Most U.S. Iraq Deaths Are Reservists

[DuctapeFatwa]

As they prepare to increase their role in Iraq, including more combat duty, soldiers with the Army National Guard and Army Reserve already are experiencing a bigger share of U.S. military deaths there.
Of the 39 deaths in December in Iraq for which the Pentagon has released the victim's names, 10 were citizen soldiers, according to an Associated Press review of the Pentagon reports. That is up from 14 percent in November, the deadliest month of the war with 81 American deaths. There actually were 40 reported deaths in December, but one soldier's name and affiliation have not been released.

Overall, since the start of hostilities last March, 14 percent of all U.S. military deaths have been members of the Army Guard or Reserve. The Army says it has had 68 reservists killed so far, compared with nine reservists among the Marines, two in the Navy and one in the Air Force.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040101_53.html

[Voltaire99]

1. Most U.S. Iraq Deaths Are Pointless But Profitable

What a catastrophic misuse of life.

Happy New Year, DuctapeFatwa and the rest of DU! Lucky we're not over there having our asses shot off for Halliburton, eh?