U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq - 642 U.S. service members have died

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA6ZX7ITSD.html

As of Thursday, April 8, 642 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 448 died as a result of hostile action and 194 died of non-hostile causes. snip

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 504 U.S. soldiers have died - 339 as a result of hostile action and 165 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.

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[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Man! It was just 600 the other day

Casualties are now looking to to take an exponential turn for the worse...please God..cosmic muffin..whoever is in charge of this universe..let us get a COMPETENT person in the White House come January.

[kalian]

2. Interesting....I wonder....

whether the bushistas are taking the opportunity to "throw in" the
other KIAs that had been "under reported" over these past few months?
:shrug:

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. I did I hear 700! , 700, 700, now I hear 8, 8,8, now 9, do I hear 9 ?

[Postman]

4. I actually think the number is at least double...

This administration has NO credibility.

And if they were willing to threaten the job of that Medicare official if he revealed the true cost of the Medicare Bill, they would fudge the numbers of a much, much, much more critical number --- the deaths of Americans fighting in an unjust war for fear of the public rising in outrage to bring this thing to an end.

[Hotdiggitydog]

6. I respectfully disagree

There are too many internet sites which list the names and hometowns of the war dead. Someone would notice if names were missing. Thus far, I haven't hear of any missing from the list.

Now I don't doubt that the Pentagon would withhold information about a large amount of deaths...then trickle the info out over a few days so it doesn't cause a stir. But within a week or two, we definitely know who all has been killed.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. What About Those "Green Card" Soldiers?

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, because frankly I don't know. But what about those many, many enlistees who are from places like El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Mexico, etc. where they don't have internet or even access to our newspapers? Is there a breakdown number for those deaths of American citizens and those of non-citizens serving in our uniform? Anyone see such statistics? I wouldn't put it past the Pentagon to only release the names of US citizens who die in uniform. I have read that there are many foreigners serving under our flag right now, hoping to acquire permanent residence and then citizenship by enlisting. For those familiar with the internet sites that you mention, have they noticed any home towns in foreign countries listed for some of the dead?

[Hotdiggitydog]

12. A very good point.....

And I have no doubt that the military would hesitate less to put a non-citizen soldier in danger before a US born soldier.

That being said, I still think that the non-citizens serve right alongside citizen soldiers. They have bonded and become friends. If one of them is killed, the citizen soldiers will write or email home with an account of the incident and people at home will notice that the names are missing. This type of information can't be hidden in an Internet world.

So, again, I think the fatality counts that include names and hometowns are accurate within a very, very small margin of error.

The administration takes a political hit for every soldier that dies, but I think they are wise enough to realize that a cover up of non-citizen soldier deaths would be a HUGE scandal. After all, we even heard about the deaths of contractor (mercenary) soldiers.

[Postman]

26. Mercenary deaths were reported only because they were mutilated..

who knows how many of the private army soldiers have been killed to date?

I've seen reports that contend alot of these mercenaries are former US client state militias such as Chilean military working for "private contractors" along with US citizens.

This is the most secretive administration in our history. I don't trust a thing they say.

If they told me the sky is blue, I would ask a meteorologist first.

[zwielicht]

5. deaths by month since march 2003

sorry, only in german and until 6th of april - "Verbündete" means allies, the rest should be self-explanatory

[Qanisqineq]

7. sad

:cry: x 642

[madrchsod]

8. al jazeera is reporting

449 the difference must be a soldier who died from wounds that occured april 4

[Union Thug]

9. Thanks, you republican piles of...

...steaming horseshit for murdering thousands of innocent people. And all the while, the Fake President and his pansy-ass supporters (all cheerleader, no balls), sit back here in the states eating their cheetos and drinking their budweiser while children are killed,maimed and orphaned, women and men slaughtered and young, poverty-drafted americans are sent to their deaths or condemned to a life of misery.

I hate these Freeper, republican shitballs. Fuck Free Republic, Fuck Hannity, Fuch Coulter (err, maybe not) and the rest of them.

Sorry but I've had it.

[Qanisqineq]

10. 646 on lunaville

www.lunaville.org

:cry: x 646

Edit: That's 40 this week :(
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4667742/

[saigon68]

14. 647 on Lunaville 9:45 CST

I lost count today, I originally thought there were 11 there are 5 or 6 yikes ---this is depressing

[Eye and Monkey]

16. s68 - you were posting the other nite about Tet and public opinion/protest

I'm curious about your thoughts tonite on the current uprising.

[Qanisqineq]

25. 648 on Antiwar at 11:55 CST

Dunno why the discrepancy

:cry:

[fishnfla]

13. I know its Easter and all but :Jesus Fucking Christ

Church. Sunday. Pray.

[Lisa]

15. Until recently, America's "peace dividend" ...

... could be seen milling around outside high schools after the bell rang at 4. It wasn't about money. It was about bright, healthy young people with promising futures ahead of them -- a generation unscarred by war or conflict. That was something Bill Clinton understood, and George Walker Bush probably never will.

[m-jean03]

17. Fierce Fighting in Fallujah - 40 US Soldiers Killed this week

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4667742/

[saigon68]

18. Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Layfield

Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Layfield of Fremont, Calif., in this undated family photo, was killed Tuesday, April 6, 2004, in a battle in the city of Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Family Photo)


RIP-----------saigon

[saigon68]

19. U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class William 'Bill' Labadie

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class William 'Bill' Labadie, 45, is shown in an undated family photo. Labadie was the son of Cheryl and Carl Winters of Bauxite, Ark., and had been residing with his parents before his deployment to Iraq (news - web sites). Labadie died in fighting in Iraq, family members said Thursday, April 8, 2004. (AP Photo/Courtesy Winters Family, File)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. People died 'cause Bush lied

[Tinoire]

21. All their names, faces can be found here:

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/iraq/ny-iraqsoldiers-datesorted.cdbresult?PageURL=ny-iraqsoldiers-datesorted.cdbresult&Lib=turbine_cdb_lib%3Aresult_doc_id+result_doc_rank+document_id+cdb_num+cdb_01_txt+cdb_02_txt+cdb_03_txt+cdb_04_txt+cdb_05_txt+cdb_06_txt+cdb_07_txt+cdb_01_date+cdb_08_txt+cdb_11_txt+cdb_12_txt+cdb_13_txt+cdb_09_txt+cdb_01_num+cdb_10_txt+cdb_14_txt+cdb_02_num+cdb_15_txt&SortBy=COMPOSITE_RANK+desc%2Ccdb_01_date+desc%2Ccdb_05_txt%2Ccdb_04_txt&PageSize=10&Page=1&MinCoarseRank=500&QueryType=CONCEPT&Query=&turbine_cdb_lib__cdb_01_date=%3E1%2F1%2F2003


As of Wednesday, April 7, 631 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 441 died as a result of hostile action and 190 died of non-hostile causes.


Add the mercenaries we do not report and the number is much higher.

Who will put an end to this madness?

[saigon68]

27. kick

[saigon68]

22. The Wounded come out photo 1

An unidentified injured US soldier is carried on a stretcher into an ambulance on the US Airbase of Ramstein, southern Germany, Thursday, April 8, 2004. Eight US soldiers injured in combat in Iraq (news - web sites) were flown on a C17 out of Iraq to get medical treatment in the nearby US hospital in Landstuhl. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

[saigon68]

23. The wounded come out photo 2

An unidentified injured US soldier is carried on a stretcher on the US Airbase of Ramstein, southern Germany, Thursday, April 8, 2004. Eight US soldiers injured in combat in Iraq (news - web sites) were flown on a C17 out of Iraq to get medical treatment in the nearby US hospital in Landstuhl. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

[saigon68]

24. Good night all

for those of you just coming on, I leave you w/ an evil creature from the Crypt--

Darth Vader's Daughter

[Valkyrie55]

28. Lunaville dropped the number of killed this month

It was at 48 when I first checked but now they have dropped it back down to 41. Anybody know what's going on?

Edit: Now 2 minutes later they moved it back up to 47. Who knows maybe it was a typo the first time.