Why is it when I ask the simple question of how many GIs have been
killed, to date, in Iraq, I get something dated in 2003?  And here I
thought you were supposed to be up to date.  What are you?  Ass
kissers of Rumsfeld and Bush?

Dear thewiggler-ga,

I hope these statistics are more to your liking since they're current
as of a few weeks ago, and are the most up to date offical statistics
released on the Military Casualty Information webpage from the
Department Of Defense.

Operation Iraqi Freedom:
CASUALTY TYPE				TOTAL
Killed in Action			354
Died of Wounds*				33
Missing in Action - Declared Dead	0
Captured - Declared Dead		0
TOTAL HOSTILE DEATHS			387

Accident				120
Illness					26
Homicide				4
Self-Inflicted				22
Undetermined				1
Pending**				10
TOTAL NON-HOSTILE DEATHS		183

570 Total deaths as of March 18th, 2004

Operation Enduring Freedom (which includes Afghanistan participation):
CASUALTY TYPE				TOTAL
Killed in Action			33
Died of Wounds				14
Missing in Action - Declared Dead	0
Captured - Declared Dead		0
TOTAL HOSTILE DEATHS			47
 
Accident				51
Illness					4
Homicide				0
Self-Inflicted				8
Undetermined				2
Pending					0
TOTAL NON-HOSTILE DEATHS		65

112 Total deaths as of March 4th, 2004


Online reference:

Military Casualty Information on Department of Defense website:
http://www.dior.whs.mil/mmid/casualty/castop.htm

Operation Iraqi Freedom - Casualty Summary by Type:
http://www.dior.whs.mil/mmid/casualty/OIF-Total.pdf

Operation Enduring Freedom - Casualty Summary by Type:
http://www.dior.whs.mil/mmid/CASUALTY/WOTSUM.PDF

Thank you for your question and I'm glad I could answer it for you.

skermit-ga

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