[Peace-discuss] Memorial Day weekend

[C. G. Estabrook]

	U.S. Fatalities Cross the 1,000 Mark In Afghanistan
	Posted: 28 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT

With the death of an unnamed servicemember in a roadside bomb attack today, the 
number of U.S. dead in Afghanistan has crossed the 1,000 mark.

The Associated Press announced the figure it culled from its own count. Using 
different counting methods, Icasualties.org crossed the grim statistic last week 
and set the number at 1,007 deaths as of this afternoon. Both figures tally the 
number of servicemembers who died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan, 
including personnel injured there but who later died overseas at facilities such 
as Walter Reed and Landstuhl Medical Centers. The difference between the tallies 
only underscores the difficulty in tracking casualties.

According to the Department of Defense, Operation Enduring Freedom has suffered 
a total of 1,076 fatalities, 791 of them in combat. The larger figure also 
includes deaths in Guantánamo Bay, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, 
Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen. The 
tally from the entire theater crossed the 1,000 milestone back in February.

A little over a week from today, on June 7, the operation will mark its 104th 
month, making it the longest war in U.S. history.

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