Soldier Found Dead From Gunshot Wound (#1451)

[bluestateguy]

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20050210.txt


LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq – One 1st Corps Support Command Soldier is dead as the result of a gunshot wound around 1 p.m., Feb. 8.

The Soldier was pronounced dead on the scene and the body has been transferred to the local mortuary affairs detachment here.

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[leftchick]

1. I wonder if this is the same death....

Probably not, they are trying desperately to hide them now...

US soldier killed north of Baghdad
From correspondents in Baghdad
February 09, 2005
A US soldier was shot dead north of Baghdad yesterday, the military announced in a statement today.

The military did not elaborate on the location of the incident happened but the dead soldier's unit is based in Balad, north of the capital.

The US military earlier announced the death of another soldier, killed in the northern city of Mosul on February 6.

The deaths raise to 1446 the number of US military personnel whose lives have been lost in Iraq since Washington invaded in March 2003, according to Pentagon figures.


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12201420%5E1702,00.html

..and the real number is 1453(that they acknowledge). Suicides and accidents don't count.

Military Fatalities: By Time Period

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
3 594 26 28 648 2.87 226
2 717 27 58 802 1.89 424
1 140 33 0 173 4.02 43
Total 1451 86 86 1623 2.34 693

To View Period Details Click The Period Number
Time Periods Defined
Latest Fatality: Feb 08, 2005


Military Fatalities: By Month
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
2-2005 11 0 1 12 1.33 9


http://icasualties.org/oif/

[goddess40]

2. I also wonder what the real death toll numbers are

How many parents share the same number for their childs death?

[saigon68]

3. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"Too bad the Body armor didn't stop a "HEAD SHOT" ", he continued.