A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq ( 1860 Dead, 14,021 Wounded )

[leftchick]

As of Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, at least 1,860 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,440 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.

The AP count is six higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday.

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Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,721 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,331 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 14,021 U.S. servicemembers have been wounded, according to a Defense Department tally released Tuesday.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050817/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths_4

[obxhead]

1. The MSM lets us down again by not broadcasting

these numbers daily.

[leftchick]

3. remember day 165, etc. of The Iran Hostage crisis??

That is the difference between a repuke and Democratic administration.. The US media is shameless. :puke:

[Booster]

2. Read, rated and kick. Sad.

[TrogL]

4. Does that number include those who died after being airlifted?

Some soldiers are airlifted to Germany and die there. My understand is that those numbers are NOT included in the 1800+.

[TahitiNut]

5. (Urban myth) They're counted.

:shrug: Standards for death certificates are followed - the proximate cause of death is accounted for. If, however, the soldier is almost well and falls down the stairwell at Landstuhl and breaks his neck, it's not regarded as a death attributable to Iraq duty. While at a far lower key, this myth was peddled duing Viet Nam, too. For example, deaths from infections secondary to extensive burns treated at Brooks Army Hospital at Fort Sam Houston were counted as "Viet Nam casualties" - even though some claimed otherwise.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Wrong

Your understanding is incorrect.

[despairing optimist]

7. At this rate the 2,000 mark may be reached by summer's end

A terrible milestone leading into the antiwar demo in DC on September 24. The good in all this bad news is that more and more pressure is being put on the * gang from every direction: foreign policy, economic policy, Supreme Court appointments, Social Security, civil liberties, conflicts of interest everywhere, corruption scandals, Plame coverup, environmental abuse, and on and on. I think Frank Rich said the Iraq war was like Vietnam on speed, and so is the breakdown of the * administration. Day by day it's coming apart--faster, I think, than the Nixon regime did.