Deadly "Last Throes"

Suicide bomber kills six U.S. troops in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. Marine vehicle in the city of Falluja, killing six American troops in one of the deadliest single assaults on U.S. ground forces in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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U.S. officers say insurgents are developing more powerful "shaped" bombs that are capable of piercing if not destroying U.S. armored vehicles, greatly increasing the deadliness of their attacks.

Boy aren't we lucky they are in their "last throes". Think how bad it would be if they weren't.