Horrible news from Iraq, where six British soldiers were killed in an attack:
Six British military personnel in Iraq were killed and eight were wounded today in two separate attacks near the southeastern city of Amara, a spokeswoman for Britain’s Ministry of Defense said. The deaths were the first among British troops by hostile fire since April 6.
It was one of the deadliest days for coalition troops since President Bush declared the end of major allied combat operations on May 1.
The six fatalities happened in the same attack, the spokeswoman said, though she offered no further details on the incident.
This is awful, but what is most surprising is how the NY TIMES covered it on the front page of their web-site:
It was one of the deadliest days for coalition troops since President Bush declared the end of major allied combat operations on May 1.
See, lefties- even the NY Times gets it right when Howell is not around. Bush did not declare the war was over- he declared that MAJOR combat operations had ceased. Quit telling us that all these casualties happened “after the war.” You are just making yourself look foolish.
At any rate, that is twice in one week I have praised the NY Times for objectivity and honesty. The Times, they are a-changin’.
tom scott
From Spleenville link
David at Cronaca comments on reports that British forces in Iraq, whose “friendly” cloth caps and lack of “intimidating” body armor had been contrasted favorably with the scary, brutish American forces, have been taking casualties. He is wondering when the anti-flak-jacket folks are going to make note of this unpleasant side effect of dropping your guard in a war zone. Well, let’s listen
Jim Henley
So uh, John. Since, as you say, Bush didn’t declare an end to the war, just to “major combat operations,” may I tell the folks who kept crowing about how “we won the war in three weeks” to go restart their clocks and pipe up when the war is really over?
John Cole
Jim- Yes and no. We are clearly in a different phase now, but what irks me is the presumption that Bush somehow said “That’s it. That’s all, folks. No more danger.”