Casualties from Mr. Bush's War 5/15/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 5/15/2004

As of Friday, 775 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 565 died as a result of hostile action and 210 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Poland, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and the Netherlands have reported one each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 637 U.S. sol diers have died -- 456 as a result of hostile action and 181 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

The latest deaths reported by U.S. Central Command:

A Marine died of nonhostile causes Thursday at Camp Al Asad.

The latest identification reported by the Department of Defense:

Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah E. Savage, 21, Livingston, Tenn., died Wednesday in fighting in Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

[WLKjr]

1. This will sound morbid

But I look for the number to hit very close if not 1000+ by june 30th, sadly. after that, it wont matter much to the RWingers, becuase we will have brought peace to Iraq. Soon after, civil war. It's comming.