US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,901

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,901
By The Associated Press – 10 hours ago

As of Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at least 3,901 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,175 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is three higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EST.

The British military has reported 174 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.



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[gratuitous]

1. Heckuva job, Bushie

What's the "noble cause" he keeps prattling on about? You know, the one that has killed more than 3,900 military folks, one-third again as many as died on September 11?

[bdamomma]

5. is the Mission done yet? stupid man all this death for lies.

[SpikeTss]

6. For the profit of certain CEOs, to be exact. n/t

[SpikeTss]

2. But counting the dead is too negative

Things are progressing rapidly. Just look at the profits for the military industrial complex: They are as great as almost never before. In the US

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=13539

and in Canada. In Canada even the pension funds depend on slaughtering Afghan civilians:

http://aws.roadnetwork.org/node/42

[Rockerdem]

3. -Bump-

Even if the surge turns out to be perfect, there was a needless cost beforehand. People here are tuning these Iraq threads and need to be reminded.

[humbled_opinion]

4. Everyone needs to be reminded of the mistakes that Bushco made

You cannot turn a failure into a success...