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"The Limbless Marine" |
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27 Nov 2004 08:35:47 PM |
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21,000 US casualties |
US report: Nearly 21,000 US casualties
Thursday 25 November 2004
Nearly 21,000 wounded US soldiers have been treated at the Landstuhl
Regional Medical Centre in Germany, a US military newspaper has reported.
"As of Tuesday, 20,802 troops have been treated at Landstuhl from
injuries received in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom,"
writes Ben Murray for the US military's Stars and Stripes European
edition newspaper.
The 26 November report did not provide information on the number of
military fatalities.
Nevertheless, November has been the second deadliest month for US troops
in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion, says the Pentagon.
At least 109 US troops have been killed in Iraq this month, about half
of whom died in an offensive that began on 8 November in Falluja,
according to Pentagon figures.
In the 20-month war, only April 2004, with 135 military deaths, produced
a higher monthly US death toll.
The offensive in Falluja, a city west of Baghdad, was part of efforts to
quell resistance before January's elections.
But even as the US military said 1200 to 1600 fighters had been killed
in Falluja and their operations decisively halted, fighters continued
their anti-US attacks in many other cities.
Troops reduced?
The Pentagon's latest official count, provided on Wednesday, listed 1230
US military deaths in the Iraq war. It also listed more than 9300 US
troops wounded in action, more than 5000 of whom were too badly injured
to return to duty, and nearly 11,500 less than the Stars and Stripes
report.
More than 850 troops were reported to have been wounded in action in
Falluja alone.
While Pentagon officials have hinted at the possibility of reducing US
troop levels if elections go well and Iraqi security forces prove
capable, officials warned not to expect any decline in violence soon.
"We are intent on trying to provide a secure and stable enough situation
to be able to conduct nationwide elections in January," said air force
Lieutenant-General Lance Smith, the second-most senior officer at US
Central Command, responsible for military operations in the Middle East
and Central Asia.
"Now, I will not pretend that that's not a challenge at this stage."
Attacks to continue
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier said: "No doubt attacks will
continue in the weeks and months ahead, and perhaps intensify as the
Iraqi election approaches. I suppose this has to be expected."
Opinion polls have shown the US public has been willing to stomach the
continuing casualties in Iraq.
"I think the greater problem, frankly, is going to be within the ranks
of the military itself, particular the families," said defence analyst
Daniel Goure of the Lexington Institute, citing stress from mounting
casualties, lengthy deployments and units being sent back to Iraq not
long after going home.
"We are in the process of attempting to reassert control," said Goure
said. The Pentagon was initially ill prepared to fight the resistance
that arose after President Saddam Hussein was swiftly toppled, he added.
Reuters
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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| Title: Re: 21,000 US casualties |
28 Nov 2004 01:38:00 AM |
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In our last thrilling episode, The Limbless Marine
<Stumpy@Prosthetic.org> was pushed over the cliffs of alt.atheism on
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:35:47 -0500 by Zoog, minion of Zathar. As he
fell, he screamed:
Nearly 21,000 wounded US soldiers have been treated at the Landstuhl
Regional Medical Centre in Germany, a US military newspaper has reported.
And that includes all accidents. Vehicle crashes, slipping in the
shower and breaking a leg, tearing your ACL in a game of touch
football, making yourself part of a circut while wiring.. whatever.
With close to a hundred thousand servicemembers in Iraq and
Afghanistan, these numbers aren't unusual.
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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