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2006-05-31 Iraq

Iraqi PM Promises Crackdown on Basra Violence

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-31 12:32|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: Nine British soldiers, including two members of the Queen's Dragoon Guards who died in a roadside bombing on Sunday, have died since the start of May.

These guys are dying at an American rate. We have fifteen times the number of guys in-country, but only lost eight times as many people in May.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-31 19:40|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-31 19:40|| Front Page Top

#2 In fact, this matches the highest monthly American casualty rate in Iraq. I bet Whitehall is not happy.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-31 19:42|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-31 19:42|| Front Page Top

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