U.S. Troops Dying at Rate of Over 1 a Day

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/special_packages/iraq/7865138.htm

American soldiers are dying at a rate of more than one a day in Iraq, despite some commanders' recent claims to have broken the back of the insurgency.

The toll in January was 45 - five more than in December - despite hopes that deposed President Saddam Hussein's capture would stop the killings from roadside bombs and other attacks.

The number of deaths in January will rise to 47 when the Pentagon changes the status of two soldiers who are missing and believed to have died in the Tigris River on Jan. 25. That would make the second highest monthly total since last April when daily combat from the U.S.-led invasion was under way.

All told, 528 U.S. troops have died in the war, including three so far this month. The worst month was November, when 82 died. In October there were 43, September had 30, August 35.

The List:
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html

[lastknowngood]

1. no news here nothing to see

move along.

[annagull]

2. 'Light at the end of the tunnel' redux

I agree with recent assertions that the Iraq war is like Vietnam on steroids.

[MasonJar]

3. A soldier was killed today. I heard it on NPR, another injured.

A soldier who had been injured died in the last day or two.

[dennis4868]

4. A soldier who had been injured died......

yeah but Halliburton stock went up....what is your point?

:-(

[loudnclear]

5. Wag the ricin now, what will it be later?

How long will decent people put up with this obvious evil empire?

[Voltaire99]

6. America's hour of shame

All 528 died in vain.

All for dishonest fictions told to stoke a mad frightened populace into a lust for war so great that it matched their leaders' lust for power and money.

Where are the neocons now -- you, Andrew Sullivan, you bloodthirsty marionette -- who praised the Bushies for making Iraq a magnet for terrorism overseas?