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Oct 21st, 2010


U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As of Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at least 4,425 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,967 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s most recent weekly tally.

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U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq

Latest identification:


Army Pfc. Dylan T. Reid, 24, Springfield, Mo., died Oct. 16, 2010 in Amarah, Iraq in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

As of Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at least 1,245 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 8,825 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s weekly tally.

Latest identifications:


Army Pfc. Jordan M. Byrd, 19, Grantsville, Utah, died Oct. 13, 2010 in Yahya Kheyl, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.


Army Sgt. Carlos A. Benitez, 24, Carrollton, Texas, died Oct. 14, 2010 while conducting combat operations between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.


Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley, 20, Portsmouth, Va., died Oct. 14, 2010 while conducting combat operations between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.


Marine Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood, 19, Byron, Ill., died Oct. 14, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Lance Cpl. Irvin M. Ceniceros, 21, Clarksville, Ark., died Oct. 14, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph C. Lopez, 26, Rosamond, Calif., died Oct. 14, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Army Spc. Rafael Martinez Jr., 36, Spring Valley, Calif., died Oct. 14, 2010 while conducting combat operations between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.


Army Sgt. Eric C. Newman, 30, Waynesboro, Miss., died Oct. 14, 2010 in Akatzai Kalay, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.


Marine Lance Cpl. James D. Boelk, 24, Oceanside, Calif., died Oct. 15, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Sgt. Ian M. Tawney, 25, Dallas, Ore., died Oct. 16, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Cpl. Jorge Villarreal Jr., 22, San Antonio, Texas, died Oct. 17, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Cullins, 28, Simi Valley, Calif., died Oct. 19, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Lance Cpl. Francisco R. Jackson, 24, Elizabeth, N.J., died Oct. 19, 2010 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — October 21, 2009

God Bless Bob Dole


Bob Dole, off to war in 1945.
(The Russell Daily News)

One year ago today, I reported that Rep. Michele Bachmann, eager for a few minutes in the media limelight but evincing little appreciation of Sacrifice in Service to Country, colluded with talk-show host Laura Ingraham in a drive-by dissing of decorated war hero Bob Dole, essentially depicting him as a loser.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — October 21, 2008

Write-in Campaign: Day 3

Two years ago today, on the third day of my write-in campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, I thanked supporters for their messages of encouragement and online contributions and published excerpts from Nick Coleman’s Oct. 21, 2008 Star Tribune column, “Republican angered by Bachmann revives candidacy.”

Republican Angered by Bachmann Revives Candidacy

Nick Coleman
By Nick Coleman
Star Tribune
October 21, 2008

Excerpts

An Immelmann is a precise aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane performs a half-roll to reverse its direction. A Bachmann is sloppier but more spectacular: To perform a Bachmann, a candidate for Congress puts her foot in her mouth, talks stupidly for seven minutes and watches her reelection campaign burst into flames. …

She put herself in the sights of an Immelman again.

Aubrey Immelman, 52, is a psychology professor at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., who ran against Bachmann in the Republican primary. He finished second, with just 14 percent of the vote, but he got his campaign off the ground again Saturday by announcing he will run as a write-in candidate on Nov. 4 in the hope of knocking Bachmann out. …

Immelman, who has four children, is related distantly to Trevor Immelman, the South African golfer who won the 2008 Masters Tournament last spring. But when it comes to his write-in effort against Bachmann, he has more in common with the derring-do of Max Immelmann (sometimes spelled with a single ‘n’) who was called the Blue Max in World War I. For he has embarked on a one-way mission: He doesn’t want Democrats or Independents to vote for him. He just wants to take enough votes from Bachmann to bring her down. …

Bachmann may still win this dogfight. But her mouth has made it harder for her, and sanity just might be making a late comeback in the Sixth District.

Tinklenberg is flying high, Immelman has taken off on his write-in mission and even retired general and GOP icon Colin Powell, who endorsed Obama over the weekend, took a moment to fire a salvo at Bachmann’s remarks: “We have got to stop this kind of nonsense.” …

Bachmann is choking on her own hateful words. And there is only one maneuver that can help with that problem:

Not an Immelmann.

A Heimlich.





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