The UNreported Cost of War: At least 827 American wounded.

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The unreported cost of war: at least 827 American wounded

Julian Borger, Washington
Monday August 4, 2003
The Guardian

US military casualties from the occupation of Iraq have been more than twice the number most Americans have been led to believe because of an extraordinarily high number of accidents, suicides and other non-combat deaths in the ranks that have gone largely unreported in the media.
Since May 1, when President George Bush declared the end of major combat operations, 52 American soldiers have been killed by hostile fire, according to Pentagon figures quoted in almost all the war coverage. But the total number of US deaths from all causes is much higher: 112.

The other unreported cost of the war for the US is the number of American wounded, 827 since Operation Iraqi Freedom began.

Unofficial figures are in the thousands. About half have been injured since the president's triumphant appearance on board the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln at the beginning of May. Many of the wounded have lost limbs.

The figures are politically sensitive. The number of American combat deaths since the start of the war is 166 - 19 more than the death toll in the first Gulf war...MORE>>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1011692,00.html

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1. cost of war in Iraq

costofwar.com

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2. DUPE? I posted this in Editorials earlier on, but LBN may be better...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=4479&mesg_id=4479

P.

[revcarol]

3. Look deeper: at least 4000 at one facility, 90% combat-related=

3600 on ONE place. AND this did not include casualties for German hospital, some of which didn't go thru Walter Reed, but went to more specialized facilities...

So why the non-centralized reporting of the casualties? Or actually the NON-REPORTING of the casualties?A POLITICAL HOT POTATO!!When Joe Blow's family finds out he is in an overcrowded facility and reports this to their Senator or Congressman...

when people are sent out of state for cancer treatment because of war-wounded...

when these wounded find out they are not going to be retained in the service and veterans' facilities are inadequate and underfunded...

when some of those who have lost limbs need job retraining and state money for retraining has dried up under Bush...

when the anti-war activists find out the true number of wounded and post these changing figures on the net...

when Senators and Congresspeople find out the number of wounded from their states...and become ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR VOTES approving the war!!...

THEN THE S*** WILL START TO HIT THE FAN!!

[VolcanoJen]

4. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion by posting in the original, earliest thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=50081&mesg_id=50081

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
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