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W's surrogates

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It makes sense for W. to use surrogates to do his fighting, just as he did when he slid out of Vietnam and just as he did when he sent our troops to fight his administration's misbegotten vanity war in Iraq.

Iraq Coalition Casualties

08/21/04 Southbendtribune: Wounded Marine on light duty Anthony Stamper, who received a concussion from an Aug. 12 blast while on patrol with fellow Marines, is now on light duty. 08/21/04 CNN: Sporadic fighting around Shiite shrine U.S. forces and fighters loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr traded sporadic gunfire Saturday outside the Imam Ali mosque 08/21/04 CNN: 2 Additional Polish Soldiers Killed (Not Confirmed) Three Polish soldiers were killed Saturday...Two soldiers were killed when their vehicle exploded. The cause of the blast was unclear, but Iraqi police said there was no evidence of a roadside bomb. 08/21/04 SeaCoastOnline: Airman suicide suspected The U.S. Air Force is investigating the suspected suicide death of a New Hampshire Air National Guard member who returned from Iraq on Tuesday and died a day later at his home in Merrimack. 08/21/04 Iraq Pipeline Watch: #88 - #97 - pipeline attacks confirmations August 20 - explosion at 8:30am on domestic pipeline through which oil flows from Kirkuk to Baiji refinery at point 19 miles (30 km) west of Kirkuk. 08/21/04 LowellSun: Tyngsboro Marine injured in Iraq Marine Cpl. Matthew Boisvert, a 21-year-old Tyngsboro native, suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday in Iraq when the Humvee he was driving struck a bomb in the road, nearly severing his leg and arm 08/21/04 AberdeenNews: Guards, Reservists speak out The United States may find itself short of National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers unless they get a fairer shake, some area military personnel and their families said Friday 08/21/04 AP: Dayton medics heading to Iraq A large group of medics who work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will be sent to Iraq, resulting in a temporary reduction of some surgeries and surgical appointments at the base hospital, officials said Friday. 08/21/04 SPA: Bomb attack sets oil pipeline ablaze Insurgents bombed Saturday an oil pipeline in southern Iraq that had not been in use for several days, setting it ablaze 08/21/04 BBC: Rebels still control Najaf shrine Followers of the rebel Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr are still in control of the Imam Ali shrine in Iraq. 08/21/04 Centcom: One Soldier Killed by RPG - Confirmed One Soldier was killed and two Soldiers wounded when their vehicle was struck by an rocket-propelled grenade today in southern Baghdad around12:30 a.m. 08/21/04 Centcom: 2 Danger Soldiers Killed in Samarra - Confirmed Two Task Force Danger Soldiers were killed and three Soldiers were wounded when their patrol was attacked Aug. 20 by an improvised explosive device near Samarra around 6 p.m 08/21/04 iribnews: Four Iraqis died in separate attacks A senior policeman was shot dead early Saturday in the restive city of Ramadi, while three Iraqis were killed and 11 wounded in three homemade bomb explosions across the country, police and medics said 08/21/04 AFP: Polish soldier killed, six hurt in Iraq car bomb attack A Polish soldier was killed and six others wounded in a car bomb attack nea r Hilla in southern Iraq a Polish military spokesman was quoted by the PAP news agency as saying. 08/21/04 gadsdentimes: Two Marshall County soldiers wounded in Iraq (reg required) Sgt. Michael Austin and Sgt. Daniel Martin, both of Grant, were in Najaf when a mortar round exploded just a few feet away. Martin's injuries were minor, but Austin's were more serious 08/21/04 katu: Solder to come home after neck injury in Iraq Sergeant Justin Little, 24, was on night patrol Wednesday in Mosul, Iraq when the Stryker vehicle he was in went over a 30-foot embankment. 08/21/04 xinhuanet: US soldier killed in bomb attack in Baghdad One US soldier was killed and twoothers were wounded when their vehicle was attacked by rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad early Saturday, the US military said 08/21/04 breakingnews: Roadside bombs explode north if Iraqi capital Assailants detonated roadside bombs in two separate attacks north of the Iraqi capital today, killing three civilians in attacks apparently aimed at passing US troops, hospital officials said.