National Guard: More deaths in first 10 days of Aug. than any MONTH in war

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Deadliest Month for Nat'l Guard and Reserves in Iraq
Friday, August 12, 2005

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165490,00.html

WASHINGTON — The National Guard and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq during the first 10 days of August — at least 32, according to a Pentagon (search) count — than in any full month of the entire war.

More broadly, Pentagon casualty reports show that the number of deaths among Guard and Reserve forces has been trending upward much of this year, totaling more than 100 since May 1. That ranks as the deadliest stretch of the war for the Guard and Reserve, whose members perform both combat and support missions.

There is little evidence to suggest that part-time troops are being specifically targeted by the insurgents, since the Guard and Reserve troops are mostly indistinguishable from — and interchangeable with — regular active-duty troops.

The 42nd Infantry Division of the New York Army National Guard (search) is commanding a combat force in north-central Iraq that includes two brigades from the active-duty 3rd Infantry Division, and a brigade from the Mississippi Army National Guard is operating with the Marine Corps. The Pentagon rejects any suggestion the Guard and Reserve are more vulnerable in combat because they are part-timers.

[Lisa]

1. He's just too dishonest to change the name to "International Guard"

I mean, at this rate most of them will be deployed overseas. We should charge Bush with "false advertising".

[radfringe]

2. Gov. Rendell (PA)

ordered flags to be flown at half-mast until September 11 for those from PA who were recently killed in Iraq

[opihimoimoi]

3. RIP...those poor guys.....all for the profits of the chickenhawks

The real target is OSAMA