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And From Iraq ... The George Bush Show!

I didn't count the dead in August. The president should know the number. Why doesn't someone ask him on the campaign trail? Politely. All I know is, 7 more soldiers were killed by the Sunni Muslims today and 2 others were killed by the Shiites yesterday, to go along with the 5 others killed during the first three days of September.

What group of Iraqi people were supposed to be welcoming the liberating troops with open arms? Blame that one on Dick Cheney ... he said that. So did George Bush the First. Maybe they didn't hear George the Lesser announce the end of hostilities back in May.

Here's the list, George. Please give it to Big Dick so he can read it to you.

On August 30th, Staff Sgt. Aaron N. Holleyman a 26-year-old from Glasgow, Montana, with the 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was killed when his military vehicle hit a mine in Khutayiah, Iraq.

Airman 1st Class Carl L. Anderson Jr. died in combat near Mosul as a member of the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, 3rd Mission Support Group on August 29. The 21 year old hailed from Georgetown, South Carolina.

27-year-old Los Angeleno Sgt. Edgar E. Lopez, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, died due to hostile action in Babil Province on August 28.

Lance Cpl. Nickalous N. Aldrich, age 21, from Austin, Texas, and the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 27. Also, on August 27, 19-year-old teen, Pfc. Luis A. Perez, attached to the 223rd Transportation Company, Army Reserve, who called Theresa, New York, home was killed when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Fallujah, Iraq, on August 27, and Spc. Omead H. Razani, also 19, from L.A., and a member of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, died in Habbaniyah, Iraq.

Cpl. Barton R. Humlhanz, from Hellertown, PA, and the Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, died at age 23 from injuries received in hostile action in Babil Province, Iraq, on August 26, 2004.

Pfc. Nicholas M. Skinner, from Davenport, Iowa, and Lance Cpl. Alexander S. Arredondo, from Randolph, Massachusetts, both 20 years old and part of the Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were killed by hostile action in Najaf, on August 26th and 25th, respectively, and Spc. Marco D. Ross, yet another 20-year-old, from Memphis, Tennessee, and the 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, was killed by a mortar in Baghdad on the 25th. In Tikrit that day, Spc. Charles L. Neeley, only 19, of the 454th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, hailing from Mattoon, Illinois, was killed.

42-year-old Staff Sgt. Donald N. Davis, of Saginaw, Michigan, with the 660th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, died in Fallujah, Iraq, on August 24. Lance Cpl. Jacob R. Lugo, 21, from Flower Mound, Texas, and the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed the same day in Al Anbar Province.

A rocket-propelled grenade claimed the life of Staff Sgt. Robert C. Thornton Jr., 35, from the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, and Rainbow City, Alabama, in Baghdad on August 23, 2004.

On August 22nd, 30-year-old Cpl. Christopher Belchik, from Jersey, Illinois, and the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed in Al Anbar Provine, and 2nd Lt. Matthew R. Stovall, a 25 year old from Horn Lake, Mississippi, with the 367th Maintenance Company, 298th Corps Support Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard, was blown up by a bomb in Mosul.

Cpl. Nicanor Alvarez, 22, hailing from San Bernardino, California, attached to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Sgt. Jason Cook, 25, of Okanogan, Washington, and Pfc. Nachez Washalanta, 21, from Bryan, Oklahoma, both of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were killed in action in Al Anbar Province on August 21, 2004, as were Pfc. Kevin A. Cuming, 22, from North White Plains, New York, a member of the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Lance Cpl. Seth Huston, age 19, of Perryton, Texas, and the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, and Gunnery Sgt. Edward T. Reeder, 32, from Camp Verde, Arizona, with the Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

My good friend, DT, had Pfc. Ryan A. Martin, 22, as a student in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Pfc. Martin was killed along with another member of the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, 1st Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III, 38, from Columbus, when a bomb exploded near their vehicle on August 20, 2004, near Samarra.

Cpl. Brad P. McCormick, 23, from Overton, Tennessee, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve, died in hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 19, 2004.

Lance Cpl. Dustin R. Fitzgerald, 22, from Huber Heights, Ohio, and Sgt. Harvey E. Parkerson III, 27, from Yuba City, California, were killed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 18, 2004, as was Jacksonville, Florida's Sgt. Richard M. Lord, 24, of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. Caleb J. Powers, 21, hailing from Mansfield, Washington, and the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was also killed in action in Al Anbar Province, on August 17, 2004.

Spc. Brandon T. Titus, a 20 year old from Boise, Idaho, attached to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 17, 2004; and Pfc. Henry C. Risner, 26, from Golden, Colorado, a member of the same unit, was killed August 18, under similar circumstances.

Thirty-year-old Sgt. David M. Heath, from LaPorte, Indiana, of the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division was killed in an attack by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Sadr City, Iraq, on August 16, 2004.

2nd Lt. James Michael Goins, 23, serving with the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, and from Bonner Springs, Kansas, died as a result of hostile fire in Najaf, Iraq, on August 15, 2004.

