Where Does Iraq Stand Among U.S. Wars?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3022-2004May30?language=printer
Total Casualties Compare to Spanish-American, Mexican and 1812
Conflicts
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, May 31, 2004; Page A16
With more than 800 U.S. military personnel killed and more than 4,600
wounded, U.S. casualties in Iraq over the past 14 months now compare
to those of several of the smaller wars in the nation's history.
In total casualties -- that is, combined dead and wounded -- the U.S.
military now has suffered more in Iraq than in the Spanish-American
War. The wounded tally in Iraq -- but not the death total -- has
surpassed the figures for the War of 1812 and the Mexican War.
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