Casualties in Mr. Bush's War 5/11/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 5/11/2004


As of Monday, 769 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 560 died as a result of hostile action and 209 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Poland, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador and Estonia have reported one each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 631 U.S. soldiers have died -- 451 as a result of hostile action and 180 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


A soldier died Monday from injuries sustained in a small-arms-fire attack on a patrol in western Mosul, Iraq.


A soldier died Sunday in an accidental collision between the soldier's Humvee and a U.S. tank southwest of Baghdad, Iraq.


A soldier was killed in a vehicle accident Saturday near Karbala, Iraq.


A soldier was killed Saturday by an explosive near Samarra, Iraq.

The latest identifications reported by the military:


Army Spc. Isela Rubalcava, 25, El Paso, Texas; killed Saturday in Mosul, Iraq, by a mortar round; assigned to the 296th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team); Fort Lewis, Wash.


Army Spc. Chase R. Whitham, 21, Harrisburg, Ore., died Saturday when he was electrocuted in a swimming pool in Mosul, Iraq; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division; Fort Lewis, Wash.

[Combat Honey]

1. and not to forget the iraqi civilian casualties...

that have been estimated to be around 10 000 individuals! Makes me furious to think that so many people died in a war SO unnecessary!

This Bush administration's so called "preventive war" is totally insane idea and is against all humanity!!! Aaaaargh!