A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq- 536 U.S. service members have died

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040212/ap_on_re_us/iraq_us_deaths&cid=519&ncid=1473

As of Thursday, Feb. 12, 536 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites), according to the Department of Defense (news - web sites). Of those, 372 died as a result of hostile action and 164 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.

Since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 398 U.S. soldiers have died — 257 as a result of hostile action and 141 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.

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[Qanisqineq]

1. 339 + 1 MIA

according to the Washington Post and Antiwar.com

[pansypoo53219]

3. another one?!?

since this AM. i say 538. oh man, george HAS to rot in hell

[DemoTex]

4. 339 is combat deaths

536 is deaths from all causes.

[Karenina]

2. 4 times each of those numbers

would be a conservative estimate. YOU ARE BEING LIED TO AND DECEIVED!

*Dauphin was a Viet Nam era FIGHTER PILOT!!! See his "Mission Accomplished" redux! Film at 11.

[Barrett808]

5. Lunaville says 538 now

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html

[Ysabel]

6. It is significant to note that...

...of the numbers of deaths being reported here:

a THIRD are being reported as deaths from "non hostile" causes...

This is a rather high percentage...

[Mari333]

7. and one was too many

just wait til the rotation starts and the greenhorn kids are sent over there as civil war erupts even further. They have no clue what they are walking into as the summer nears in Iraq..