U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq - 783 U.S. service members have died

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAE6TH5DUD.html

As of Monday, May 17, 783 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 571 died as a result of hostile action and 212 died of non-hostile causes. snip

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 645 U.S. soldiers have died - 462 as a result of hostile action and 183 of non-hostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

more

[lakeguy]

1. How many this month?

[AlCzervik]

8. 47 this month so far

are the american people outraged yet? I fing hope so.

[Leilani]

2. The press seems to be avoiding reporting the numbers

Thanks for the info.

[Hotdiggitydog]

3. Meanwhile...

Faux is hyping the discovery of one shell which contains traces of Sarin gas. Gee, I guess the deaths of all of these soldiers was worthwhile ...that single cruddy shell could have wiped out the eastern United States.

[MGKrebs]

4. Can anyone honestly say that it's getting better over there?

Are we making any progress?
By what criteria do we judge our "performance"?
Is there ANY criteria by which the NeoCons would admit failure?

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yep candy and flowers

are still being thrown at our troops...

Never mind those have a slightly explosive quality

You have to admit them iraqis know how to throw a party. <sarcasm>

[Hekate]

6. Remember them on Memorial Day -- remind people to see

Our local memorial will be up for two days, Sunday and Monday, this Memorial Day weekend.

Bereaved families are still making pilgrimages, driving an hour or more just to place flowers at a cross with their loved one's name on it for a day. Active duty servicemembers have come by to witness this memorial to their comrades.

Despite the lie about families not wanting to see photos of the coffins coming home, the survivors want some public acknowledgment of their sacrifice, they want to be seen, and they want their loved one to not be ignored as though s/he had never existed. They don't want jingoistic talk of revenge, and they don't want anti-war rhetoric that demeans military men and women who are only doing what our government sent them to do.

We can witness for them. The almost-800 who have died (who have been acknowledged to have died) did so because they joined military service with the best of intentions -- and (as I and other DUers believe) were betrayed by their own government.

We can work like hell to bring the rest of them home, and welcome them when they get here.

Hekate


Arlington West, Santa Barbara, California
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Default.htm
click on the large photo of AW to go here and scroll down:
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Arlington_west_121003.htm

"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war." ~Donald Rumsfeld

"But why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many,
what day it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you
suppose? Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my
beautiful mind on something like that?" ~Barbara Bush

"Do these people live on another planet?" ~Hekate

[AlCzervik]

7. lunaville says 788

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

[Th1onein]

9. THAT many?

OMG, why isn't this being reported on the news?