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With all the attention the Iraq War gets, and even occasionally the total number of military casualties, the number if injured soldiers often gets short shrift. The news, as you might expect, is not good.
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Military Releases High Casualty Figures
The Department of Defense has released its latest American military casualty numbers for those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the figures reveal non-fatal casualties that go well beyond the more than 4,000 U.S. troops who have died so far.
As of April 5, a total of 36,082 members of the U.S. military have been wounded in action and killed in Iraq, since the beginning of the war in March 2003, and in Afghanistan, where the war there began in October 2001. The 36,082 number breaks down to 4,492 deaths and 31,590 wounded. According to the same DoD "casualty" counts, an additional 38,631 U.S. military personnel have also been removed from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan for "non-hostile-related medical air transports. . ."
As of April 5, a total of 36,082 members of the U.S. military have been wounded in action and killed in Iraq, since the beginning of the war in March 2003, and in Afghanistan, where the war there began in October 2001. The 36,082 number breaks down to 4,492 deaths and 31,590 wounded. According to the same DoD "casualty" counts, an additional 38,631 U.S. military personnel have also been removed from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan for "non-hostile-related medical air transports. . ."
Read more at: CBS News
Anyone willing to do the math will find that equals about 80,000 casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan. And the quote: "38,631 U.S. military personnel have also been removed from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan for 'non-hostile-related medical air transports. . .'" What in the world could have happened to 38,000+ that required air transport???...
ReplyDeleteMe thinks they're cooking the numbers, so we won't know.