35 Americans Killed In Iraq - The Orange Mane

Bronco_Beerslug · 01-26-2005, 06:51 AM

In the deadliest day since the attack and invasion of Iraq so far
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Marine Helicopter Crash Kills 31 in Iraq
By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. military transport helicopter crashed in bad weather in Iraq (news - web sites)'s western desert Wednesday, killing 31 people, all believed to be Marines, in the deadliest incident for U.S. troops since the war began, officials said. Insurgents killed four American troops in an ambush and carried out a flurry of attacks on sites linked to this weekend's elections.

A Bush administration official said there were no survivors from the crash and that the cause was not immediately known.

The CH-53 Sea Stallion, which was carrying personnel from the 1st Marine Division, went down about 1:20 a.m. near the town of Rutbah, about 220 miles west of Baghdad, while conducting security operations, the military said in a statement.

A search and rescue team has reached the site and an investigation into what caused the crash was under way. The administration official said there was bad weather at the time.

The official said Wednesday that all 31 people killed in the crash were believed to be U.S. Marines — the most American servicemembers to die in a single incident in Iraq. It was also the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the March 2003 invasion.

"We are saddened anytime there is loss of life of our troops in harm's way," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.

In Iraq's Anbar province, four U.S. Marines were killed in fighting, the military said in a statement.

The statement gave no further details, but WABC reporter Jim Dolan, who was embedded with the troops who were attacked, said the deaths came when insurgents ambushed a Marine convoy leaving the town of Haditha, west of Baghdad, hitting a vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade.

With the four Marines' deaths, at least 1,376 members of the U.S. military have died in Iraq, according to an Associated Press count. If all 31 dead in the crash are confirmed to be military personnel, the count would rise to 1,407.

The previous single deadliest incident for U.S. troops was also a helicopter crash: a November 2004 collision of two Black Hawk helicopters that were trying to avoid ground fire, killing 17 servicemembers. Earlier that month, a Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile near Fallujah, killing 16 American soldiers and wounding 26.

The U.S. military has lost at least 33 helicopters since the start of the war, including at least 20 brought down by hostile fire, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. (CONTINUED)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._re_mi_ea/iraq

Mile High Shack · 01-26-2005, 06:54 AM

this wasn't brought down by hostile fire, but bad weather

choppers are the hardest things to fly

that is sad

Rascal · 01-26-2005, 06:57 AM

This sucks.

My prayers to them, their families, and fellow soldiers.

This whole thing is really beginning to piss me off.

My cousin flies blackhawks (has over 8,000 hours for the marines) and he said he hates to go up because they are a b****.

Montaq · 01-26-2005, 06:58 AM

I remember the Repugs being all over Clinton when a helicopter crashed in Kosovo.

Mile High Shack · 01-26-2005, 07:01 AM

this isn't about Clinton

it's sad when 31 people die in helicopter crashes

Rascal · 01-26-2005, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montaq

I remember the Repugs being all over Clinton when a helicopter crashed in Kosovo.

what a stool.

Montaq · 01-26-2005, 07:35 AM

I'm not the one who sent these soldiers to Iraq. I don't gain anything politically or financially for a war in Iraq unlike someone else.

Rascal · 01-26-2005, 07:39 AM

This from the same guy who said Iraq was better off under Saddam.

My iggy only has two names on it (freak15 and telluride) guess it's time to add a third.

Montaq · 01-26-2005, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by rascal

This from the same guy who said Iraq was better off under Saddam.

My iggy only has two names on it (freak15 and telluride) guess it's time to add a third.

You must have the Bush administration on your iggy list as well. That's the only way you can not be outraged at the manner the occupation of Iraq has been handled.

Eye Patch · 01-26-2005, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Shack

this isn't about Clinton

Speaking of Clinton... here's to his concept of sex as passed on by our president to the youth of America..

Now if I can only get the wife to allow my beautiful co-worker to smoke the pole and not get upset because after all “it's not sex”.

Katie Couric:

“How do teenagers view oral sex today?”

Galen: “It's like not a big deal or not as big a deal to some people because

it's not sex.

It's not intercourse, and it's just like, it's not as intimate or anything like that. Everyone just sees it as casual. Maybe not as casual as kissing, but it's like, no big whoop.”

Montaq · 01-26-2005, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eye Patch

Speaking of Clinton... here's to his concept of sex as passed on by our president to the youth of America..

Now if I can only get the wife to allow my beautiful co-worker to smoke the pole and not get upset because after all “it's not sex”.

Katie Couric:

“How do teenagers view oral sex today?”

Galen: “It's like not a big deal or not as big a deal to some people because

it's not sex.

It's not intercourse, and it's just like, it's not as intimate or anything like that. Everyone just sees it as casual. Maybe not as casual as kissing, but it's like, no big whoop.”

haha.. Can we then blame Bush for all DUI's?

Mile High Shack · 01-26-2005, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Montaq

haha.. Can we then blame Bush for all DUI's?

Bush got a DUI while in office?

hahaha

Montaq · 01-26-2005, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Shack

Bush got a DUI while in office?

hahaha

Oh, it's the timing. So, if Clinton would have gotten blown by an intern in the 70's it would have been ok? If you're only accountable for transgressions while in office somebody should tell Agnew he didn't need to resign.

Mile High Shack · 01-26-2005, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montaq

Oh, it's the timing. So, if Clinton would have gotten blown by an intern in the 70's it would have been ok? If you're only accountable for transgressions while in office somebody should tell Agnew he didn't need to resign.

he wasn't the leader of the free world yet

as was Clinton during his forray into his oral sex

besides it wasn't about oral sex it was about him lying under oath

ugh, do we have to go over this again?

Montaq · 01-26-2005, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mile High Shack

he wasn't the leader of the free world yet

as was Clinton during his forray into his oral sex

besides it wasn't about oral sex it was about him lying under oath

ugh, do we have to go over this again?

Lying under oath? Do you get around that by refusing to speak to say.. I don't know.. the 9/11 commission if you're going to be under oath?

It wasn't about him lying under oath, it was about a vandetta of the Republican party and Ken Starr.

Montaq · 01-26-2005, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mile High Shack

he wasn't the leader of the free world yet

as was Clinton during his forray into his oral sex

besides it wasn't about oral sex it was about him lying under oath

ugh, do we have to go over this again?

It's sad that people think that adultery is a worse offense for a president then war profiteering.

Eye Patch · 01-26-2005, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montaq

haha.. Can we then blame Bush for all DUI's?

sure why not you blame him for everything else.... or was that beerslug... wait that's LABF.

damn it's so hard to keep track of you brain dead liberals.

Eye Patch · 01-26-2005, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montaq

It's sad that people think that adultery is a worse offense for a president then war profiteering.

lighten up dude... it was a joke about the oral sex not being sex.

I don't care if Billy used a fat cum receptacle in the oval office.

Hell he has to live with that legacy of poinking fat ugly chicks... not me.

Mile High Shack · 01-26-2005, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eye Patch

Hell he has to live with that legacy of poinking fat ugly chicks... not me.

dude, that's not what I hear

Sideburn · 01-26-2005, 11:50 AM

Fat chicks need love too!

RaiderH8r · 01-26-2005, 12:12 PM

Two words...Paula Jones

Rascal · 01-26-2005, 12:14 PM

Okay sideburn you can have all of the fat chicks, send all of the non-fat ones to me untampered!!!

Sideburn · 01-26-2005, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rascal

Okay sideburn you can have all of the fat chicks, send all of the non-fat ones to me untampered!!!

Deal!

You may have your skinny non cooking chicks, I will eat well with the plumpers.

Eye Patch · 01-26-2005, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RaiderH8r

Two words...Paula Jones

Juanita Broderick...

Bronco_Beerslug · 01-26-2005, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eye Patch

sure why not you blame him for everything else.... or was that beerslug... wait that's LABF.

damn it's so hard to keep track of you brain dead liberals.

Just so you mentally challenged Bushies can keep up, I don't blame Bush for anything except..

1) He attacked and invaded a country that was no threat to us. So far the cost has been over 1400 American lives and 20,000 casualties. Oh yeah, over 300 billion too.

2) He has run up a record deficit, record national debt and record trade deficit.

3) He is going to give up to 15 million criminals amnesty.

4) He has rolled back environmental protections in the name of corporate profit.

5) He has stood watch over the highest number of Americans living in poverty in our history.

6) He has stood watch over the highest number of Americans without health insurance in our history.

7) He has failed to secure our borders in lieu of his war against Iraq.

8) He has spent more money than any other president in our history (and basically has accomplished nothing other than busting some steroid users).

