DoD Identifies Army Casualty

[Barrett808]

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. Rodney A. Jones, 21, of Philadelphia, Penn., died Sept. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded near his dismounted patrol. Jones was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at [phone].

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20041003-1345.html

[xxqqqzme]

1. I go 2 a site

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html

first thing every day 2 C how many more lives squatter has wasted. But the last 2 days there have been no numbers - R the KIAs not being reported?

[FightingIrish]

2. Every month this year beginning in April

both the US and Coalition fatalities have exceeded the totals for the same month in 2003. With the administration's determination to clean up insurgent-held cities before Iraqi elections and the removal of political constraints after November 2, the next two months could be worse than anything we have yet seen.

[Supersedeas]

3. death tolls take a back seat to polls and debate barbs in the media