3 marines killed in bagdad blast

[Lt_Crooks]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml


A roadside bomb detonated near a U.S. military convoy in a residential neighborhood in southeast Baghdad on Tuesday and killed three U.S. Marines while wounding two others in the first fatal attack since the sovereignty transfer.

A U.S. soldier at the scene said several troops were wounded or killed when the blast hit the lead vehicle.

Footage from Associated Press Television News showed blood inside a slightly damaged Humvee and a flak vest laying in the road.

Word of the blast came as three Turkish hostages were released by militants in Iraq, the Turkish foreign minister said.

"Our citizens have been released," Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told state television. "We've struggled a lot for their release."

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[seruriermarshal]

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.

:(

[Khabbi]

RIP :petting: