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April 21, 2004
Body Count

Newsweek has a piece on the casualties sustained in Iraq. We're starting to see more of this, which is of course tragic, but we need to see it for just that reason. Those jerks are trying to numb us to death by war the way we're numb to death by car accident. Don't let it happen. These deaths were avoidable.

793 -- Total coalition soldiers killed in Iraq since the war began, according to the U.S. Army's Central Command, as of April 17, 2004. (690 are Americans). This number is now 808, with 705 being Americans. (updated via lunaville.)

8,875 - 10,725 -- The minimum and maximum estimates of the number of Iraqi civilians killed in Iraq so far, according to IraqBodyCount.org, an organization of British and American academics. Other groups have even higher estimates.

3,466 -- The total of American soldiers wounded in action in Iraq through April 17, 2004, according to the Pentagon. There's a lot of controversy about these figures, which do not include many minor wounds, although they do include some soldiers who are wounded and returned to duty. Other estimates of wounded American soldiers range as high as 15,000.

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Posted by ahecht at April 21, 2004 3:23 PM
Comments

Previous Comments

Im sorry but i think that this whole war is stupid. we are always worried about other countries, but what about america? what about the starving children in america? what about all the violence in america? but no you guys spend all your time worring about other countries that ya'll dont relize all the stuff thats happening her in our home land. you guys need to get your prioties straight.!

Posted by: Kari at May 3, 2004 7:35 AM

Kari,

I'm not sure to whom you are addressing your comment, but I certainly take all of the domestic problems you list, vague as they are, quite seriously. That doesn't mean that I shouldn't pay any attention to what our military is doing in Iraq, does it?

Whether we agree with the war or not (I don't), we surely can't ignore it.

Posted by: Anthony at May 3, 2004 9:05 AM