[Peace-discuss] Media / DOD distortion of casualties

[Dlind49 at aol.com]

The actual casualty count exceeds 22,000 as Deputy Secretary of Defense for 
medical care Winkenkenwerder testified before U.S. House of Representatives 
(Chris) Shay's committee several weeks ago  but DOD officials are not 
acknowledging DNBI casualties in this report. Casualties actually consist of WIA- 
"Wounded In Action", KIA- "Killed In Action", and then combined DNBI- "Disease and 
Non-Battle Injuries".

doug 
 

Gov't: U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Tops 700
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
Filed at 8:16 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of American troops who have died in Iraq since 
U.S. forces invaded in March 2003 has surpassed 700 and the number wounded in 
action has topped 3,600, the Pentagon said Monday.

The death toll stands at 706, although fewer than 700 individuals have been 
identified by the Pentagon because it has not completed the required 
next-of-kin notifications for a number who died in recent days. Just last Friday, the 
Pentagon said the troop death total stood at 685.

April has been the deadliest month since the invasion, with at least 99 U.S. 
troops killed so far.

Of the 706 deaths recorded by the Pentagon, 511 came after President Bush 
declared on May 1 that major combat was over. Two Department of the Army 
civilians also have been killed and two U.S. soldiers are listed as missing.

The number of wounded stands at 3,630, according to a Pentagon count that was 
updated last Friday. The total has grown by more than 600 since April 8, when 
it stood at 2,988.

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