Winning the War?

Seven more U.S. Marines died today. So far, Bush's war of conquest against Iraq has cost 990 dead and 7000 wounded U.S. troops. When they get home, wounded soldiers face a system that wants them to just go away. AND - Yet another of Bush's excuses to go to war is proven to be a LIE!

Car bomb kills seven Marines in Iraq
By KIM HOUSEGO
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Monday, September 6, 2004 · Last updated 1:39 p.m. PT


A destroyed vehicle lies at the site of a massive car bomb attack on the outskirts of Fallujah, 65kms(40 miles) north west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Sept. 6, 2004. Seven U.S. marines and 3 Iraqi National Guard soldiers died in the apparent suicide attack, US military officials said. (AP Photo/Abdul Khader Sadi)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide attacker sped up to a U.S. military convoy outside Fallujah and detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on Monday, killing seven Marines and three Iraqi soldiers, U.S. military officials said. It was the deadliest day for American forces in four months. ....


Many wounded in Iraq war now battle medical system
WAR IN IRAQ: WASHINGTON STATE'S TOLL
Nicholas K. Geranios, The Associated Press

SPOKANE - Lance Cpl. Ian Anderson of Spokane was a gung-ho Marine who was shot five times while serving his country in Iraq.

Now he is an embittered 23-year-old coping with his wounds, angry at his medical care, and unsure what he will do with the rest of his life.

One of more than 130 Washington residents who have been wounded so far in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Anderson personifies a hard truth about war: Enthusiastic patriotism often gives way to shattered lives. ....

U.N.: Iraqi Drones Were No Threat
Aircraft Could Not Deliver Weapons
By Colum LynchWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, September 5, 2004; Page A28
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations' chief weapons inspector has concluded there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein's government ever developed unpiloted drones capable of dispersing chemical and biological weapons agents on enemy targets. ....