters came down in Mosul late last year.
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Let me get this straight, Americans are dying, and the people now oppose the war, but Bush continues to paint a merry picture. So by this logic, even though he supposedly won the popular vote, we actually didn't want him as our president. Just like the exit polls on election night, this just doesn't add up to a reasonable person.