U.S. Toll Since Afghan Invasion Is 298

[Hissyspit]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHAN_US_DEATHS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

Feb 12, 8:18 PM EST

U.S. Toll Since Afghan Invasion Is 298

As of Monday, Feb. 12, 2007, at least 298 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007.

Of those, the military reports 192 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 56 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen.

There was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths.

[polvo]

1. And 12,000 Afghans

according to unknown news - http://www.unknownnews.net/casualties.html

[EFerrari]

2. Welcome to DU, polvo.

:)

[polvo]

4. thx

[EFerrari]

3. Is my math that bad? One third was not killed by hostile action?

And you have to wonder what they mean by "hostile action".

Get them OUT NOW!

[semillama]

5. It's going to get worse

I just read a good article on Afghanistan in Men's Journal, and the Taliban is supposed to be fielding 25,000 fighters this spring for a new offensive. It doesn't look good.