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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (20933)6/24/2003 11:48:42 AM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (3) of 89467
 
Another US soldier was killed yesterday, bringing the toll since May 1 to 56. A total of 138 American service personnel died during the war itself.

As some know, I've been "doing a little math" using the US Deaths in Iraq numbers. There are many sources of confusion, even if you stick to the official numbers. My memory is that the figure for US deaths in Iraq at the time of Bush's carrier speech was 138. Subsequently that count was reported to be as high as 144. The difference could be that MIAs at the time of the speech were later reclassified. Until further clarification, I will continue to use (what for my purposes) is the more conservative number of 144.

By that tally, the US forces are currently loosing as many people as was lost in the "official" war, every six months. And that's with no "major" incidents. Is there anyone here who remembers the Beirut booming?

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