Two U.S. Soldiers Die; Air Forces Fend Off Attack on Iraqi Troops

American Forces Press Service ^ | Nov 3, 2005 | unattributed

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2005 – Two U.S. soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Iraq Nov. 2, officials reported. A soldier assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died when his vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Ramadi. Elsewhere, a Task Force Baghdad soldier died when a patrol struck an improvised explosive device south of Baghdad.

The soldiers' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

In other operations in Iraq, an Iraqi security forces patrol came under attack Nov. 1 in Baqubah. Iraqi soldiers from the 4th Division were preparing to cross a narrow bridge when a nearby IED exploded. Terrorists then attacked the patrol with small-arms fire.

The terrorists fled the area after a coalition forces air-support team was called in to assist the patrol. Iraqi soldiers were then able to cordon the area and search the village, taking nine insurgents into custody. Seven Iraqi soldiers were wounded during what coalition officials called an "intense and complex engagement."

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)

[airborne]

I had to look at the source to see who was actually calling the terrorists terrorists!

I see it wasn't the MSM!

[penelopesire]

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

[Joe 6-pack]

IMHO, every time an IED goes off or is located, we need to seal off the nearest mosque...not desecrate it, not destroy it, but simply put it off limits.

There's a multitude of reasons I advocate this, but don't have the time to go into right now.

[AntiGuv]

[soltice]

"soldier assigned to the 2nd Marine Division"

Definition: Soldier = Army

Mixing different services like that usually invites casualties since they do not train alike and the tactics are extremely different.

The tasks assigned Army units is much different that those for the Marines.

[GAB-1955]

They've been mixing Army and Marine battalions for some time now, IIRC.

[Chode]

both of them got tagged by IED's...

[tongue-tied]

God bless and keep them.

And you are correct, however the title also refers to Air Forces, which could be Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force or even "secret squirrel" type air support. The MSM constantly mixes and matches what are really service-specific references. It has always been a burr under my saddle.

God bless the families as well, and keep those that remain.

[soltice]

Amen to all

[PokeyJoe]

Time to pull out the anti-gravity engine of Area-51 and attach it to Hummers.

[Chode]

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