Goddamn War

June 8, 2011

Tags: FOB Loyalty, Iran, proxy
Posted in: Embassy/State, Iraq, Military

The US military announced another American soldier has been killed, today, in southern Iraq.

The death brings to 4,460 the number of American service members who have died in Iraq since the war began in 2003.

Five other American soldiers died earlier this week in a rocket attack on what used to be FOB Loyalty in Baghdad.

The New Hampshire governor’s office says one of the five American soldiers was Pfc. Michael Cook. Monday, the day of the attack, was Cook’s 27th birthday. He is survived by a wife and two young children in Kansas.

al Qaeda claims “credit” for the attack, but that is bullshit. FOB Loyalty sits right near Sadr City, a Shiite enclave and not anywhere al Qaeda would be welcome. The attacks are more likely to have been carried out by Iranian-sponsored militia. Fellow-blogger Musings on Iraq has video up on additional Hezbollah brigades’ attacks on US Forces.

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