U.S. Casualty Numbers Continue to Climb in Iraq

[Q]

Published on Sunday, February 1, 2004 by Knight-Ridder

U.S. Casualty Numbers Continue to Climb in Iraq

by Tom Lasseter

BAGHDAD - January was the second deadliest month for U.S. soldiers in Iraq since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in May, according to a review of military and news reports.

A roadside bomb near the city of Kirkuk on Saturday killed three U.S. soldiers, bringing the total combat deaths for January to 40.

The high death toll came in spite of a decline in the frequency of attacks on U.S. troops, suggesting that insurgents have improved their targeting abilities.

The continuing high casualty count brings into question Bush administration assertions that conditions in Iraq are improving, and could provide ammunition to Democratic presidential candidates who are critical of the war effort.In addition to the U.S. death toll, hundreds of Iraqis were killed or wounded in a spate of bombings in January, including one Saturday in the northern city of Mosul that killed at least nine and wounded more than 40.

U.S. Army and civilian officials in Iraq recently have begun citing a reduction in the number of attacks against soldiers as a sign of progress in the war. During November, the high watermark for soldier deaths when 69 were killed, there were 40 to 50 attacks a day, a figure that has plummeted to about 20, according to military officials.

The attacks, however, are growing more deadly. Roadside bombs in October, November and December, for instance, tended to kill one soldier at a time. In January, there were four instances in which one explosive device killed three soldiers, the highest such totals for any month since May, according to military reports.

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[Forkboy]

1. Who cares

did you see Janet's tit?

:puke:

[marie123]

5. thanks for the laugh

as I clicked on this post I was shaking my head in disqust and disappointment. Then I read your one liner and I chuckled. Thanks for the smile today

[Forkboy]

7. Your welcome

but I wish it really was funny.I use these one-liners instead of pulling my hair out at the horror of it all.

[wildwww2]

2. AWOL made sure to coat his dick with our troops. B-4 inserting it into

The hornets nest which is Iraq. He will never get stung until enough of our country`s children die for his war crime. And who cares? People like Toby Keith cheer it on. Isn`t he young enough to serve and operate and M-16 like I did? These Psuedo Americans who want Dim Sons war should fight in it. Funny how his supporters do not want to help protect his dick from the Iraqi hornets nest he has created. (And is engaged in for the long screw.)By just enlisting.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[ex_jew]

3. A minor correction ...

Toby Keith does NOT support the war on Iraq. Even he couldn't figure that one out.

[Q]

4. Does an UNNECESSARY WAR in Iraq...

...make George* a war criminal?

[JanMichael]

6. I thought the number of attacks were decreasing due to....

...the US playing the enclave game. Basically pulling back to the safer bases and only leaving in emergencies and transfering troops?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. The number of attacks may be decreasing, but efficiency is increasing

net gain zero.

[Jacobin]

8. All the more reason to make Shrub a Peace Prize nominee

The world has gone completely mad with the crazed monkey in charge.

[Mari333]

9. My stepson sent me an email, finally, from Ft Dix

he said "I am going to Iraq very soon, I cant tell you where.They monitor my mail. Dont worry, I am going there in one piece and I intend to come home in one piece. "
Theres only a few computers for them to use and they are tired and prefer sleep over contacting their families due to the long lines at the computers and the phones.
His last words in the email were
"Its all bullshit."
then he said I love you.
May *bUsh rot in hell for eternity for this.

[Q]

10. War should ALWAYS be a last resort...

...but it came first for the Bush* administration. They never gave peace a chance because they needed war to further a political agenda.

- Americans and Iraqis are dying...not in the defense of America...but to prop up Bush* and the Republican party and for the sake of war profiteering.

- Bush* must be prosecuted for war crimes so this can never happen again.

[revcarol]

12. 500 + MUERTOS.

NO MAS.

(My new Kucinich poster for tomorrow.)Oh, how I pray for those troops and for the Iraqis.

[SmileyBoy]

13. 526 American soldiers killed. 2,962 Wounded.

The 526 dead in 292 days is an Average of over 1.8 deaths per day. More than FOUR TIMES the rate per day of the first Gulf War.