http://www.militarytimes.com/projects/flash/4000/
Navy Times just did an article on reaching 4000 deaths in Iraq. They put together some good numbers to indicate how the casualties break down by race, gender, age, rank, service, cause of death, etc, etc. There’s some interesting stuff in there. For instance, 7 deaths due to Cancer? 16 Homicides (not due to hostile action). 544 accidental deaths.
Good info for the curious. You have to roll over and click a lot, and it’s kind of small print.
You can’t put that kind of factual information on this forum, sir. We go more for hyperbole and fatuousness.
T.
Well, I figure it’s never too late to give it a try…
how many were killed by Bill Clinton?
Correction to your original post, the article is about the 4k milestone, not 400.
Causes of death:
1,961 from IED838 from gunshot/artillery291 aircraft crash244 not reported / unknown / miscellanious
235 vehicle211 mortar/rpg
And it provides a link to http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html where you can read the personal information on each and every service member who sacrificed their life.
Sorry, you’re right. I didn’t hit the “0” enough times.
how many were killed by Bill Clinton?
How many have died as the result of former President Clinton’s ineffective responses to attacks against U.S interests prior to 9/11?
Surely, his tepid and timorous actions did nothing but embolden those who desired to do us harm, and only made our current task all the more difficult?
Regards,
T.
Bill Clinton killed someone?
~Matt
It seems like he was more of a “Make love, not war” kind of guy…
Yes, but of the Frank Zappa “Give me your dirty love” variety.
T.
I heard on some news show that a huge proportion of our presence in Iraq is made up of contractors. If that’s true (and I presume it is), I was thinking that we may have an equal number of contractor deaths as military deaths.
Anyone know how they are used? Can they call in military support like airstrikes or artillery? Are they used as grunts, or in some other capacity? …guards? …food service? Are they paramilitary or just support and/or construction/transportation/etc.?
Contractors are busy in Iraq, but I don’t know the numbers. I would imagine that civilians can not call in airstrikes from military units. They might request help if they get in trouble, and maybe someone else could comment on how that would or would not work. From what I’ve seen and heard, they are used for food service, construction, transportation, etc, but also are involved as private security firms which is closer to the paramilitary idea you probably have.
There are more US paid private contractors in Iraq than there are US troops. To the tune of about 180,000, not even counting all the “security contractors.”
There’s been some interesting reporting and writing about Blackwater recently, too. Scary stuff.