Yesterday an acquaintance at work said something about Iraq and I replied; hey, this has been a pretty good month so far only two men have been killed in the first 10 days of the month.
About 15 minutes later the 1 PM news on my radio dial announced the deaths of the first five soldiers and then, three more were killed later in the day.
Unfortunately, I spoke too soon.
Unfortunately, we're still stupidly occupying Iraq.
BAGHDAD — A man walked up to a group of American soldiers on foot patrol in an upscale shopping district in central Baghdad on Monday and detonated the explosives-filled vest he was wearing, killing five soldiers and wounding three others and an Iraqi interpreter who accompanied them.
In eastern Diyala Province, north of the capital, three more American soldiers and an interpreter were also killed Monday when they were attacked with an improvised bomb, according to the military, which did not release any more details.
Another soldier was wounded in the blast.
