the counter on my page went up by 4

[barbtries]

over the past couple days. four more americans killed in iraq. i've googled and cannot find any details, other than a story regarding one unnamed marine. maybe i'm just a terrible web searcher. or are we as a people going blind deaf and dumb regarding these tragedies that stem from a travesty?

i want them to be remembered, mourned, and i want justice for their deaths, as well as for the deaths of all the innocents in iraq and elsewhere.

[monmouth]

1. Plus the untimely death of the Republican operative dying in the

airplane "accident." Has the media made more than a cursory stab at either of these stories??? Our soldiers are losing their lives everyday and hardly a mention is being made....Very sad. Imagine the parents, wives, husbands and other family members and friends of these poor souls this holiday season.

[barbtries]

2. i do

i think of the families, and i think of the dead. :(

[monmouth]

3. Tough times for this nation on the whole. Too much sadness. Hopefully

next year life will be a little sweeter and we can truly celebrate the season with lighter hearts.

[Journeyman]

4. Iraq Coalition Casualty Count offers this info on the latest casualties. . .

12/22/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Coleman W. Hinkefent, 19, of Coweta, Okla., died Dec. 20, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany of a non-combat related illness. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.

12/22/08 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Jonathan W. Dean, 25, of Henagar, Ala., died Dec. 20, in Bayji, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Tikrit, Iraq. He was assigned to the 561st Military Police Company, 716th Military Police Battalion...

12/21/08 MNF: MNF-W Marine dies in non-combat related incident
A Multi-National Force – West Marine died as the result of a non-combat related incident Dec. 20. The Marine’s name is being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin and release by the Department of Defense.


http://icasualties.org/oif/

(This is the source for the counter on your page.)

[barbtries]

6. thank you

i don't know how i missed it, but i did.

they're all non combat deaths. no details. a 19-year-old got sick and died. :cry:

[spanone]

5. the media has chosen to ignore the war in iraq where our soldiers are dying for cheney & bu$h*

[Autumn]

7. A young man from

Tennessee, after two tours in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger in October. It is much more than 4213. He just waited to come home to die.

[barbtries]

8. yep

and he is one of many. the number of destroyed people can't even be counted. these goddamn wars.