935

[joefree1]

There have been 1,060 coalition deaths, 935 Americans, 64 Britons, six Bulgarians, one Dane, one Dutch, one Estonian, one Hungarian, 19 Italians, one Latvian, seven Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and seven Ukrainians, in the war in Iraq as of August 12, 2004 (Graphical breakdown of casualties). The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have been notified of their deaths by each country's government. At least 6,276 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon does not report the number of non-hostile wounded. This list is updated regularly.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Iraq civilians deaths 11510 to 13483

Protest Bush in Santa Monica, CA today!


For more information check this Activism forum:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x9439

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. add this one 936 and countless others who have commited suicide....

Parents Mourn Son's Suicide After Returning From Iraq Duty:
"He's a Casualty of War But He'll Never Be Known As That"

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/11/145...

During the Democratic National Convention in Boston, the parents of Jeffrey Lucey, a U.S. soldier who killed himself after returning home from military duty in Iraq, spoke publicly for the first time on Democracy Now!
Lucey signed up for the Marine Reserves straight out of high school. In February 2003, one month before the invasion, he was shipped out to Iraq. He was deployed there for five months, during which he fought in the battle of Nasiriyah. He returned to the U.S. later that year.

A few months after his return, Jeffrey's parents, Kevin and Joyce, began noticing signs of what they later came to know as post-traumatic stress syndrome. In late May 2004, they had Jeffrey involuntarily committed to a military veteran's hospital after he ignored his parents' and sister, Debbie's pleas to seek help. The hospital discharged him after a few days.

Three weeks later on June 22nd, Jeffrey Lucey took his own life. He was 23 years old. His father, Kevin came home to find his son had hung himself with a hose in the cellar of their house. The dog tags of two Iraqi prisoners he said he was forced to shoot unarmed, lay on his bed.

Shortly after his death, Kevin and Joyce Lucey joined us on the program to talk about their son. After the broadcast, we continued our conversation with them.

[anarchy1999]

4. Link doesn't work, help please.

n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. here's the link...fixed it

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/11/145205

[phillybri]

2. The TV stations don't talk about this, do they?

Sad...:-(

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. and this one 10:07 AM today.Marine Killed in Afghanistan Copter Crash

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59396-2004Aug12.html

The Associated Press
Thursday, August 12, 2004; 10:07 AM


KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. military helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one Marine and injuring 14 others, the military said.


:cry:

[Terran]

8. And another helicopter down west of Bagdhad--two dead

The toll has climbed to 938 just since this thread started...

:grr:

edit: link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x744628

[skygazer]

6. But we're the ones

who "don't support the military." As far as I'm concerned, support for the military means valuing them enough not to waste their lives in senseless warfare against a country that posed no threat to us. It means providing them with the medical care and health benefits to ease their burdens when they're physically or mentally scarred by their service. It means providing for their families while they are deployed so they can do their job without the weight of worry on their shoulders. It means not asking them to disobey the rules of humanity by expecting them to abuse and murder unarmed prisoners.

Bush's treatment of our military has been nothing short of shameful.

[joefree1]

7. Kick