Reply #1: I was also told by a VFP at Camp Casey that

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US troops are dying in Iraq in numbers 2 to 3 times higher than the "official" count, because, he said, you're only counted if you die ON THE GROUND--if you're "medi-vac'd" out and die in the air or elsewhere, you're not counted as having died "in" Iraq.

I haven't had a chance to try to check this out. I would like verfication of all such claims before I repeat them elsewhere. However, if these claims can be confirmed, they need to be publicized.