4362 US Military Deaths in Iraq / 832 Afghanistan Countless non US Casualities...

[Mick Knox]

And still counting.

And the war machine still marches on.



As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 4,362 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,557 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_us_deaths_1

As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 836 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_re_us/us_afghan_us_deaths_1

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R. Views would sure change if these numbers appeared daily in the news...

;(

[azul]

2. Think the correct term is myriad

for civilian causalities. Not that the army even counts.