seruriermarshal
06-16-2004, 05:59 PM
Three GIs Killed in Attack on Base in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket slammed into a U.S. logistics base near the city of Balad on Wednesday afternoon, killing three U.S. soldiers and wounding 25 people including a pair of civilians, the military said.
Two of the wounded were flown to Baghdad for treatment, according to a statement from the U.S. Army's 13th Corps Support Command, which occupies the sprawling base known as Camp Anaconda.
At least fourteen of the injured were taken to the U.S. Army's 31st Combat Support Hospital on the base and seven were treated at a separate clinic, according to a military statement.
Air and ground units responded to the attack, the military said. Balad is 50 miles north of Baghdad.
On June 6, a U.S. soldier on the same base was killed and another wounded in a mortar attack. Camp Anaconda was also the scene of a mortar attack last July 4 that wounded 18 U.S. soldiers.
Sad message
REGIMENTAL PRAYER
Almighty, merciful, and loving Father,
you are the one who hears all our prayers and grants our petitions.
We ask you to remember, as we do,
the tremendous sacrifice made by those who went before us.
They have given their lives so that we might live and breathe freely.
We ask you to receive them into your hands.
Father, give us the strength and wisdom to learn from their example,
to uphold freedom and life at home and around the world.
Keep us vigilant as we guard the frontiers of freedom.
Give our leaders the wisdom and the strength to lead well.
Grant all of us courage and confidence.
Be, for all of us, troopers, a wise counsel in keeping peace
and a strong shield for us against our enemies.
Oh heavenly Father, give us the determination
that the peace and freedom won at such a high price be lasting!
Father, hold all of the troopers in the palm of your almighty hand
and protect them in the shadow of your wings.
Amen.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket slammed into a U.S. logistics base near the city of Balad on Wednesday afternoon, killing three U.S. soldiers and wounding 25 people including a pair of civilians, the military said.
Two of the wounded were flown to Baghdad for treatment, according to a statement from the U.S. Army's 13th Corps Support Command, which occupies the sprawling base known as Camp Anaconda.
At least fourteen of the injured were taken to the U.S. Army's 31st Combat Support Hospital on the base and seven were treated at a separate clinic, according to a military statement.
Air and ground units responded to the attack, the military said. Balad is 50 miles north of Baghdad.
On June 6, a U.S. soldier on the same base was killed and another wounded in a mortar attack. Camp Anaconda was also the scene of a mortar attack last July 4 that wounded 18 U.S. soldiers.
Sad message
REGIMENTAL PRAYER
Almighty, merciful, and loving Father,
you are the one who hears all our prayers and grants our petitions.
We ask you to remember, as we do,
the tremendous sacrifice made by those who went before us.
They have given their lives so that we might live and breathe freely.
We ask you to receive them into your hands.
Father, give us the strength and wisdom to learn from their example,
to uphold freedom and life at home and around the world.
Keep us vigilant as we guard the frontiers of freedom.
Give our leaders the wisdom and the strength to lead well.
Grant all of us courage and confidence.
Be, for all of us, troopers, a wise counsel in keeping peace
and a strong shield for us against our enemies.
Oh heavenly Father, give us the determination
that the peace and freedom won at such a high price be lasting!
Father, hold all of the troopers in the palm of your almighty hand
and protect them in the shadow of your wings.
Amen.