Tuesday, November 04, 2003
War News for November 4, 2003
Bring 'em on: "Huge explosions" reported near US compound in central Baghdad.
Bring ‘em on: One US soldier killed, one wounded in bomb ambush near Baghdad.
Bring ‘em on: US Army convoy attacked by RPG fire near Samarra.
Bring ‘em on: Mortar attacks on US positions in Baghdad.
Bring ‘em on: Bomb in Karbala kills three civilians.
Bring ‘em on: One US soldier killed, one wounded by land mine near Tikrit.
Bring ‘em on: US-appointed neighborhood councilman assassinated in Baghdad.
Bring ‘em on: Iraqi judge assassinated in Najaf.
Bring ‘em on: Judge assassinated in Mosul.
Bring ‘em on: Iraqi police station in Mosul attacked by RPG fire.
Bring ‘em on: US patrol attacked with RPG fire near Khaldiyah.
Bring ‘em on: US patrol under small arms fire near Uja.
Spain withdraws embassy staff from Baghdad due to deteriorating security. The Dutch and Bulgarians withdrew last month.
Report from Fallujah.
Wounded soldiers often want to return to duty. “’Do not kick me out for this,’ Sgt. McCaffrey grunted to his commander as the medevac chopper lifted him, with a bleeding, bandaged stump, from a dirt road in Afghanistan on July 1. ‘I ain't done yet.’… It is hard to explain such drive to civilians. Parents, wives and children may figure enough sacrifice has been made.”
Casualty Reports
Local story: Oklahoma soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Two Puerto Rico soldiers killed in Iraq.
Local story: South Carolina soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Nebraska soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Mississippi soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Ohio soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: California soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Connecticut soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Texas soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Virginia soldier killed in Iraq.
Local story: Wisconsin soldier wounded in Iraq.
Local story: North Carolina soldier wounded in Iraq.
Local story: North Dakota soldier wounded in Iraq.
Decorations for Valor
Artilleryman awarded Bronze Star medal.
Paratrooper awarded posthumous Bronze Star medal.
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