US military deaths in Iraq are now over the 1500 mark

[mainer]

We're now at 1503. This includes deaths from all causes

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties.htm

[conseco]

1. Hillary is now on board

with the Republicans on Iraq.

[rodeodance]

2. was this on the news today? I have not listened

[oasis]

9. 1) Off topic 2) Not true

[teryang]

3. This number doesn't include many Americans killed

Another group of unreported and untracked casualties:


http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/109798...

Private, vulnerable `armies' deploy for modern-day wars

BY KIRSTEN SCHARNBERG

Chicago Tribune


<snip>In the nearly two years since the war began in Iraq, at least 232 civilians working on U.S. military and reconstruction contracts have been killed there, many in violent but largely overlooked slayings, according to a report issued to Congress several weeks ago. Because of difficulties in accounting for this virtual army of private contactors in Iraq - many of whom are working in supply, logistics and even combat roles integral to the military's mission - the death toll actually could be far higher.>

[rodeodance]

4. missing 9 year old, irael bombing, missing credit card tapes , pope not to

talk, but no news about hitting the 1500 mark.
in fact Irag not on news (cnn)

[rodeodance]

6. BTK killings, Terry S in Florida, -oh Irag update--kidnapped jounalist,

2 Irai dead, no americans dead,
fire on top of res. in Tiawan, Japan and the space race.
nowthe sports.
No mention of 1500 dead mark today from CNN Headline news 9 am news.
Guess not important enough to be a headline. Sad, so sad.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Wasn't 1500 once the "magic number" of casualties

that it was once said the people wouldn't tolerate for Boosh's Excellent Adventure? Or have the the King's Stenographers done an "as you were" and shifted that number to 2000?

...soon to be 2500, then 5000, then...

[alcuno]

5. My source says 1492.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[LynnTheDem]

10. 1493 now.

:( (Not updated yet)

We'll hit 1500 in the next couple days, most likely.

[Deja Q]

8. Horrible. I wonder how things would have been if the media and people

had proven * wrong before the Iraq invasion and, indeed, showing that 9/11 was LIHOP (a fact finally confirmed in August, 2003 as I recall...)