Pfc. Fernando B. Hannon, just 19 years old, with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, from Wildomar, California, Pfc. Geoffrey Perez, a 24-year-old from Los Angeles, with the same unit, and Spc. Mark Anthony Zapata, 27, of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, from Edinburg, Texas, were killed by hostile fire in Najaf, Iraq, on August 15.

23-year-old Sgt. Daniel Michael Shepherd, from Elyria, Ohio, of Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, was killed when his M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ramadi, Iraq, on August 15, as was Pfc. Brandon R. Sapp, 21, from Lake Worth, Florida, attached to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

Lance Cpl. Kane M. Funke, 20, from Vancouver, Washington, with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, and Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Morrison, 23, of Carlisle, PA, with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, died due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 13.

1st Lt. Neil Anthony Santoriello, 24, from the 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, hailing from Verona, Pennsylvania, was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his mounted reconnaissance patrol vehicle in Khalidiyah, Iraq, on August 13, 2004.

Sgt. Daniel Lee Galvan, 30, of the 2nd Battalion (Assault), 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Light Infantry Division, from Moore, Oklahoma, was killed when the helicopter he was in developed mechanical difficulties and crashed in Salerno, Afghanistan, on August 12, 2004.

Capt. Michael Yury Tarlavsky, 39, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), from Passaic, New Jersey, was killed when his unit came under attack from small-arms fire and grenades in Najaf, Iraq, on August 12, 2004

On August 11th, Staff Sgt. John R. Howard, 26-year-old from Covington, Virginia, Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, and Reston, Virginia's, Lance Cpl. Tavon L. Hubbard, 24, with Command Element, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were both killed in a helicopter crash in Al Anbar Province.

Capt. Andrew R. Houghton, 25, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, of Houston, Texas, died on August 9, 2004, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries he received when a rocket propelled grenade blew up near his vehicle on July 10, 2004, in Ad Dhuha, Iraq

Teenager Lance Cpl. Jonathan W. Collins, from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, whose home is in Crystal Lake, Illinois, died in hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 8, 2004.

Rick A. Ulbright, 49 years old, a Department of the Air Force civilian assigned to the 33rd Field Investigative Squadron, from Waldorf, Maryland, expired at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, from wounds received during a mortar attack on August 8.

22-year-old Pfc. David L. Potter, with 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, from Johnson City, Tennessee, died in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 7, 2004.

Sgt. Bobby E. Beasley, 36, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light Infantry), Virginia Army National Guard. from Inwood, West Virginia, was killed when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Ghazikel, Afghanistan, on August 7, 2004.

Also on August 7, Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry, 39, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light Infantry), Virginia Army National Guard, from Winchester, Virginia, was killed when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Ghazikel, Afghanistan.

Cpl. Roberto Abad, a 22-year-old with the Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, hailing from L.A., was killed in hostile action in Najaf, Iraq, on August 6.

Spc. Joshua I. Bunch, 23, from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, with the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, was killed when individuals using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades attacked his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 6, 2004.

Mount Hermon, Louisiana's Lance Cpl. Larry L. Wells, age 22, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed in hostile action on August 6.

Pfc. Raymond J. Faulstich Jr., 24, of the 89th Transportation Company, 6th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Group, who lived in Leonardtown, Maryland, was killed when the enemy attacked his convoy with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Najaf, Iraq, on August 5, 2004.

Spc. Donald R. McCune, 20, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, from Yplsilanti, Michigan, died August 5, 2004, in a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol on August 4 in Balad, Iraq.

Sgt. Yadir G. Reynoso, age 27, from Wapato, Washington, and Sgt. Moses D. Rocha, 33, of Roswell, New Mexico, both with the Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, died due to injuries received from hostile action in Najaf, Iraq, on August 5, 2004.

Gunnery Sgt. Elia P. Fontecchio, 30, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, from Milford, Massachusetts, died from injuries received from hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 4, 2004.

Lance Cpl. Joseph L. Nice, 19, of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, calling Nicoma Park, Oklahoma, home, died due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 4, 2004.

Sgt. Tommy L. Gray, 34, 215th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, of Roswell, New Mexico, died when he became caught between two motor pool vehicles in Taji, Iraq, on August 3, 2004.

Capt. Gregory A. Ratzlaff, 36, Medium Helicopter Squadron 166, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, from Olympia, Washington, died of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Forward Operating Base Duke near Najaf, Iraq, on August 3, 2004

Cpl. Dean P. Pratt, 22, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, hailing from Stevensville, Montana, was killed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on August 2, 2004, as was Sgt. Juan Calderon, Jr., age 26, of Weslaco, Texas, in a firefight.

Pfc. Harry N. Shondee, Jr., 19, 2nd Battalion, 12th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, from Ganado, Arizona, died on August 3, 2004, of injuries received when a bomb detonated near his vehicle while he was on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 2. Harry probably saw Spc. Justin B. Onwordi, 28, from Chandler, Arizona, die while sitting next to him in that vehicle.

Spc. Anthony J. Dixon, 20, of Lindenwold, New Jersey, and Spc. Armando Hernandez, 22, from Hesperia, California, were killed when a bomb went off near their guard post in Samarra, Iraq, on August 1, 2004.

Posted by Bill at September 6, 2004 11:54 PM