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□イラク各地でアメリカ兵11名が戦死 [Irish Sun]
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Eleven U.S. troops dead in Iraq
Irish Sun
Thursday 18th May, 2006
The death toll among U.S. troops continues to rise in Iraq, as attacks and casualties mount daily.
Four soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed on Thursday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
The statement issued by the 4th Infantry Division did not elaborate.
"Four Multi-National Division Baghdad Soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter died at approximately 2:30 p.m. Thursday when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle northwest of Baghdad," the statement said.
Also Thursday, the U.S. military said an American sailor assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 was killed during combat operations Wednesday in Anbar province, west of Baghdad.
Meantime a roadside bomb explosion in southern Baghdad Tuesday killed Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel, 32, of Bowling Green, Ky., while he was conducting a dismounted clearance mission during combat operations. Halsel was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Two Task Force Band of Brothers soldiers from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were killed near Balad Monday when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. Also Monday Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., 29, of Baltimore, Md., and Pfc. Grant A. Dampier, 25, of Merrill, Wis. were killed in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat patrol operations. They were both assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.
Capt. Shane R. Mahaffee, 36, of Alexandria, Va., died on Monday, in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, of injuries sustained on May 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat patrol operations in Al Hillah, Iraq. Mahaffee was assigned to the Army Reserve's 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tenn. His death took the U.S. death toll since Monday to eleven.
The Department of Defense also announced Thursday the names of two soldiers who were killed on Sunday in Yusufiyah, when their helicopter was shot down during combat operations. They were Maj. Matthew W. Worrell, 34, of Lewisville, Texas, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47 of Daleville, Ala. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Also Sunday two Marines killed while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province were named as Lance Cpl. Jose S. MarinDominguez Jr., 22, of Liberal, Kan., and Lance Cpl. Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby, 21, of Overbrook, Okla., They were both assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Chief Warrant Officer 4, John W. Engeman, 45, of East North Port, N.Y., and Master Sgt. Robert H. West, 37, of Elyria, Ohio were killed in Baghdad, Sunday, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 312th Regiment, 30th Enhanced Separate Brigade, Clinton, N.C.
Lance Cpl. Richard Z. James, 20, of Seaford, Del., was killed Saturday, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
On the political front, Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki is expected to seek parliamentary approval for his Cabinet on Saturday.
The critical posts of interior and defense minister are yet to be finalized. But officials say the Cabinet may be presented with or without a decision on those two positions.
The prime minister's 30-day deadline for forming a government expires on Monday.
The United States says a unified Iraqi government is key to ending sectarian violence and insurgent attacks.
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