seruriermarshal
06-29-2004, 03:59 AM
Roadside Blast Kills U.S. Marines in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb detonated near a U.S. military convoy in a residential neighborhood in southeast Baghdad on Tuesday, the military said. A U.S. soldier at the scene said several American troops were wounded or killed.
The explosion took place at about 10 a.m. local time, Army Maj. Phil Smith of the 1st Cavalry Division said.
Smith believed the incident involved U.S. Marines.
The roadside bomb hit the lead vehicle in the convoy and wounded or killed several American soldiers, a soldier at the scene said.
Footage from Associated Press Television News showed blood inside a slightly damaged Humvee and a flak vest laying in the road.
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From (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040629/ts_nm/iraq_attack_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480)
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 roadside bomb detonated near a U.S. military convoy in a residential neighborhood in southeast Baghdad on Tuesday, the military said. A U.S. soldier at the scene said several American troops were wounded or killed.
The explosion took place at about 10 a.m. local time, Army Maj. Phil Smith of the 1st Cavalry Division said.
Smith believed the incident involved U.S. Marines.
The roadside bomb hit the lead vehicle in the convoy and wounded or killed several American soldiers, a soldier at the scene said.
Footage from Associated Press Television News showed blood inside a slightly damaged Humvee and a flak vest laying in the road.
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From (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040629/ts_nm/iraq_attack_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480)
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.