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annm4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:17 PM Original message |
of 100 Female Service members killed in Iraq. 39 are non-hostile |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Did you see the video, stuff on Pfc. LaVena Johnson? k&r |
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annm4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Thanks, the abuse of female Military service members never get enough attention |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Raped and murdered by US forces, I assume. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I'm guessing you don't think to highly... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes, like this single example, just one of hundreds of documented cases. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I wouldn't say that never happens... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The stat in the OP says 39% and that is a very credible figure. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I don't really... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No it makes us authorities on the military and the accompanying mindset. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. k+r n/t |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R n/t |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Female suicides in Iraq and some who have returned home on leave. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. They don't classify suicides in the "losses" category |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Out of a total 4437 Iraq deaths, 833 are non-hostile. Accidents frequently happen in wars. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Oh, and if you want to know how each American female soldier died... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. 19% vs. 39%, and using the military's own numbers to try to make your point is inane at best. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And women are barred from frontline combat, so they're less likely to die from hostile fire. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Accidents and illness don't stop in a combat zone |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Some of the non combat deaths could have been accidents |
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