Iraq War Casualty Management. How many have died in reality?

[Pryderi]

I know the gov't puts the official number at over 1,600, but does that include soldiers who die after they've been wounded?

I read that the actual death toll of US soldiers is closer to 7,000-9,000!

Can anyone verify it with a better source?

http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/52345

US Military Report: Bush’s Achilles’ Heel


The Bush Butcher’s Bill: Officially, 84 US Military Deaths in Iraq from 2 through 28 May, 2005 – Official Total of 1,747 US Dead to date (and rising)


U.S. Military Personnel who died in German hospitals or en route to German hospitals have not previously been counted. They total about 6,210 as of 1 January, 2005. The ongoing, underreporting of the dead in Iraq, is not accurate. The DoD is deliberately reducing the figures. A review of many foreign news sites show that actual deaths are far higher than the newly reduced ones. Iraqi civilian casualties are never reported but International Red Cross, Red Crescent and UN figures indicate that as of 1 January 2005, the numbers are just under 100,000.


Note: There is excellent reason to believe that the Department of Defense is deliberately not reporting a significant number of the dead in Iraq. We have received copies of manifests from the MATS that show far more bodies shipped into Dover AFP than are reported officially. The educated rumor is that the actual death toll is in excess of 7,000. Given the officially acknowledged number of over 15,000 seriously wounded, this elevated death toll is far more realistic than the current 1,400+ now being officially published. When our research is complete, and watertight, we will publish the results along with the sources. In addition to the evident falsification of the death rolls, at least 5,500 American military personnel have deserted, most in Ireland but more have escaped to Canada and other European countries, none of whom are inclined to cooperate with vengeful American authorities. (See TBR News of 18 February for full coverage on the mass desertions) This means that of the 158,000 U.S. military shipped to Iraq, 26,000 either deserted, were killed or seriously wounded. The DoD lists currently being very quietly circulated indicate almost 9,000 dead, over 16,000 seriously wounded and a large number of suicides, forced hospitalization for ongoing drug usage and sales, murder of Iraqi civilians and fellow soldiers , rapes, courts martial and so on – Brian Harring

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1. 1,747 + 6,210 = 7,957 and I have said that over 8,500 U.S troops...

...have dies as a result of the Iraq War since it began in Mar 2003. That puts my numbers very close to yours. Any ideas as to how we can get to the truth on this?

[unhappycamper]

2. LynnTheDem works with the team updating the ICCC.

Here's a response of hers to an earlier thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3751044&mesg_id=3751542

[Pryderi]

3. Ok. Thanks. I guess these "prisonplanet" sites are bullcrap

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4. I love those

little flags

[unhappycamper]

5. off topic: Poo flags are part of the "Beautify America Project."

The flags are Germany's gift to us. Find some poo, flag it, & the poo and flag disappear. I sure there a correlation between the time it takes poo and flag to disappear & the percentage of repugs in an area.

You can use these flags to train repugs to automatically pick up any poo they see!

:rofl:

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