A Look at U.S. Daily Deaths in Iraq - 301 killed & 1275 wounded

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030920/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths&cid=540&ncid=1473

As of Saturday, Sept. 20, 301 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command. snip

On or since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 163 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq, according to the latest Defense Department figures.

Since the start of military operations, 1,275 U.S. service members have been wounded as a result of hostile action, according to U.S. Central Command. Non-hostile injured numbered 319.

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[alcuno]

1. That's 1 out of every 100 killed or wounded.

I saw that the number who had been evacuated for medical/psychological reasons was something like 4000.

[Eloriel]

2. How many were killed just in major combat?

Does anyone know? These numbers do NOT seem right to me.

Eloriel

[alcuno]

3. It was around 130.

Eloriel, I actually think the numbers are correct.

http://www.pigstye.net/iraq/