Remember how we're not in Iraq anymore? Or that the fake/pretend troops that we left stationed there are "non-combat" so we could focus on other miserably failed wars? Or something?
Five U.S. soldiers were killed Monday in an attack in central Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement. It was the deadliest single attack this year against U.S. forces in Iraq and an indication of how dangerous the country remains for American troops as they prepare to withdraw by the end of 2011.
An Iraqi security source said that the five U.S. soldiers had been working as advisers on a base for Iraqi national police in eastern Baghdad when their quarters were targeted by rocket fire shortly before 7 a.m. local time.
The U.S. military declined to comment when asked about the information and referred back to their statement.
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Eleven U.S. soldiers were killed in April, and two died last month in attacks.
There are an estimated 46,000 U.S. troops remaining in Iraq.
To me, the definition of non-combat would mean not actively serving in a war zone. But that probably makes me crazy.
Also really encouraging to see that casualties continue to mount in Iraq, yet you never hear so much as word one about it anymore on any of the news networks.
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