10/28/03 DOD: Adds casualty not reported by Centcom

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10/28/03 DOD: Adds casualty not reported by Centcom
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/nr20031028-0581.html

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No. 792-03
IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2003


DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.



Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins, 26, of Hume, Mo., was killed in action on Oct. 26 in Baghdad, Iraq. Huggins was on patrol when his vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device. Huggins was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.



Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell, 33, of Tuskegee, Ala., was killed in action on Oct. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq. Bell was at the Al Bayra Police Station when his unit came under small arms fire and an improvised explosive device detonated at his location. Bell was assigned to the 214th Military Police Company, Alabama National Guard.



These incidents are under investigation.

[Serial Mom]

1. Why is Centcom not reporting all these?

I wonder how many deaths Centcom doesn't report on to the main press and then all of a sudden, 2, 3 or more are added to the DOD lists.

Why wouldn't mainstream media verify that all the deaths are reported accurately thru Centcom?