U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3,996 (?) - Pending DoD Confirmation: 5

[Breeze54]

U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3996

Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 5

Total 4001

DoD Confirmation List

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Latest Coalition Fatality: Mar 25, 2008

Why this hasn't been updated on ICasualties is an unknown. :shrug:

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03/25/08 MNF: MND-B Soldier attacked by hostile fire

Multi-National Division -

Baghdad Soldier was killed by a hostile fire attack at approximately 5 p.m. March 25
while conducting combat operations. The Soldier's name is being withheld pending notification
of next of kin... (This is a U.S. soldier)

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03/26/08 VOA: Iraqi PM Gives Basra Militants 72 Hours to Surrender Arms
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered Shi'ite militants fighting government forces
in the southern city of Basra to surrender their arms within three days or face the consequences.


03/26/08 AFP: Shiite fighters clash again with Iraqi forces in Basra
Fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed again in Basra Wednesday, a day after
running battles in Iraq's southern oil hub killed seven people, an AFP reporter and witnesses said.


03/26/08 Reuters: 12 people killed, 77 wounded in clashes in Sadr City
Twelve people have been killed and 77 wounded in clashes between Iraqi security forces and the Mehdi
Army in Baghdad's Sadr City district since Tuesday, said Ali Bustan, general director of the health
office for eastern Baghdad.


03/26/08 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 3, wounds 6 in Baghdad's Karrada district
Mortar attacks killed three and wounded six in Baghdad's Karrada district.


03/26/08 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 4 people, wounds 12 in southwestern Baghdad
Mortar attacks killed four people and wounded 12 in Baghdad's southwestern district of Risala,
a Mehdi Army stronghold.


03/26/08 Reuters: Two people killed, 12 wounded in clashes in Kut
Two people were killed and 12 wounded in clashes between Mehdi Army members and Iraqi security
forces in Kut, 175 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. Police said the militia
had taken control of seven neighbourhoods.


03/26/08 Reuters: U.S. airstrike kills five Iraqi civilians
A U.S. airstrike killed five Iraqi civilians, including a judge, and wounded 10 in the northern
town of Tikrit on Wednesday, Iraqi police said. Tikrit is 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad.

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Escalation has failed.

[Breeze54]

1. So, I guess this means the total is 4,006?

:shrug:

[bdamomma]

2. do you ever wonder if even the 4,000 is accurate.

maybe there are more deaths that are not being reported. I do not trust this government at all.

[Breeze54]

3. There are more that have not been included... 'Post Iraq Deaths Not Confirmed By the DoD'

Post Iraq Deaths Not Confirmed By the DoD

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Name Date
McDonald, James W. 12-Nov-2007
Wasielewsk, Anthony Raymond 08-Oct-2007
Cassidy, Gerald J. 25-Sep-2007
Richards, Jack D. 29-Jul-2007
Salerno III, Raymond A. 16-Jul-2006
Smith, John "Bill" 01-Oct-2005

Note: The soldiers listed above died from wounds received in Iraq,
however, the DoD has not included their deaths in their official count.

:grr:

[bdamomma]

4. don't you think those who die from wounds should be included too

in the official count?

[Breeze54]

5. Of course I do and people have been protesting about it for awhile!

And they don't include those that commit suicide after they return
either and exclude their families from collecting death benefits! :grr:

[bdamomma]

6. we are being lied to again. that is all I'm saying.

[Breeze54]

7. It's not "again"... They've been lying all along !!

Ya know?

[Breeze54]

8. Total just went up--> 4,003, --- pending .... 7

U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3996

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 7

Total 4003

DoD Confirmation List

Latest Coalition Fatality: Mar 26, 2008

Look at my signature pic. The number just changed before my eyes. :cry: