U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq - 685 U.S. service members have died

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths&cid=540&ncid=1478

As of Friday, April 16, 685 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites) last year, according to the Department of Defense (news - web sites). Of those, 491 died as a result of hostile action and 194 died of non-hostile causes. snip

Since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 547 U.S. soldiers have died — 382 as a result of hostile action and 165 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.

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[Just Me]

1. Not in my name,...never in my name,....

,...I, along with millions of other people, opposed this betrayal!!!

:cry:

[Qanisqineq]

2. I'm a little confused

yesterday or the day before, the news was saying at least 93 US troops have died this month. That would make the total about 694. But I have yet to see these totals on www.lunaville.org or on www.antiwar.com

[Malva Zebrina]

3. Nothing to say

except :cry:

and where are the people who would protest this slaughter?


Why is this insane man allowed to take us into the depths of this snake pit, and have our children killed, without one scintilla of questioning?

WHY IS HE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THESE LIES AND THE USING OF OUR CHILDREN AS PAWNS TO HIS GREED? Why is NO ONE stopping this? Why is NO ONE calling him on his lies?

WHY IS BUSH NOT BEING CHALLENGED BY ANYONE?

HE IS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH SLAUTER AND WAR CRIMES

WHY?\

Is America approving of the murders of thousands of innocent people in spite of it's insistence that it is a "Christian Nation"?

Is this not a democracy where the people have a voice and if the people are being ripped off with continued and blatant lies, by the politicians out for their own benefit, and cannot the PEOPLE take to the streets to stop the slaughter in our name?

HOW MANY OF US HAVE SHOVELS AND PITCHFORKS IN OUR GARAGES?

Or, am I being naive in believing that the people have power?

Maybe the majority of the people approve of the slaughter.

[Amerpie]

4. Why does the Democratic Party

continue to support this war? Why does our presumptive nominee even advocate escalating it? It's time for Peace Democrats to speak out. Lets not become caricatures of 60's era Dems who supported Lyndon Johnson as he continued to escalate the war in Vietnam.

Visit the Bring Them Home Now! web site for an argument on why immediate withdrawal is needed.

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. We've BEEN Protesting The War Even Before It Began

Yet Americans are naturally warmongering and will support almost any effort to conquer some weak nation just to prove we still can.

Unless we are broadcasting the images of the dead and the wounded, I don't see the end to the carnage and this country's tacit approval of it.