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What the Hell is Going on Here?

A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY

This is a current headline (posted Sun Aug 3, 12:53 PM ET) running on Yahoo/AP News and mirrored on the New York Times front (web) page with an AP attribution:

U.S. Goes Two Days With No Combat Deaths

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - For a second straight day, the U.S. military reported no fatal attacks Sunday on American soldiers in Iraq. In a series of raids, troops detained two dozen people they said were participating in the violent resistance to the U.S. occupation, including a 'targeted leader.'"

But go to the NY Times International Headlines webpage and you find this story:

Americans Killed Near Baghdad

"BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 2 — A homemade bomb exploded under a convoy this morning, killing two American soldiers and their interpreter, and a grenade attack Friday night left another American dead, military officials said today.

At least four other soldiers were wounded in the attacks.

In Friday night's attack, soldiers with the Fourth Infantry Division were struck by a rocket-propelled grenade about 10:30 p.m. while traveling in a convoy near the town of Shumayt, 40 miles north of the capital, said Specialist Nicole Thompson, a military spokeswoman in Baghdad. One soldier was killed and three were wounded.

Today, two soldiers and their interpreter were killed between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. when a homemade bomb exploded under their convoy on the outskirts of Baghdad, striking two Humvees, said Pfc. Jose Belen, with the First Armored Division."

What the hell is going on here?

A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY