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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed at least 29 guerrillas in western Iraq, the military said on Friday, after U.S. President George W. Bush vowed not to waver in his campaign against global Islamic extremism. ADVERTISEMENT [0] In all, the military said, it had killed more than 50 al Qaeda fighters in the six days of an offensive -- Operation Iron Fist -- which ended on Friday on the Syrian border at Si'ida. A second push against guerrillas in the Euphrates valley, a key transit route from Syria to Baghdad, continued. Residents reported a fourth day of clashes around Haditha,...

Zakaria: I think that the Bush administration has a Jekyll-and-Hyde problem—a contradictory attitude toward the war on terror. On the one hand it has wholeheartedly embraced the view that America must change its image in the Muslim world. It wants to stop being seen as the supporter of Muslim tyrants and instead become the champion of Muslim freedoms. President Bush and his secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, are transforming American policy in this realm, and while some of the implementation has been spotty, the general thrust is clear and laudable. For this they deserve more credit than they have generally...

You were hard-pressed to find the story or to see the images anywhere in the mainstream media – three unarmed Iraqi election officials recently murdered in cold blood on their way to work – dragged from their car and shot in the head, execution style, by spineless terrorists – the entire massacre caught on film. Their crime? – Helping to further the cause of a free and democratic Iraq. Since the end of major combat operations, hundreds upon hundreds of innocent Iraqi men women and children have been deliberately targeted and blown limb from limb by foreign invaders – by...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A violent resurgence of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan is putting U.S. soldiers and international aid workers at increasing risk, especially in the southern part of the country, the birthplace of the Taliban. U.S. military patrols are frequently coming under attack. Highway construction workers -- foreigners and Afghans -- have had their throats slit merely for tampering with Taliban flags placed along roads. Nearly three years after the U.S. military toppled the Taliban government in Afghanistan, it is increasingly clear that the military effort has failed to fully defeat the enemy, which has regrouped and...

Freepers - I need help. I've searched on Google and FR and cannot find the approximate number of US soldiers killed in Yugoslavia.

VANDALS daubed black swastikas and SS symbols on 14 graves at a Christian cemetery in eastern France, the second such incident at the graveyard in a month, police said today. The pro-Nazi markings were discovered early today at the cemetery in the Alsatian village of Niederhaslach. Similar graffiti was found on some 20 graves at the cemetery in early May. The incident in May came on the heels of the desecration of 127 graves at a Jewish cemetery in the same region, not far from the border with Germany. Vandals scrawled swastikas and sayings glorifying Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler on...

Subject: Weekly Update from Iraq We had another great week here in Iraq and conditions continue to improve. The new 800 seat movie theater is now open and we are getting to watch the new releases at no cost. Most all the soldiers that were here when the war started a year ago have gone home and most of the new soldiers have arrived. The long lines at the Dining Facilities have dwindled and we are now working on our leave schedule of when our soldiers will get a free airplane trip back home to see you for 15 days....

An improvised explosive device killed three soldiers and wounded three others in Iskandariyah, Iraq, south of Baghdad Jan. 27. This attack came about seven hours after another IED had killed three other U.S. soldiers in Khalidiyah, west of Baghdad. Combined Joint Task Force 7 officials said the wounded soldiers were taken to the 28th Combat Support Hospital. No report on their condition was available. Officials are withholding all the soldiers' names until their families are notified. Also Jan. 27, Task Force Ironhorse soldiers killed three armed attackers who confronted them as they raided four locations in Bayji looking for members...

Guerrillas Kill Two U.S. Troops, Blasts Hit Baghdad Fri December 26, 2003 03:25 AM ET By Joseph Logan BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas killed two U.S. soldiers in a mortar attack north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday, as rockets shook the Iraqi capital in the biggest insurgent attacks since the capture of Saddam Hussein.Insurgents also wounded two Polish soldiers in an ambush in southern Iraq, the latest in a string of attacks on the forces of countries which have answered Washington's call for troops to help it secure the country it invaded to topple Saddam.The U.S. casualties brought to...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq — A roadside bomb exploded north of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing three American soldiers, the U.S. military said.</p> <p>"Three Task Force Ironhorse soldiers were killed when the vehicle they were in was struck by an improvised explosive device," the military said in a statement.</p>

PARIS, Dec 04, 2003 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- One thousand and seven hundred U.S. soldiers have deserted their posts in Iraq, with many of them failing to return to military duty after getting permission to go back to the United States, according to the French weekly magazine Le Canard Enchaine. The magazine, known for its satires and exposes, said the French intelligence agency obtained the information from what it described an "American colleague." Citing a senior French official posted in Washington, the magazine also said that 7,000 U.S. soldiers have left Iraq allegedly due to psychological troubles and other illnesses....

For those of you who read Chief Wiggles' blog, he is an American serviceman in Iraq, doing interrogations and intelligence. The other day he posted a touching story about giving a few simple items to an Iraqi girl, and her reaction. Well so many people asked about sending toys to him to distribute, they set up an address where you can send them. Please see Chief Wiggles blog for details.

<p>Reporting that 2 officers killed in a mortar attack, and another in a separate bomb blast.</p>

BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least four American soldiers were wounded in guerrilla attacks Saturday, and the U.S.-led coalition said it thwarted a diesel-fuel smuggling operation, boarding a ship off the port of Umm Qasr and forcing it to return to shore. A 173rd Airborne Brigade on patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire, said Lt. Col. Bill McDonald, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division operating in the area. Two soldiers wounded in the explosion were in stable condition, McDonald said. The troops returned fire, he said. There was no information on casualties...

Does anyone know where a running tally of American soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq? I'm interested in seeing the number killed during the official "war" and those killed after.

Thu Jul 10, 1:45 PM ET A US soldier flashes the V-sign as he escorts hooded illegal vendors to a police station after being apprehended Thursday July 10, 2003 along the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). The vendors were allegedly caught selling alcohol, still prohibited to be sold outside in Muslim Iraq. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) --The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet in Bahrain is reporting that four U.S. soldiers and four civilians aboard two small civilian contractor boats were recovered Monday in the northern Persian Gulf after several hours in Iranian hands.</p> <p>All eight of the passengers were found alive, but the two boat captains are being held by Iran.</p>

The following speech was delivered at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska.In remembering why we have come to support our troops today, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on something most of us never think about: our extraordinary luck in being Americans. We are, in a sense, lottery winners. There are something like 6.3 billion human beings currently living on the planet. Assuming that most of us were born sometime in the last half century, this works out to a roughly 1-in-20 chance of being born in the United States of America. There are plenty of other places...

WASHINGTON -- List of U.S. military personnel killed in Operation Enduring Freedom (as of March 27, 2003): Andrews, Evander Earl; Air Force master sergeant; 36; Solon, Maine; Oct. 10, 2001; heavy equipment accident. Edmunds, John J; Army specialist; 20; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Oct. 19, 2001; helicopter crash. Stonesifer, Kristofor T.; Army private first class; 28; Missoula, Mont.; Oct. 19, 2001; helicopter crash. Davis, Bryant L.; Navy fireman apprentice; 20; Chicago; Nov. 7, 2001; fell overboard USS Kitty Hawk. Johnson, Benjamin; Navy electronics technician 3rd class; 21; Rochester, N.Y.; Nov. 18, 2001; Lost at sea, Persian Gulf. Parker, Vincent; Navy engineman 1st...