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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 09:04 PM
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A Look at U.S. Daily Deaths in Iraq - By The Associated Press
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030913/ap_on_re_us/iraq_us_deaths&cid=519&ncid=1480

As of Friday, Sept. 12, 292 U.S. soldiers have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense.


The British military has reported 49 deaths. Denmark's military has reported one death.

On or since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 154 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq, according to the latest Defense Department figures.

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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 09:07 PM
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1. And another 6 died in the buildup to the invasion.
Edited on Fri Sep-12-03 09:26 PM by alcuno
May they all find peace with God.
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 09:07 PM
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2. I'll be rating this a 5..
by the way, from the short article:

Army Sgt. Henry Ybarra III, 32; Austin, Texas, died Thursday in Balad, Iraq, when the truck tire he was changing exploded; assigned to D Troop, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, Illesheim, Germany


:wtf: kind of tires are they using??
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 09:44 PM
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 09:59 PM
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5. Hi Concinnity. War is indeed unfortunate, and in this case elective.
You are right. Nobody promised but they certainly implied it; culminating with a final scene aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, the original scripted ending has been modified by others.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 10:02 PM
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7. But it's OK
that Bush lied to everyone to get us into this war and didn't have a plan for occupation, defied the UN and didn't listen to the experts on the problems they would encounter. You tell me why you think we are there.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 10:55 PM
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 10:57 PM
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12. Actually, the right promised exactly that
Remember them saying what a cakewalk it would be?
Remember the way they blasted anyone who criticized this and said it would last a long time, remember the way those people were called anti-American?
Remember Bush standing on the deck of the carrier, proclaiming "Mission accomplished" and announcing the end of the war?
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rustydog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 11:02 PM
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13. I believe Rummy and Wolfowitz both referred to an invasion of Iraq
as being a "Cake-walk". We'd be greeted as liberators....

We were sold on a war "on-the-cheap" by Rumsfeld and he MUST be held accountable.

There was no legitimate reason for America to attack Iraq. None whatsoever.

"Rummy" should be in prison.
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sistersofmercy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 09:50 PM
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4. I see these numbers everyday and they just don't seem to add up.
Do you think DoD might be lying just a tad bit? I do. Has antony looked into the KIA thing from my understanding someone was saying DoD is only listing KIA's. Basically if a soliders wounded in the field, taken to the hospital and dies later they're not considered a KIA. I don't know just something I read.
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 10:01 PM
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6. The numbers appear to agree with this website.
Military personnel who later die in the hospital are listed.

http://www.pigstye.net/iraq/
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sistersofmercy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 10:42 PM
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8. But it states at the top of the page the list is from DoD!
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 10:49 PM
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9. That is true, but the website cross-references local stories
with the DoD site. We would have heard if people were reported dead to their families and not listed on the DoD site. If you link up and look at the list on names, you will see the names of those who died at Walter Reed or in Germany.
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sistersofmercy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-03 10:56 PM
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11. I'll check it out! Thanks! Guess my sceptism gets the better of me
sometimes. I see DoD and immediately the mistrust kick in. Thanks!
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