Experts to review nonhostile deaths By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, October 19, 2007
WASHINGTON — Army safety experts have been dispatched to Iraq to look into the increase in nonhostile deaths, Army officials said.
Nonhostile deaths are fatalities not directly linked to hostile action or terrorist activity, such as deaths from accidents and illness, said Army spokesman Paul Boyce.
From July to August, the number of soldiers whose deaths are classified as accidental or “other deaths” jumped from eight to 27, Defense Department statistics show.In September, 21 soldiers died under such circumstances, and one such death has been reported for this month as of Oct. 6, the statistics show.
The commanding general of Multi-National Corps–Iraq has requested that a team of experts from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center look into the increase, said safety center spokeswoman Kelly Widener.
The team will conduct a “detailed analysis of the force’s accident loss, trends and practices in order to develop a way ahead and provide recommendations to proactively and aggressively address accidental loss,” Widener said in an e-mail to Stars and Stripes.
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http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49603uhc comment: That's interesting.
http://icasualties.org/oif/hnh.aspx
icasualties.org reports on nonhostile deaths
Jul-07 14
Aug-07 28
Somebody's got their numbers wrong. 
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