Proof that the Defense Department is skewing casualty figures

[kainah]

Several weeks ago, it became clear that they were shifting from total dead to only those killed in combat. Since I've been keeping a poster with names of the dead for our peace group, I knew that the numbers were being fudged. In the last few weeks, it has not been unusual for me to have as many (and sometimes more) names than the full number of deaths they are claiming. Well, this week we've been told repeatedly that there've been no deaths since Friday. Maybe no COMBAT deaths, but at least two died yesterday. (All right, one was in Kuwait.) Here's the proof:

The latest identifications from the military:


_ Army Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman, 35, Freeport, Minn.; killed Wednesday when an Iraqi vehicle opened fire on his unit in Baghdad; assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.


_ Army Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd, 44, Jackson, Tenn.; died Tuesday in Kuwait after experiencing severe chest pains when on a mission; assigned to the 1175th Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Brownsville, Tenn.


_ Army Spc. Farao K. Letufuga, 20, Pago Pago, American Samoa; killed Tuesday when he fell from a roof while performing guard duty in Mosul, Iraq.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030808/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths&cid=540&ncid=1480

[whathappened]

1. yes this rush to hide it all

has got me fumeing for days now , it is like we are not even over there anymore , this boy jr. and all hid crooked crowd had got to go , we need the truth and now