US military death toll in Iraq hits 2,500

by UK Independent (reposted)

Thu, Jun 15, 2006 5:27PM

A total of 2,500 American troops have been killed in Iraq since the US and British invasion three years ago, the Pentagon revealed.

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Despite Zarqawi's killing, the US public remains divided over the war. According to the Pentagon totals, 1,972 personnelhave been killed in action in Iraq, and another 528 died from other non-hostile causes. A further 18,490 troops have been wounded. A total of 113 British troops have been killed. The Pentagon claims not to keep records of civilian deaths in Iraq, though an independent study published more than 18 months ago in The Lancet medical journal suggested that more than 100,000 could have been killed.

The death toll recorded by the media and collated by the Iraq Body Count (IBC) group currently stands at a minimum of 38,355, though the IBC admits most civilian deaths probably go unreported.

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§U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit2 ,500

by Al Bawaba (reposted)

Fri, Jun 16, 2006 7:12AM

The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq has reached2 ,500, the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday, more than three years after the invasion. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least1 , 971died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

In Washington, the Pentagon also said18 , 490U.S. troops had been injured in the war, which started in March2003 , in order to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

The British military has reported 113 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine,18 ; Poland,17 ; Bulgaria,13 ; Spain,11 ; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.

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§Poor Naive Serve The Evil $$ Oil Regime, NEW POLITICAL PARTY RISING WITH MILITARY ARM

by Kurt Brown--Saint Ram Bone

Mon, Jun 26, 2006 9:51AM

The USA government is not controlled by the people any longer and they are doing forced experiments and injections on veterans after service and most likely during. Anyone who serves those wealthy fascist pigs is a damned fool, or they are just naive kids who are poor.

Train your children in military tactics, train them to become defense systems developers. Train them that the wealthy are not our allies as they are usually criminals and cut throats and drug lords or descendants therein.

I support a rising new political party with a military arm. We are going to war in the United States. Never serve them and applaud when the regimes key members are taken out, particularly those who are dealing dope, war, and subjugation.

Never again serve. You are insane or stupid if you do. Serve your families. Protect your families from their lies.

Proof of extreme abuses are at the Mobile Audit Club site. our enemies are not always what they seem . Their buildings are their temples of deception. WE need technological defense systems to contend with our enemies on American soil

They are no longer our friends or allies. They rob pensions and American companies and desecrate our sanctity and sanity. If we start to lose in the conflict, assist those who can release unstoppable biologically engineered defense systems. If we can not have peace and safety and well being, neither shall they.

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http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/democracyordeath

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