04-24-2007, 10:50
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Sad day for the 82nd
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - The nine U.S. soldiers killed when a truck bomb exploded next to their patrol base in Iraq were all paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, the division said Tuesday. Twenty of their colleagues were wounded in the attack.
Maj. Tom Earnhardt, a spokesman for the division at Fort Bragg, said it was the highest number of casualties for the division since the Iraq war began.
It was also the single deadliest attack on ground forces since Dec. 1, 2005, when a roadside bomb killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 on a foot patrol near Fallujah. An insurgent group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility, according to an Internet-posted statement Tuesday.
The soldiers were members of the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Earnhardt said. A civilian interpreter was also wounded in Monday's explosion.
"Fifteen of the wounded were superficial and they were treated on the spot and returned to duty," Earnhardt said. "Five were evacuated to a military hospital, but none of the five have life-threatening injuries."
Earnhardt said the unit deployed in August to Iraq. It is one of three of the division's four brigade combat teams now in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The identities of the soldiers killed Tuesday were not immediately released. Earnhardt said the families were still being notified.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070424/D8OMVC482.html
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070424/D8OMV6JO0.html
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04-24-2007, 11:31
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Rest In Peace and a speedy recovery for the wounded.
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04-24-2007, 11:41
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Four Paratroops from the same unit, were killed by an IED in Iraq on April 7th and the 82nds 4th Brigade, 1/508th lost one April 20th in Helmand province Afghanistan.
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04-24-2007, 15:00
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May They Rest In Peace. 
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04-24-2007, 15:09
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RIP, paratroopers.
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04-24-2007, 15:37
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Rest well brothers.
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04-24-2007, 16:48
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04-24-2007, 16:51
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RIP bro's - My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and wounded.
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04-24-2007, 18:29
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Rest in Peace and a grateful nation mourns your passing.
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04-24-2007, 18:36
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RIP Paratroopers
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04-24-2007, 18:47
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R.I.P. Soldiers
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04-24-2007, 18:58
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Rest in peace paratroopers. A speedy recover for the wounded and prayers for the families.
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04-24-2007, 19:37
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I was in 3rd Brigade before I left for the SFQC. They were hit hard when 1-505 PIR lost there CSM within the first few months. This is a huge blow, but I know that they will perservere once again. RIP brothers, you will not be forgotten.
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04-24-2007, 20:18
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Rest in Peace.
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04-24-2007, 20:30
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