46,880 Wounded, injuried, or sick U.S. troops in Iraq. 31,493 airlifted out.

[Botany]

As we close in 3,000 KIAs we now have 46,880 other victims of this
unneeded war. I hope bush enjoys his Xmas @ his "ranch" in TX.



U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 2950
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 4
Total 2954
DoD Confirmation List
Latest Coalition Fatality: Dec 20, 2006

US Non Mortal Casualties: Total 46,880 (wounded in battle, non battlefield injuries, and sick)
# that have needed airlifted out of Iraq 31,493


http://icasualties.org/oif /

[Monkeyman]

1. That number will get higher

[whistle]

2. Interesting figure if compared to total actual troops deployed

...over the three and a half years many of whom have been sent back on multiple tours which increases their chances of being killed or disabled

[Botany]

4. Total deployed is somewhere around 450,000

For every 1 in Country you have 1 just back from Iraq and 1 waiting to go.

150,000 X 3 = 450,000 troops

So a 1 in 10 chance of being wounded or taken sick.

Our "cake walk" has become a meat grinder.

[Jacobin]

3. 10 to 1 ratio killed to airlifted

airlifted, I presume constitutes serious injury.

Many of these injuries are horrific and permanently life-changing.

May the neo-cons rot in hell.

[Botany]

5. Between 15,000 and 25,000 w/

Amputees, blindness, head trauma, spinal cord injuries, chest, and gut wounds.

[Monkeyman]

6. Yes they are. But Remember the walking wounded with PTSD

[Botany]

7. I know one ..... 2 tours in Iraq

A drunk said something to him 2 days ago and he snapped ....
beat him silly and wound up arrested.

I talked to him after his 2nd tour and and he was still wound
tight ..... hit by an IED .... cracked ribs, stayed in country .....
talked about ALWAYS being shot at in his Bradley tank ....
even though he was "safe" he said that the ping on the outside
took it's toll.

[Monkeyman]

8. Its is even worse than that

These kids are taken their own life's.

[Botany]

10. Although a little Red this "kid" he is 24 would have never had

snapped before going to Iraq. He is very strong and always was the type to laugh it
off when an idiot proved he was an idiot.

I talked to him for about an hour when he came back from his second tour.

He said that the "enemy" would drop a motor into his camp @ least 3 times
a week in the middle of the night so they couldn't get to sleep.

[berni_mccoy]

9. That's odd, the RW talking heads keep using the figure 20,000

I wonder how they are selecting the causality numbers to get that?

Only U.S. citizens (yes, we have non U.S. citizens fighting in the U.S. military)?
Maybe on racial lines?

[Botany]

11. Those are pentagon #s

click on link.