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| US marine is first combat death |
| 2003-03-21 |
| A US marine has been killed in Iraq becoming the first combat death of the war. The soldier, from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was involved in the ground assault in southern Iraq. Lieutenant Colonel Neal Peckham, a British military spokesman in Kuwait, said he had no further details. MSNBC cable network reported that the soldier was felled by Iraqi gunfire during the advance on the Rumeila oil field. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #2 Rest in Peace, dear citizen and hero. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-21 10:45:49 |
| #1 Thank you for being so brave. On monday I will be bringing flowers for you and those in the helicopter to the US consulate general in Sydney , and also to the British. Today I tried to bring the US consulate some flowers just to say: thank you for doing what is right instead of what is popular, and also that not everyone is a protestor. But I got there right on closing (they close early now due to the war) and they wouldn't let me up to the secure level because of the war. I am sorry they have been made to suffer this way. Rest in peace, brave soldiers, I will never forget that you sacrificed for your country, and I am very sad that you died. |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-03-21 07:57:00 |