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Back to the topic...

37 Troops Killed in Deadliest Day in Iraq

y SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Marine transport helicopter crashed during sandstorms in Iraq (news - web sites)'s western desert Wednesday, killing 31 troops, while insurgents killed six other American military personnel in the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the Iraq war began.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._re_mi_ea/iraq

01-26-2005, 06:51 AM	#1
Bronco_Beerslug Angling in the Deep Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Texas Riviera, Southern Mountains Posts: 24,281	35 Americans Killed In Iraq In the deadliest day since the attack and invasion of Iraq so far ........ ------------------------------------ Marine Helicopter Crash Kills 31 in Iraq By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. military transport helicopter crashed in bad weather in Iraq (news - web sites)'s western desert Wednesday, killing 31 people, all believed to be Marines, in the deadliest incident for U.S. troops since the war began, officials said. Insurgents killed four American troops in an ambush and carried out a flurry of attacks on sites linked to this weekend's elections. A Bush administration official said there were no survivors from the crash and that the cause was not immediately known. The CH-53 Sea Stallion, which was carrying personnel from the 1st Marine Division, went down about 1:20 a.m. near the town of Rutbah, about 220 miles west of Baghdad, while conducting security operations, the military said in a statement. A search and rescue team has reached the site and an investigation into what caused the crash was under way. The administration official said there was bad weather at the time. The official said Wednesday that all 31 people killed in the crash were believed to be U.S. Marines — the most American servicemembers to die in a single incident in Iraq. It was also the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the March 2003 invasion. "We are saddened anytime there is loss of life of our troops in harm's way," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. In Iraq's Anbar province, four U.S. Marines were killed in fighting, the military said in a statement. The statement gave no further details, but WABC reporter Jim Dolan, who was embedded with the troops who were attacked, said the deaths came when insurgents ambushed a Marine convoy leaving the town of Haditha, west of Baghdad, hitting a vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade. With the four Marines' deaths, at least 1,376 members of the U.S. military have died in Iraq, according to an Associated Press count. If all 31 dead in the crash are confirmed to be military personnel, the count would rise to 1,407. The previous single deadliest incident for U.S. troops was also a helicopter crash: a November 2004 collision of two Black Hawk helicopters that were trying to avoid ground fire, killing 17 servicemembers. Earlier that month, a Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile near Fallujah, killing 16 American soldiers and wounding 26. The U.S. military has lost at least 33 helicopters since the start of the war, including at least 20 brought down by hostile fire, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. (CONTINUED) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._re_mi_ea/iraq

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01-26-2005, 06:54 AM	#2
Mile High Shack Ring of Famer Cock-a-doodle-do Join Date: May 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 17,010	this wasn't brought down by hostile fire, but bad weather choppers are the hardest things to fly that is sad

01-26-2005, 06:57 AM	#3
Rascal RIP Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,581 Adopt-a-Bronco: Turf	This sucks. My prayers to them, their families, and fellow soldiers. This whole thing is really beginning to piss me off. My cousin flies blackhawks (has over 8,000 hours for the marines) and he said he hates to go up because they are a b****.

01-26-2005, 06:58 AM	#4
Montaq Perennial Pro-bowler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 757	I remember the Repugs being all over Clinton when a helicopter crashed in Kosovo.

01-26-2005, 07:01 AM	#5
Mile High Shack Ring of Famer Cock-a-doodle-do Join Date: May 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 17,010	this isn't about Clinton it's sad when 31 people die in helicopter crashes

01-26-2005, 07:35 AM	#7
Montaq Perennial Pro-bowler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 757	I'm not the one who sent these soldiers to Iraq. I don't gain anything politically or financially for a war in Iraq unlike someone else.

01-26-2005, 07:39 AM	#8
Rascal RIP Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,581 Adopt-a-Bronco: Turf	This from the same guy who said Iraq was better off under Saddam. My iggy only has two names on it (freak15 and telluride) guess it's time to add a third.

01-26-2005, 12:12 PM	#21
RaiderH8r In The Bag Don't worry. Nobody's listening. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Meth Alley Posts: 9,920 Adopt-a-Bronco: MethWolfe	Two words...Paula Jones

01-26-2005, 12:14 PM	#22
Rascal RIP Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,581 Adopt-a-Bronco: Turf	Okay sideburn you can have all of the fat chicks, send all of the non-fat ones to me untampered!!!