Really ?
Whom is going to pay for it ! ? !
Whom among them will pay with their lives?
For how long?
Forever?
This OCCUPATION has to stop.
U.S. deaths in Iraq (click here)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
As of Monday, at least 4,175 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 3,379 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The latest deaths reported by the military:
A soldier was killed Monday by small arms fire in northern Baghdad.
The latest identifications reported by the military:
Army Capt. Michael J. Medders, 25, Elyria; died Wednesday in Jisr Naft of wounds suffered in a suicide bombing; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Phillips Jr., 33, Conway, S.C.; died Thursday in Bahbahani after his vehicle struck an explosive; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Army Pfc. Jamel A. Bryant, 22, Belleville, Ill.; died Saturday in Baghdad of injuries from a vehicle accident in Wahida; assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
SOURCE: Associated Press
The Army is sending about 10,000 Fort Lewis troops to Iraq in a period from this winter into the summer of 2009.
Originally published September 30, 2008 at 9:35 AM
Page modified September 30, 2008 at 9:35 AM
FORT LEWIS, Wash. —
The Army is sending about 10,000 Fort Lewis troops to Iraq in a period from this winter into the summer of 2009.
A spokeswoman says they are the I (First) Corps headquarters unit, and the 3rd and 5th Stryker brigades.
Maj. Kathleen Turner says this is the first combat deployment for the I Corps headquarter unit since the Korean War. She says it will take over in Baghdad as the command and control for multinational units in Iraq.
This will be the first deployment for the 5th Stryker brigade and the third for the 3rd Stryker brigade.
The Fort Lewis troops are part of 26,000 the Pentagon is deploying to maintain 14 combat brigades in Iraq.
Fort Riley brigade tabbed for Iraq (click here)
(Published September 30, 2008)
FORT RILEY, Kan. — A Fort Riley brigade that returned in April from 15 months in Iraq has been notified that it is scheduled to go back in 2009.
The 4th Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division was part of the surge of troops sent to Baghdad in 2007. It was told Tuesday that it would go back to Iraq in the spring or summer of 2009. The 3,500 soldiers will have been back in the U.S. for at least a year....
Pentagon Announces Fort Hood Deployment (click here)
(September 30, 2008)—Seven brigade combat teams, one corps headquarters, a Marine expeditionary force headquarters and Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters will deploy to Iraq beginning this winter and continuing into next summer, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
The deployment announced Tuesday involves a total of about 26,000 troops, the Pentagon said.
“The deployed headquarters units will provide command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in support of security operations in the country,” the Pentagon said.
Six of the brigade combat teams will replace units now in Iraq and one security force brigade “will assure freedom of movement and continuity of operations in the country” including base defense and route security, the Pentagon said....
Two Bragg combat brigades scheduled to deploy to Iraq (click here)
A staff report
The 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st and 4th Brigade Combat Teams will deploy to Iraq in the next year, the Department of Defense announced today.
The Fort Bragg brigades are two of seven Army combat brigades scheduled to deploy to Iraq any time this winter through next summer.
Lt. Col. Clarence Counts, spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, said he was not sure what months the brigades would deploy.
A corps headquarters from Fort Lewis, Wash., a division headquarters from Fort Hood, Texas, and a Marine expeditionary force headquarters from Camp Lejeune also are scheduled to deploy.
The Department of Defense said that total, about 26,000 people, would be sent to Iraq. The deployments will be replacement forces that will maintain the current troop level in Iraq, the DOD said.
