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To: tejek who wrote (236695)	6/13/2005 10:12:59 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574538

However, you missed an important point. Blacks make up 20% of the armed services........much larger than their share of the total US population. But they represent a smaller percentage of the infantry and combat arms in general. True everyone in Iraq is at some risk, but those going out on patrol, and taking part in attacks, have higher casualty rate than a lot of other soldiers. I don't have specific casualty rates broken down by racial and ethnic group, but I from what I do know I would not be surprised that the percentage of casualties among black soldiers was not just lower than 20% (their approximate % in the military), but even lower than 12 to 14% (their percentage in the general US population). Tim