U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,798

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

As of Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at least 3,798 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 seven military civilians. At least 3,096 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is five higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Monday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 170 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.



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[Olney Blue]

1. It's a pain that cannot be measured to their friends and family.

[saigon68]

6. "Bring em on" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Olney Blue]

10. AWOL chimpanzee, indeed.

:grr:

[Eugene]

2. Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked

Source: MNF Iraq

RELEASE No. 20070924-13
September 24, 2007

Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked

Multi-National Division – North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – A Task Force Lightning Soldier died
of wounds sustained from enemy gunfire in Salah ad
Din Province, Monday.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending
notification of next of kin and release by the
Department of Defense.

Read more: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14227&Itemid=128

[provis99]

3. is Petraus counting the soldiers with bullets in the front of their heads?

Or just the dead soldiers with bullets in the back of their heads? Funny math doesn't only apply to Iraqis. I think the real figure for dead soldiers is probably at least twice as high; plus, it doesn't include dead American mercenaries.

[Rydz777]

4. The Iraq War Memorial should be built on the Mall right now, and

the names of the dead should be added daily as they occur. Perhaps having to confront this awfulness in real time would bring our politicians to their senses.

There should be a separate manument with the names of the maimed. It simply won't do to confine their losses to the anonymity of a statistic.

[Olney Blue]

11. It only took a few decades to build the WWII memorial.....

so prospects for your excellent idea are low. But you do bring up a good point- the wounded should be honored more- and an important first step would be to insure top health care.

[sonias]

5. Deafening silence

How many lives per gallon America? Who is going to be the last soldier to die for this insane war?
:cry:

Sonia

[tekisui]

7. A soldier in 2027.

:grr:

[Tab]

8. Remember, that's just the tip of the iceberg

There are lots of civilian contractors working there - they're not included in the count.

There are private security firms - they're not in the count, although you can argue it's a risk they take because they do this for a living. Still, it's an indication of the situation.

Supposedly for the 150,000 troops or whatever the number is now, there's nearly a matching number of civilians (contractors and security, and a few journalists) there. And supposedly troops that were out of the country before they died don't count in the tallies, not to mention those who committed suicide after arriving.

If they would report "American Deaths" you'd have a MUCH bigger number.

And that's not even remotely close to the Iraqi deaths, either by our hands, or the hands of others. Saddam might have been a nasty dude, but he kept the place together. We have created a hell-hole that far outclipses anything Saddam did to his country and it's not remotely over yet.

[mmonk]

9. I saw in my Sunday local paper where U.S. Rep. Walter Jones

(R) NC has signed himself 6,700 condolence letters for families who have lost someone in Iraq. Anyone else find that a little screwy given the official numbers?

[cosmicdot]

14. I do, and here's a link to the article ......

My heart aches as I write this letter," they begin. So far, he has signed about 6,700 letters to family members. - Walter Jones

http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/280212.html

[rodeodance]

12. may their families find peace

[bdamomma]

13. bring the boys home.

all this death for what??? these two fucking oil man sitting in the WH. Cheney and *

[saigon68]

16. "Bring The Boys Home" Deja Vu

1971 Freida Payne's record of "Bring The Boys Home" was so powerful it was banned
from Armed Forces radio stations.

Fathers are pleading, lovers are all alone
Mothers are praying-send our sons back home
You marched them away-yes, you did-on ships and planes
To the senseless war, facing death in vain

Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Turn the ships around, lay your weapons down

Can't you see 'em march across the sky, all the soldiers that have died
Tryin' to get home-can't you see them tryin' to get home?
Tryin' to get home-they're tryin' to get home
Cease all fire on the battlefield
Enough men have already been wounded or killed

Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Turn the ships around, lay your weapons down
(Mothers, fathers and lovers, can't you see them)

Oooh, oooh...
Tryin' to get home-can't you see them tryin' to get home?
Oooh, oooh...
Tryin' to get home-they're tryin' to get home

Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
Bring the boys home (bring 'em back alive)
What they doing over there, now (bring 'em back alive)
When we need them over here, now (bring 'em back alive)
What they doing over there, now (bring 'em back alive)
When we need them over here, now (bring 'em back alive)

Check it out it still Brings tears to my eyes

[bdamomma]

17. history does repeat itself, don't we ever learn from our mistakes

oops this is not OUR mistake, this is just for these greedy, arrogant stupid men * and cheney, who have never fought in a war, damn them, every dog has its day and it can't come soon enough for these criminals that is all they are.

[saigon68]

20. The more things change the more they remain the same

[ryanmuegge]

15. These casualties have dramatically increased, it appears.

I heard some guy on C-SPAN say that the ratio of wounded to dead in this war is dramatically higher than in any other. These are serious injuries that would have killed people in other wars. This is something to keep in mind when right-wingers go around saying that the number of US deaths is much smaller relative oher wars, and thereby implying that this war is a lot less dangerous and chaotic.

[EndElectoral]

18. How many military mercenary deaths like Blackwater soldiers?

[EndElectoral]

19. how many American military dead in Iraq from non-combat reasons?