US Iraq death toll was 104 in October

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Edit: Don't let me distract you from the Mighty Wurlitzers Kerry marathon.

BAGHDAD - The number of US servicemen and women killed in Iraq in October hit 104 with the announcement on Wednesday of the death of a soldier fighting in the west of the country.

"One soldier assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died due to injuries sustained from enemy action Tuesday while operating in Al Anbar Province," a US military statement said.

Tuesday was the last day of a particularly bloody month for US soldiers, with 99 killed in action and five in accidents and non-combat related incidents -- making it the deadliest month for the US military since January 2005.

In addition to the US military toll, five American civilian contractors and four soldiers from allied nations in the US-led coalition were killed.

Turkish Press

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1. What about the 300+ U.S. troops killed during the ammo dump

...explosions? Are they just ignored?

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2. That appears to be propaganda.

There has been a remarkable silence on that event, but the stories being put out by the Iraqi resistance are no more informative than the silence from the COW. It think that there is indeed something that the COW does not want to talk about with regard to that attack, but it is not 300 dead soldiers.

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3. what a mess

What a mess. It really is worse than even the most dire predictions.

Time to get out i think

[FightingIrish]

4. The actual total will be higher

The fatality reports often lag several days. With the election next Tuesday they might even be a little slower to report October casualties. Did anyone notice that total colaition fatalities in Afghanistan just passed 500 and the 2006 total is almost 50 more than all of 2005?

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5. This needs to be on top...

Along with the Congressional Grades WRT Supporting Veterans.