http://casualties.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for casualties en Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:03:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2047037 unknown@Netscape.com Vanity keeps people from admitting they've been wrong. Pride will not let them believe they have been. The President & his team, most in Congress, and some common people suffer from this refusal to be honest with themselves. This is how they protect their egos - and that is all those who ignore the truth have left at the end of the day. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:03:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2047037soldiersiraqwarcasualtiesdeathNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021813 unknown@Netscape.com I wonder what goes through Cheney's mind when he visits Baghdad. Does he ever look out the window of his armor-plated limmo and see the wasteland he's created -- the burned out buildings, the pock-marked streets, the wretched orphans sorting through the garbage for something to eat? Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:35:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021813wariraqcheneypowercasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2019630 unknown@Netscape.com As the much too familiar saying goes: "In war there are no winners, only losers". This is plain to see as we have all witnessed incredible loss due to the war in Iraq Thu, 31 May 2007 16:57:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2019630warcollateraldamagecasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2015765 unknown@Netscape.com So let me get this straight. Sessions, McConnell, and other Republicans have "no problem" using our soldiers as "pawns" in their chess game of war funding, just as long as Bush gets these "pawns" out of Iraq early enough before the next election. That's outrageous! Tue, 29 May 2007 20:49:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2015765wariraqsoldierscollateraldamagecasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2008621 unknown@Netscape.com "After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on? When are we going to defeat them?" Fri, 25 May 2007 02:29:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2008621warboehnerpropagandacasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2007756 unknown@Netscape.com "American can expect more casualties in Iraq but U.S. troops will have the funds and the resources to prevail." Trace Gallagher said that was the message from President Bush today. Thu, 24 May 2007 23:53:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2007756bushwarcasualtiesfundingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005249 unknown@Netscape.com Those who choose to wrap themselves in the American flag are not only invoking the protections granted by our Constitution, they are also submitting to the consequences for violating it. It is time for you to seek the truth. Wed, 23 May 2007 08:17:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005249congresswaraccountabilitycasualtiesconstitutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004799 unknown@Netscape.com if the war in Iraq bums you out, then imagine how bummed out you would be if you were Tim Kahlor, the father of Sgt. Ryan Kahlor, a 23-year-old kid who has spent more than two years in that Bush-benighted nation. Tue, 22 May 2007 20:35:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004799collateraldamagewarcasualtiesiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1895685 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "A powerful bomb blast in a hotel in the centre of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 24 people, police and officials say. Latest reports say part of the hotel, the Marhaba, has collapsed, trapping people inside. The bomb is reported to have gone off in the lobby. A number of the wounded have been taken for treatment. About 30 people are reported to have been injured." Tue, 15 May 2007 13:07:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1895685bombpakistanMarhabahotelexplosioncasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1896297 unknown@Netscape.com Or any of our sons? or daughters? on any side of this incredibly reckless escapade in Iraq? Tue, 15 May 2007 03:24:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1896297wariraqcollateraldamagecasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1840509 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S.-led coalition confirmed late Thursday that a battle between U.S. forces and Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan caused civilian casualties and that a joint Afghan-U.S. investigation is under way. Fri, 11 May 2007 09:49:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1840509coalitionConfirmsciviliancasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1803991 unknown@Netscape.com Two wars and a decade of sanctions have led to a huge rise in the mortality rate among young children in Iraq, leaving statistics that were once the envy of the Arab world now comparable with those of sub-Saharan Africa. Tue, 08 May 2007 20:16:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1803991iraqinfantscasualtiescollateraldamageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1755059 unknown@Netscape.com The novel KGB is a creative endeavor that tries to ask the question - why is the killing of poor people taken so lightly and the idea that they might some day seek revenge considered so extraordinary? Sat, 05 May 2007 22:38:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1755059GeorgebushwarciminalcasualtiesnovelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1719394 unknown@Netscape.com Rep. John Shimkus just took to the floor with one of the most ridiculous analogies, comparing the war in Iraq to a baseball game. To me, it seems like John Shimkus has become a follower, not a leader. Wed, 02 May 2007 23:46:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1719394shimkuscasualtiesiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1719393 unknown@Netscape.com We call our enlisted men and women serving in the military, soldiers; or we could, and often do, refer to them as grunts. ready to become human cannon fodder. Wed, 02 May 2007 23:25:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1719393militarysoldierswarcasualtiescannonfodderNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1701937 unknown@Netscape.com On its face, it's been a wasted four years, a wasted $500 billion (or $2 trillion, if you count the debt and futre veterans' care), a wasted 3400 American lives (or 55000 American lives if you count all the physically maimed and injured, or 250,000 if you add in the psychologically damaged), a wasted 650,000 Iraqi lives Tue, 01 May 2007 22:10:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1701937wariraqcasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1632303 unknown@Netscape.com It's astonishing that members of Congress are either unaware George W. Bush and Dick Cheney lied the nation into war with Iraq, or they are aware of the fact and don't care. A Congress grounded in reality would have unequivocally acknowledged the administration's lies long ago and taken appropriate action -- almost certainly impeachment. