325 U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan

[AnOhioan]

Source: Associated Press

As of Friday, June 1, 2007, at least 325 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 26, 2007.

Of those, the military reports 203 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 62 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen.

There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.



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[wolfgirl]

1. I believe

the number is closer to 390 (per icasualties.org)....

[cliss]

2. This thread

qualifies as the most shocking article of the year, for me.

I didn't even KNOW we had troops in Pakistan. NOR Uzbekistan. And I'm an informed reader; try to stay on top of things. And yet I had no idea until the deaths were reported.

See how secretive our military is?

They don't even tell us these things. No wonder the Pentagon is reporting a shortage of troops/personnel.
And look at the other countries, just unbelievable. Yemen? OMG....