April Soldier Deaths now at 132? (or more?)

[nostamj]

10 more dead this morning. did Blumenthal miss any when he posted his Salon article today? does this include Afghanistan?

By far, April has been the bloodiest month -- 122 U.S. soldiers killed, compared with 73 last April in the supposed last month of the war. The unending war has inspired among Bush's backers a rally-'round-the-flag effect, a redoubling of belief.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/04/29/fiction/index.html

[spinbaby]

1. 134 Americans

139 coalition, 134 Americans according to Lunaville this morning.

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

[nostamj]

2. that includes the 10 reported this morning?

8 in a car bombing south of baghdad, two others in separate incidents?

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. More - 139 total, 134 US, including ten today

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Total of all coalition forces to date = 841

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx
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[buddy22600]

4. no way it was a couple thousand so far in april

by the end of the month it will be over 10,000

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Huh?

:crazy:

[papau]

6. Thank God that is wrong - they even appear to be backing down a bit

Seems we've agreed to an all Iraqi police force to police and remove the criminals that burned the 4 bodies.

But the Mission Accomplish 1 year aniversary this week will be interesting Bush PR moment.

[imax2268]

7. I hope BushCo

can sleep well at night...

[nostamj]

8. "backing down a bit" ???

with ten dead--so far--today? :shrug:

i *hope* the news about pulling out of Fallujah in favor of an Iraqi force pans out but... the record--so far--is NOT good.

[papau]

9. pulling out of Fallujah in favor of an Iraqi force - I am hoping this

means someone with brains is finally in charge.

But the overnight dead count was horrible.

[nostamj]

10. A second unit of the Iraqi armed forces has mutinied at Fallujah

so, which Iraqi army is going to handle things in Fallujah???

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=516306

29 April 2004

A second unit of the Iraqi armed forces has mutinied at Fallujah after being involved in heavy fighting with insurgents Ali Allawi, the Iraqi Defence Minister, said yesterday.

Part of the 36th battalion of the paramilitary Iraqi Civil Defence Corps revolted last week after the unit had been fighting in the besieged city for 11 days, the minister told The Independent yesterday. Mr Allawi blamed the mutiny on "a failure of command. The commanding officer was absent, his deputy ... was seriously wounded and the number three faltered"