Medical advances lower death toll, increase number of US wounded

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061226/pl_afp/usiraqtollmilitary_061226140055

Medical advances lower death toll, increase number of US wounded

by Jim Mannion 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Though nearly 3,000 US troops have been killed in
Iraq, medical advances mean the number is a lot lower than would have been expected.


For every servicemember who has died in Iraq, more than seven others have been wounded in action, according to statistics compiled by the
Pentagon.

The number of US soldiers killed in Iraq has now gone past the 2,973 killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, which responded with its global "war on terror".

Though US forces are stretched, many more US combat troops are surviving battlefield wounds than in past wars, due in part to rapid and vastly improved medical attention.

Body armor, armor-plated vehicles and better aerial surveillance also have been factors in reducing US combat deaths and wounds.

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1. Not to be negative...

but sadly many of these guys will lose their arms or legs. Not to mention the fact that many of our guys are getting brain damage from the large IED blasts. So even if they seem alright, then there is a good chance many of them knocked some wires loose.