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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 04:10 PM
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How many Soldiers have been Injured in Iraq?
Why aren't we hearing anything about the body count of wounded soldiers in Iraq?

Someone on one of the talk shows was mentioning that he has seen tons of wounded American Soldiers that are blind and have limbs missing.

I wonder where the pictures are of them and why hasn't anyone questioned the reason that no one is mentioning them.

They are going to have to be put on disability the rest of their life's and they are young.

Can someone post a link if you have one I am curious at finding out about what's happening to our wounded men and women.
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 04:13 PM
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1. The Iraqometer says 1323
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 04:37 PM
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2. It's "classified."
5000 through Landstuhl? Walter Reed using HOTELS??? Whispers that as many have been shipped all over the country??? No follow up??? 10,000???
Think I need new tinfoil???
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 04:42 PM
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3. It could be a lot more than that
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/080503B.shtml

August 4, 2003

The estimate given by central command in Qatar is 926, but according to Lieutenant-Colonel Allen DeLane, who is in charge of the airlift of the wounded into Andrews air base, that too is understated.

"Since the war has started, I can't give you an exact number because that's classified information, but I can say to you over 4,000 have stayed here at Andrews, and that number doubles when you count the people that come here to Andrews and then we send them to other places like Walter Reed and Bethesda, which are in this area also," Col DeLane told National Public Radio.

He said 90% of injuries were directly war-related.

Some of that number may involve double-counting - if a soldier stays at the Andrews clinic on the way to Washington and then again on the way back to the war or back home, for example. But the actual number of wounded still appears to be much higher than the official figures.

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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 04:59 PM
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4. Some talking heads have mentioned that some are Blind
I wonder what put their eye sight out.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-03 06:34 PM
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5. links
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