Bush drops wounded count from 3466 to 2374 -overnight - and Media says ?

[papau]

Military Fatalities:
US UK Other* Total

705 59 44 808
http://www.lunaville.com/blogging/



Seems the wounded dropped from 3466 to 2374 via a wave of Bush's hand: The Wounded: US Military as reported after 4/3
Period Wnd-RTD Wounded
03/19/03 thru 04/03/03 115 426
04/04/03 thru 04/02/04 963 1484
04/03/04 thru 04/09/04 59 222
04/10/04 thru 04/16/04 119 242
Total 1256 2374
Wnd-RTD: Wounded in Action Return to Duty within 72 hours
Wnd: Wounded in Action Not Return to Duty within 72 hours
Totals updated weekly (every Friday) by the DoD

US Military Wounded by Month as reported prior to 4/3
Month Hostile Non Hostile Total Avg Days
MARCH 300 27 327 10.55 31
FEBRUARY 147 17 164 5.66 29
JANUARY 187 22 209 6.74 31
DECEMBER 266 28 294 9.48 31
NOVEMBER 332 12 344 11.47 30
OCTOBER 422 11 433 13.97 31
SEPTEMBER 244 26 270 9 30
MAR - AUG 1124 301 1425 8.64 165
Total 3022 444 3466 8.69 378
As Reported By Centcom

[Terry_M]

1. Our Great Leader has

A Time Traveling Machine with a Miracle Healing Kit, woot!

[For PaisAn]

2. DoD is splitting the numbers

They're listing 1256 as wounded-returned to duty and 2374 as wounded (not returned to duty) as of 4/16/04. That totals 3630.

lunaville.org has their # at 3466 as of 4/3/04. lunaville.org is no longer updating their number but listing DoD's breakdown from now on.