48 Soldiers Have Died While Bush Vacations

[merh]

48 Soldiers Have Died While Bush Vacations

August 2, 2005 to August 15, 2005
15-Aug-2005
US Corporal Thomas Strickland
14-Aug-2005
US Specialist Toccara R. Green
US Specialist Gary L. Reese Jr.
US Sergeant Shannon D. Taylor
US Staff Sergeant Asbury F. Hawn II
13-Aug-2005
US Specialist Brian K. Derks
12-Aug-2005
US Specialist Rusty W. Bell
US 1st Lieutenant David L. Giaimo
10-Aug-2005
US Lance Corporal Evenor C. Herrera
US Sergeant 1st Class Michael A. Benson
09-Aug-2005
US Staff Sergeant Ryan S. Ostrom
US Specialist Francis Straub Jr.
US Private 1st Class Nathaniel "Nate" DeTample
US Private 1st Class John Kulick
US Specialist Gennaro Pellegrini Jr.
US Specialist Miguel Carrasquillo
08-Aug-2005
US Staff Sergeant Ramon E. Gonzales Cordova
07-Aug-2005
US Private 1st Class Seferino J. Reyna
06-Aug-2005
US Lance Corporal Chase Johnson Cromley
US Sergeant Brahim J. Jeffcoat
US Specialist Kurt E. Krout
05-Aug-2005
US Sergeant 1st Class Brett E. Walden
US Gunnery Sergeant Terry W. Ball Jr.
US Sergeant 1st Class Robert V. Derenda
04-Aug-2005
US Private 1st Class Nils George Thompson
US Staff Sergeant Chad J. Simon
03-Aug-2005
US Lance Corporal Adam J. Strain
US Specialist Mathew V. Gibbs
US Sergeant 1st Class Charles Houghton Warren
US Specialist Jerry Lewis Ganey Jr.
US Lance Corporal Nicholas William B. Bloem
US Corporal David S. Stewart
US Sergeant Bradley J. Harper
US Lance Corporal Kevin G. Waruinge
US Lance Corporal Grant B. Fraser
US Sergeant Justin F. Hoffman
US Lance Corporal Eric J. Bernholtz
US Lance Corporal Aaron H. Reed
US Corporal David Kenneth J. Kreuter
US Lance Corporal William Brett Wightman
US Lance Corporal Christopher Jenkins Dyer
US Lance Corporal Michael J. Cifuentes
US Lance Corporal Timothy Michael Bell Jr.
US Lance Corporal Edward August Schroeder II
02-Aug-2005
US Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas C. Hull
US Staff Sergeant James D. McNaughton

http://icasualties.org/oif /

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Iraqi Police and Guardsmen Deaths

Jan-05 109
Feb-05 103
Mar-05 200
Apr-05 199
May-05 259
Jun-05 296
Jul-05 304
Aug-05 111 (109 have been killed while the weed vacations)
1581 2005 Total
1300 Total Prior to 2005
2881 Total

Oh, and it has been reported that 237 civilians (men, women, children) have been killed in this war during the month of August. (217 have died while the weed vacations.)

NOT IN MY NAME :cry:

[chelsea0011]

1. Bush is just "getting on with his life". Leave him be.

This is really sad.

[Skink]

2. He has other priorities...

[merh]

12. the haves and the have nots.

:cry: He cares about the haves - the have nots are expendable. :cry:

[merh]

3. The weed gets on with his life, while others have their lifes taken

from them.

The fundies whine that Cindy should be with her family - I CRY these people should have been home with their families, not in Iraq dying for the lies and greed of the weed. :cry:

[mopaul]

4. 48 little crosses, mowed down by a madman in a pickup

[merh]

5. madmen, one and all, are responsible for far too many tears.

:cry:

[leesa]

6. The death rate is climbing so fast now.

I also saw my first pre-leukemia patient (US soldier) from Fallujah yesterday. Might be incidental, but one wonders if there will soon be a flow with their exposure to DU and other chemicals toxic to their bone marrows.

[merh]

8. I was involved with a Gulf War I veteren

They told him for years that he wasn't sick, they could find no source for his headaches, the boils on his back had to be caused by an allergy. There was no correlation between his suffering and his service during Gulf War I. Nightmares are expected when you shot and kill another human.

:cry:

The wounded that will be coming home will be met with the same non-answers.

[malta blue]

7. Thank you

The number itself is numbing, but to see the names, well, I am speechless.

[merh]

10. You are welcome and Welcome to DU, malta blue.

I don't want people to forget, they must never forget that real people are dying while the weed takes a vacation.

:cry:

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. And the freepers want to mow down the markers with their names too

[merh]

11. The freepers don't care - they are full of hate -

If they really believed in their emperor and his mission - they would be over there fighting his war, not safe at home - spewing their hate.

:cry:

[liveoaktx]

13. Pic-updated

[merh]

14. thank you

:hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

15. August 12 video

from 'Peace Takes Courage'...

"Someone's ": http://www.peacetakescourage.com / (upper right of the page, under 'What's New?' - 8/12/2005)

(Note: video contains GRAPHIC images)

[liveoaktx]

16. Very Very Powerful-this is one to pass on for certain

[merh]

17. Very powerful indeed -

I am sending this link to many people.
http://www.peacetakescourage.com/Someone's.html

Thank you for the link to this site.


:cry:

[Sapphire Blue]

18. Note: the direct link won't post correctly online, but will post correctly

... in an email. For some reason, a '\' gets inserted in the web address... I'm technologically challenged, so I don't understand why... maybe has something to do with the 'apostrophe'?

[merh]

19. thanks for the heads up on the link

I don't know why either, as I too am technically challenged. The site is a great site worth sharing.

:hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

22. You're welcome.

:hi: ... and yes, it is so worth sharing.

Have you seen any of the other videos there? Another really powerful one is Declaration (from 06-28-05).

[merh]

23. I've added it to my bookmarks to watch later on.

I will be sure to catch that one. :pals:

[KamaAina]

20. "Hey, look at this drive!"

that's about as close to condolences as we're gonna get from **, I'm afraid.

[merh]

21. Or, Lance, you are going too fast!!

wah, wah

Lying coward! :argh:

[merh]

24. ~

:cry:

[merh]

25. ~

:kick:

[Qanisqineq]

26. kick

Reading the number is sad, very sad. But it doesn't sink in just how many lives that is until you see all their names listed. Then it is devastating.

[merh]

27. I agree - it is not until you read the names that it really hits you.

:hug:

How I hate the evil bastards that are destroying my nation and are responsible for the murders in Iraq. The evil admin must be stopped. There must be War Crimes tribunals for the weed and his band of rethugs.


:cry:

[merh]

28. kick

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

29. 3 more names yet to be released... 51 deaths while bush vacations

[merh]

30. Damn - yet another thread and additions to my sig line and my

bumper sticker! :cry:

[merh]

31. New thread - 51 deaths while the weed-n-chief plays

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4371690