Randi says we've reached the 2K mark

[CatWoman]

and it should be announced on CNN very soon.

2 THOUSAND US SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN KILLED IN IRAQ.

[quiet.american]

Damn. And still Bush sleeps soundly at night. n/t

[MissB]

1. Whaaaa?

Last I looked, it was around 1700. Damn.

[Goldmund]

2. I think she meant 2000 COALITION troops

Not 2000 US troops

[CatWoman]

5. What "coalition"

:shrug:

Did I forget Poland?

[Goldmund]

18. Look here

www.icasualties.org

1979 dead troops altogether -- mostly UK in addition to US, of course.

[CatWoman]

19. look at post #12

[Goldmund]

20. Ahhhh

I see, I dig.

The only thing is that I don't know how smart it is to lump those two conflicts together, because most of the country would not agree that Afghanistan was unjustified.

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. Because of LIES!

:cry: Damn, damn, damn.

[deutsey]

16. Someone should take that film clip of Bush joking about missing WMDs

and intersperse it with images of flag-draped coffins and military funerals.

Maybe every time the assholes in the audience laugh at Bush's little jokes, show a bereaved family crying at graveside.

[lvx35]

4. Soon, 1 troop for every year sinse the crucifixion.

huh.

[montanacowboy]

6. Catwoman - did you do the post mortem

on Trinity?

[CatWoman]

8. I left work early to retrieve her pet taxi

and to pay for it.

I should hear from the vet any day now........

:cry:

[montanacowboy]

11. Please be sure to post

for us so we all know. Good for you for having it done.

[deutsey]

7. Really? Icasualties has 1785 (which is bad enough)

Has something really horrible happened to make the number jump that dramatically?

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[grumpy old fart]

14. If you throw in Mercenaries and coalition nations, it tops 2000.....

[uppityperson]

15. 1979 Coalition, 1785 USA

right now on icasualties.org It gives the names of Guardsmen killed in last few days in article on right of their page, but the names aren't yet listed under period details.

Edited to add the article here with a personal "fuck you" to the authors of the article. If you read it, you will understand. http://www.13wmaz.com/news/top_stories.aspx?storyid=16447

The Department of the Army has identified four Georgia National Guardsmen killed in action in Iraqi on Sunday, May 24, 2005. They are identified as:


Staff Sgt. Carl Ray Fuller, 44, Covington, GA

Sgt. James Ondra Kinlow, 35, Thomson, GA

Sgt. John Frank Thomas, 33, from Valdosta, GA

Spc. Jacques Earl Brunson, 30, Americus, GA

The four soldiers were members of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team. They were killed when their HUMVEE was struck by an improvised explosive device while on patrol near Baghdad, Iraq.

"These Soldiers died doing what they believed in. They died in pursuit of freedom for Iraqi citizens, and to protect Americans from terrorism," said Maj. Gen. David B. Poythress, Georgia's Adjutant General. "This is a tragic time for all of us, but we will come together as a National Guard family to provide whatever support we can for the families and loved ones of these brave heroes."

More than 7,000 members of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard have mobilized in the past three years to support the Global War on Terror. They include more than 3,000 members of the 48th Brigade Combat Team who deployed to Iraq in May, as part of the largest mobilization of Georgia National Guard Soldiers into a combat zone since World War II.

[MissB]

9. Is that maybe the Iraq/Afghanistan combined figure?

[CatWoman]

10. don't know

it very well could be -- I just focused on the "2000" figure.

[unhappycamper]

12. US (Iraq) deaths = 1785; US (Afghanistan) deaths = 214

1785 + 214 = 1999

Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/


on edit: click on 'Afghanistan OEF' to see Afghanistan deaths.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. We are 21 deaths away from 2000 COALITION casualties

according to this website:

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[eleny]

17. Oh no

[goodboy]

21. www.icasualties.org/oif

http://icasualties.org/oif/

I don't think it's 2K.