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:14:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1632303iraqwarcasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1625991 unknown@Netscape.com Two security plans drawn up by U.S. forces failed dramatically, with a series of bombings last week that killed more than 300 people in Baghdad. Iraqis blame the occupation for the bloodbath. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:32:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1625991wariraqcasualtiesresponsibilityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1630767 unknown@Netscape.com A new humanitarian crisis is rapidly taking shape in the Horn of Africa where eight days of heavy fighting in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has forced about 350,000 people to flee. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:13:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1630767SomaliawarcasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1589199 unknown@Netscape.com Iraqis blame the U.S. occupation for the failure of two parallel security plans drawn up by U.S. forces and Iraqi troops that failed dramatically with the bombings last week that killed more than 300 people in Baghdad. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:17:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1589199casualtieswarresponsibilityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1544647 unknown@Netscape.com Dustin Brim, a 22-year-old Army specialist had collapsed three years ago in Iraq from a very aggressive cancer that attacked his kidney, caused a mass to grow over his esophagus and collapsed a lung. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:27:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1544647depletedUraniumduTroopscasualtieshealthNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1514192 unknown@Netscape.com Americans in their sharing of this sadness should consider how others in the world have similar feelings when facing similar loss and tragedy. These 32 senseless deaths are a chance for empathy with other communities who have also lost 32 loved persons to sudden death. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:02:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1514192VirginiatechwarcasualtiesmurderNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1493213 unknown@Netscape.com In the past six months, the rate of Americans killed in Iraq has reached its highest level ever, despite four years of fighting. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:33:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1493213casualtiesiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1427438 unknown@Netscape.com Leading Democratic proponents of setting a timetable for pulling troops out of Iraq have refused to meet with the father of a dead soldier who believes a withdrawal would mean his son's life was "wasted." Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:22:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1427438democratsantiwarFamilysoldierscasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1422325 unknown@Netscape.com "Since US troops first set foot in Afghanistan in 2001, the defence department has gone to unprecedented lengths to control and suppress information about the human costs of war," said Anthony Romero, the executive director of the ACLU. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:36:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1422325bloodMoneycivilianswarcasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1409454 unknown@Netscape.com You walk up toward the big brick penitentiary, through the guard towers and the shotguns and rifles. And you know that none of it has to do with right and wrong. It has to do with we are bigger than you and we don't care about thou shall not kill and we will kill you if you get out of line and run toward home and your son and your wife. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:57:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1409454EmpirewarcasualtieskillingpowerNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1392442 unknown@Netscape.com DOZENS of Iraqi citizens have received secret compensation payments of up to $90,000 each from the Federal Government after claiming personal harm or hardship caused by Australian soldiers. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:29:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1392442iraqbloodMoneyBriberycasualtieswarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1213883 unknown@Netscape.com With more than 650,000 civilians dead in Iraq, our government must take responsibility for its lies Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:21:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1213883wariraqcasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1001841 unknown@Netscape.com More than a quarter of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have filed injury claims with the government, according to an internal Department of Veterans Affairs report. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:44:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1001841iraqAfghanistanmilitarycasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/935055 unknown@Netscape.com American soldiers were accused Friday of opening fire on a car carrying a family in the Baghdad district of Sadr City, killing a man and his two young daughters and wounding his son. Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:26:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/935055civilianssadrcitycasualtiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/840037 unknown@Netscape.com It is the soldiers, their families, and the people of Iraq that pay the human costs. The tab so far: more than 3,000 dead U.S. troops, tens of thousands of wounded, over half a million Iraqi casualties, roughly 250,000 American servicemen and women struggling with PTSD, and almost 60,000 military marriages that have been broken by this war. Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:16:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/840037iraqwarcasualtiesmilitaryMarriagesPTSDNews http://web2announcer.com/go/666644 unknown@Netscape.com The guests of Mologne House have been blown up, shot, crushed & shaken: their convalescence takes place in the 200-room hotel on the grounds of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Mostly what soldiers do together is wait: for appointments, evaluations, signatures & lost paperwork to be found. "If Iraq don't kill you, Walter Reed will.&quo Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:50:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/666644iraqcasualtiesWalterReedBureaucracyNews