US Iraq casualties rise to 54,433

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US Iraq casualties rise to 54,433
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2007-04-24 20:08. Media

By Michael Munk

US military occupation forces in Iraq suffered at least 169 combat casulties in the week ending April 24, as total casualties reached at least 54,433.The total includes 27,626 killed or wounded by what the Pentagon classifies as "hostile" causes and 26,807 (as of a month ago, March 24) more casualties from "non-hostile" causes such as accidents, suicides and illness serious enough to require medical evacuation.

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by routinely reporting only the total killed (3,333) as of April 24 and rarely mentioning the 24,912 wounded in combat. To further minimize public perception of the cost, they cover for the Pentagon by ignoring the 26,188 military victims who suffered "non-hostile" injuries and illness ( through March 24), although the 3,333 reported deaths include 619 (up one from last week) who died from those same causes.

Although not defined as "casualties" since they have been discharged from active duty, as of the end of 2006 more than 180,000 U.S. military veterans of Iraq and Afganistan had filed disability claims.

Another group of unreported casualties are the more than 8,531 dead (770) and injured (7,761) "contractors" of American companies through the end of 2006. Since 156 (as of April 3) of the dead are reported as Americans, we can assume the rest are foreign nationals--including everyone from food service workers to military mercenaries.

need to expose these lies wherever they are found.

And these injuries aren't just boo-boo's. They are life-altering for many. Count their families into that equation...:cry:

looks like they are short a digit and then some more. What a sack of lies.

... and at an increasing rate. :cry: