More than 500 US soldiers killed in Iraq: Pentagon

[DuctapeFatwa]

A total of 504 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq while about 2,849 others have been wounded in the nearly 10 months since the US-led coalition invaded the country, the Pentagon confirmed on Sunday.

The Pentagon added the nine killed when a UH-60 Black Hawk went down in the Iraqi town of Fallujah on Thursday, and another fatality to the total.

On Friday, the defence department said 494 had died, including 342 in hostile fire and another 152 due to non-combat incidents, including accidents and suicides.

Pentagon spokesman Megan Grafton said that in addition to the nine killed in Fallujah, another soldier was killed in a mortar attack on January 7 in Baghdad.




http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_529028,00050001.htm

[bluestateguy]

1. The Lunaville website is down

That was the best, most detailed and most up to date casualty website. I hope it returns soon.

[Barrett808]

2. Lunaville is working for me n/t

n/t

[Maeve]

4. Also for me--link inside

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

However, it only lists 495 at this time.

[Newsjock]

3. Wait a minute

Last week, the AP said the count of 494 included the 9 dead in the copter crash.

Something's not jiving here.

[IndianaGreen]

5. The Pentagon is not counting those that died stateside of their wounds

One such case is Spec. Luke Frist, of Indiana. Frist received burns over 95% of his body when the fuel truck he was driving was hit by a RPG. Frist was flown out of Iraq to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, the premier burn center in the world. Frist died on January 6.

The Pentagon did not count Frist as among the Iraq KIAs!

Mother of soldier who died after Iraqi ambush leads support group

The Associated Press
January 7, 2004 4:56 PM

LAFAYETTE, IND. -- A woman who heads a support group for families of soldiers serving in Iraq is now the one in need of support _ her 20-year-old son died after suffering burns in an ambush in Iraq.

Relatives of soldiers in the 209th Quartermaster Company say Patti Frist has been a source of strength for them since the 108-member Lafayette-based Army Reserve unit left for the Middle East last April.

"She's like a rock. Nothing can move her. I just don't know how you can go through this and still stand," said Brenda Rasmussen of rural Attica.

Frist's son, Spc. Luke Frist, died Monday three days after being burned over 95 percent of his body in an ambush attack outside Ar Ramadi, Iraq.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/4/109301-9344-127.html

[OpenMindedDem]

7. The soldier is listed on Lunaville. Don't they have the count right?

Army Reserve Specialist Luke P. Frist
Age: 20
From: Brookston, Indiana
Assigned To: 209th Quartermaster Company
Based In: Lafayette, IN
Fatality Date: Monday, January 05, 2004
Fatality Cause: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Fatality Location: Brooke Army Med Center, TX, USA

:(

[Zhade]

12. Ah, silly IG. You know KIA means in-country, not stateside.

Now stop questioning Our Fuhrer!

;)

I hate these fuckers. If there were any justice, they'd be the ones with burns over 95% of their worthless, traitorous carcasses.

(And no, you lurking brownshirts, I am NOT advocating or planning violence, so stop rubbing your crotches while staring longingly at a picture of John Asscrotch!)

[Cooley Hurd]

6. 504 lives lost. And for what?

I thought of all the dead while watching Richard Perle on CNN today. What a vile, pasty, fat piece of crap he is. Sitting in a safe TV studio in Washington, getting a back rub from Blitzer... :grr:

Does HE ever contemplate how many people are dead specifically because of his policies? How does that foul son of a bitch SLEEP?

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[leftchick]

8. and tweety said perle is ....

Charming!?! What The Fuck? He doesn't recognise EVIL when it is staring him in his whore face?!?

:grr: ;grr: :grr:

[Zhade]

13. In a coffin full of blood, probably.

NT!

[llmart]

9. 2849 wounded?

I thought this past week they admitted to over 9,000 casualties?

[Crunchy Frog]

14. I believe the 9,000

refers to all soldier who have been evacuated from the field due to medical problems (including psychiatric). The 2849 specifically refers to those actually physically wounded. That is my understanding at least.

[proud patriot]

15. I find the "2849 wounded" number to be Stinky

but it's a gut feeling .

[daleo]

10. I was sure the 9 in the helicopter were already included in the 495

Perhaps since they knew the psychological milestone mark of 500 was coming up anyway, they decided to jump right over it. This eliminates the big 500 Deaths! headline that they might have gotten otherwise. A little like someone ignoring their 40th birthday for a few years (I am only 39), then admitting it a few years later (I am 43 - big deal).

Or maybe they just can't count.

[leetrisck]

11. They were included from all the figures I saw

Think they want to slip past this 500 and pretend it didn't happen - just keep on going - you know - that happened days ago - next?

[pscot]

20. Get it out on the weekend

when nobody's looking. They are so fucking cute.

[Terran]

16. Figure for the wounded is a boldfaced lie

NPR just did a story last week, in which they said the Army reported to them a figure of over 8000 Army personnel wounded seriously enough to warrant evacuation from Iraq. That's Army alone, not any other branch. So where does this 2000 figure/fantasy come from?

[BenDavid]

17. At 4:45 PM CST

Lunaville had 495 still posted.

[missile_bender]

18. Not among the dead and wounded are the sons and daughters of

George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Colin Powell, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld and the rest of the Terror Party.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Somebody should send candy and flowers

to Paul Wolfowitz... after all this is what he said would happen

Oh and someobdy should send cake to Ken Aldeman, it was going to be
a cakewalk

Hell we did send fruitcakes to a fruit cake... anybody with me