Urgent: DU investigators needed: the true # of dead Americans

[rainy]

caused by their participation in the Iraqi war. It must be revealed. This number will turn the people against the War so fast. I read somewhere that it could be as high as 30,000. The soldiers that die in hospitals in other countries like Germany and others or who come home and die from their wounds are not being counted. WE MUST GET THE NUMBERS AND MAKE THEM WELL KNOWN.

The people should have a, right-to-know, law that will enable them to know the names of all soldiers who have died. This is a DISGRACE and should not be tolerated.

Dig DUers DIG!

[vi5]

1. Hasn't this been debunked on here many times before?

Honestly, there are listings of every soldier who died out there, counting up to the current 2,000 plus number. Don't people think that if there were say 28,000 additional soldiers missing that SOMEONE from some of their families would be noticing this and saying something about it? We only have 100 and some thousand over there. As much a debacle as this war is I don't think we've lost a third of our military presence over there.

Also, you give the american people waaaaay too much credit. Unless it's someone they know who died, the number could be tens of thousands and they still wouldn't give a shit, self centered, pathetic lot that they are.

[rainy]

5. NO, some papers are saying that so and so did not cound because

they did not die in "theatre."

[Berserker]

24. This might help rainy

http://icasualties.org/oif/Dow.aspx

[Richard Steele]

6. Yes, this seems to come up again and again. It's BOGUS.

Check out
http://icasualties.org/oif
to keep abreast of the real numbers.

[EFerrari]

9. Quick -- someone start a thread for Lynn, lol, so her head won't explode

"Elvis sighted at Milwaukee Wal-Mart!"

:rofl:

[LynnTheDem]

15. All I'm gonna say is...

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!

[Richard Steele]

19. Well, there went Lynn's head....

Let's just hope no one else was hurt in the blast...

:hide: :argh:

[EFerrari]

20. And such a nice head, and a nice blast, too.

:rofl:

[rainy]

2. Could we start a city by city hunt for soldiers' names? start a page that

we could begin to list names from our papers and other records. Post them and add them up. All we'd have to do is before we post a name we have found, we could check that the name is not already listed.

[leveymg]

3. I can't believe that this myth is back again.

This piece of disinformation was investigated and debunked here months ago. You've been around DU long enough so you should know that. If it were true, it would be all over the place. Please, don't waste any more of your and our time on this.

The truth is damning enough.

Sorry, and nothing personal.

[rainy]

7. So people who die later in hospitals are being counted?

[DistressedAmerican]

10. icasualties picks those up. It also shows "contractors" reported killed.

Their numbers are very well researched. This is a bullshit rumor. Do not be taken in.

[EFerrari]

14. yes, they are being counted. nt

[LynnTheDem]

17. YES.

YES, non-combat deaths ARE COUNTED.

YES, if troops commit suicide in Iraq, THEY ARE COUNTED.

YES, if troops are murdered in Iraq, THEY ARE COUNTED.

YES, if wounded troops die in hospitals or on the runway or in the plane THEY ARE COUNTED.

Go to icasualties and do a search by hospitals or by countries; if they are sick or wounded in Iraq and die WHEREVER, then they are COUNTED.

[NMDemDist2]

4. the soldiers numbers are OK IMO, but how many mercs have been

lost, and other plain old "workers" imported by Halliburton from 3rd world countries? they keep them in virtual slavery conditions and the imported workers are in grave danger too. Wonder how many innocent Filipinos, Indonesians etc have died while just trying to make a living wage?

Halliburton is Evil, INC

[aaronnyc]

11. 278

icasualties.com has a full list of all contractors killed in Iraq. It is an excellent resource.

http://icasualties.org/oif/Civ.aspx

[StephanieMarie]

8. The father of my daughter's friend

died in Iraq last week from an accident while cleaning weapons. Will that be counted in the 2009 or so, or what? Does anyone know? By the way, the funeral is tomorrow. His death was buried half way through the metro section of our local paper.

[LynnTheDem]

18. YES.

If he was wounded in Iraq, and later died from his wounds, regardless where he actually died, by accident or suicide or murder or hostile fire, then he will be counted.

[jody]

12. 2,000th death occurred at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas.

Military Has Lost 2,000 In Iraq

"The threshold was crossed with the Pentagon's announcement that Staff Sgt. George Alexander Jr., 34, of Killeen, Tex., had died at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas on Saturday of injuries suffered in Iraq earlier this month, when a bomb planted by insurgents exploded near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle."

[TheGunslinger]

13. Lock this crap up tight and delete it.

[LynnTheDem]

16. YES THEY ARE BEING COUNTED.

stop spreading BULLSHIT!

[EFerrari]

21. I didn't hear that

Did you say, "Mess. Trays are being mounted."

[LynnTheDem]

27. Well yes they are but the trays like it and no I said...

YES THEY ARE BEING COUNTED!

:rofl:

[Karenina]

22. LtD has our backs

But who cares about the Iraqis? 100,000 is a figure from LAST YEAR. And the violence has only gotten WORSE due to Amerikka's continued presence in the region...

[EFerrari]

23. I'm posting silly and laughing not because this is funny at all

but because it is a way to stay sane and stay effective though the insanity.

I thank Lynn. In fact, I've wanted to thank her many times but don't want to sound like mom.

[rainy]

25. Who the hell is Lynn?

[EFerrari]

26. LynnTheDem counts and she's a wonderful poster on this board.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2192949&mesg_id=2193380

[LynnTheDem]

28. A worker-cheezie with the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

aka http://www.icasualties.org/oif/

And yes, troops who die in hospitals are counted.

2016.

[LynnTheDem]

29. Thanks, sfexpat!

:hug: :loveya: :hug:

[LynnTheDem]

31. I care, you care.

A lot of people care. But you won't hear about the Iraqi dead in the US "media". :(

[Solly Mack]

30. piffle

bovinecaca.
codswallop.
poppycock.
poo.
poop.
horsepucky.
doodoo.
cowpatties.



and my favorite

BULLSHIT

[Nothing Without Hope]

32. I believe that something similar has happened in counting the dead

from the hurricanes.

Recommended.

[beam me up scottie]

33. Recommend this garbage after it has been debunked too MANY times to count?

Read the thread, this is tinfoil trivia.