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Post by Shirleypal » 07-09-2007 08:32 PM

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Post by Shirleypal » 07-14-2007 11:45 AM

Midwest Towns Sour on War as Their Tolls Mount

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 14, 2007; Page A01

TIPTON, Iowa -- This farming town in Cedar County buried Army Spec. Aaron Sissel during the Iraq war's ninth month. It buried Army Spec. David W. Behrle during the 51st. Along the way, as a peaceable community's heart sank, its attitude toward President Bush and his Iraq strategy turned more personal and more negative.

Sissel and Behrle were popular young sons of Tipton, a community of 3,100 where anonymity is an impossibility. Sissel bagged groceries at the supermarket and often bowled at Cedar Lanes. Behrle served, just two years ago, as Tipton High's senior class president and commencement speaker.


Family members mourn at services for Spec. David W. Behrle, 20, of Tipton, Iowa, a small town that has lost two of its own to the war. (By Scott Morgan -- Getty Images)

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The town, by all accounts, once gave Bush the benefit of the doubt for a war he said would make America safer and a mission he said was accomplished four years before Behrle died. But funeral by funeral, faith in the president and his project to remake Iraq is ebbing away.

Deep into a battle with no visible end, many Republican and Democratic voters here say the cause is no longer clear, the war no longer seems winnable and the costs are too high. After mourning Behrle, 20, and Sissel, 22, Tipton lost its heart for the fight and the president who is vowing to press on.

"It's hitting all around us," said Jim Allen, a salesman and former Bush voter at Fields Mens Wear on the town square. "Once we got there, I thought, 'Let's get it taken care of.' Now it's dragged on and on. It's just every day, you hear of more casualties."

In the first six months of the year, 125 troops from 10 Midwestern states died in Iraq, the bloodiest stretch of the war so far. Over the past year, 239 from those states have died, compared with 129 from July 2003 to June 2004.

While opposition to the war has been stronger and more visible on the East and West coasts, small towns in the heartland and the South have provided the Bush administration with some of its most steadfast backers. But that support has cracked amid the echoes of graveside bagpipes and 21-gun salutes, which have been heard with greater frequency in recent months in small Midwestern communities.

Two prominent Republican senators who broke with the president this month come from the nation's midsection. Sens. George V. Voinovich (Ohio) and Richard G. Lugar (Ind.) said Bush needs to find a new direction in Iraq and a way to start bringing the troops home. A third defector, Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.), said he began to reassess his position after conversations with the grieving families of dead soldiers.

Rep. Bruce Braley, a freshman Iowa Democrat who favors a firm timetable for Iraq, heard the pain when he met with the families of two fallen soldiers, Pfc. Katie M. Soenksen and Cpl. Stephen D. Shannon, on Memorial Day. He said people shouted words of support -- "Good job!" and "Keep the pressure on!" -- as he marched in Fourth of July parades.

It is "the intensity and passion" of the desire for an end to the war that strike Braley as new.

"There's more unity in the opposition now," said Braley, whose district adjoins Tipton. "It was always easier to find optimists about the chances of success in Iraq two years ago. You don't now find people talking that way, even the most ardent supporters of the president's policy."

Retired electrician Bob Peck voted twice for Bush. The first time, in 2000, Democrat Al Gore defeated Bush in Cedar County by two votes, 4,033 to 4,031. Peck would not vote for him again, even if he could.

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Post by Shirleypal » 07-24-2007 06:02 PM

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Casualties in Iraq
The Human Cost of Occupation
Edited by Margaret Griffis :: Contact American Military Casualties in Iraq

Date Total In Combat

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 3637 3006
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 3498 2898
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3176 2700
Since Handover (6/29/04): 2778 2373
Since Election (1/31/05): 2200 2110
American Wounded Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 26806 23000 - 100000
Latest Fatality July 22, 2007
Page last updated 07/24/07 5:15 pm EDT
Iraqi Casualties
US Military Deaths by Month
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Others
Other Coalition Troops 291
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan 412
Iraqi Body Count IBC
American Civilian Casualties
Sources: DoD, CentCom, MNF, and iCasualties.org

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Post by Psychicwolf » 08-06-2007 01:54 AM

August 4, 2007 - Saturday

1589 days into the war

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3665
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 27104


IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 68347
(MAXIMUM): 74753
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 600,000


COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $449,065,000,000


Please note that the above figures, from the IBC website, are NOT estimates of total Iraqi civilians killed as a result of the US invasion and its aftermath. Rather, they are a count of Western-reported verifiable violent deaths, and likely to be a small percentage of the true figure. Les Roberts, author of the Lancet Report, believes the actual number may now be as high as 1,000,000.
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Post by SETIsLady » 08-06-2007 06:17 AM

Thanks for updating the thread Psychicwolf.

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Post by Psychicwolf » 08-10-2007 10:31 PM

August 10, 2007 - Friday

1595 days into the war

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3684
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 27279


IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 69045
(MAXIMUM): 75495
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 600,000


COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $450,766,000,000
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Post by Shirleypal » 08-10-2007 10:35 PM

As much as I hate this news PW, thank you so much for the update.

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Post by Psychicwolf » 08-13-2007 05:09 PM

August 12, 2007 - Sunday

1596 days into the war

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3684
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 27279


IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 69045
(MAXIMUM): 75495
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 600,000


COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $451,345,000,000
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Post by Psychicwolf » 08-14-2007 11:37 AM

The "injured" numbers are getting harder to come by. The US military is getting more cagey with those. I also think the number is WAAAAY under reported just based on percentages that are common in any military engagement. I would say that 27279 would be head injury and limb loss alone.

August 13, 2007 - Monday

1598 days into the war

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3689
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 27279


IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 69045
(MAXIMUM): 75495
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 600,000


COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $451,626,000,000

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-14-2007 11:13 PM

Day of Deadly Violence for Iraqis and GIs
By KIM GAMEL,AP
Posted: 2007-08-14 19:34:03
Filed Under: Iraq News, World News
BAGHDAD (Aug. 14) - Four suicide bombers struck at communities of a small Kurdish sect in northwestern Iraq with nearly simultaneous attacks Tuesday, killing at least 175 people and wounding 200 more, Iraqi military and local officials said.

A car bomb in Kirkuk killed an Iraqi policeman and wounded eight other people. It was one of many violent attacks to hit the country on Tuesday.

The death toll was the highest in a concerted attack since Nov. 23, when 215 people were killed by mortar fire and five car bombs in Baghdad's Shiite Muslim enclave of Sadr City. And it was most vicious attack yet against the Yazidis, an ancient religious community in the region whose members are considered infidels by some Muslims.

The bombings came as extremists staged other bold attacks: leveling a key bridge outside Baghdad and abducting five officials from an Oil Ministry compound in the capital in a raid using gunmen dressed as security officers.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, sought to press its gains against guerrillas. Some 16,000 U.S. and Iraqi soldiers began a sweep through the Diyala River valley north of Baghdad in pursuit of Sunni insurgents and Shiite militia fighters driven out of strongholds in recent weeks.

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U.S. officials believe extremists are attempting to regroup across northern Iraq after being driven from strongholds in and around Baghdad. Such a retrenching could increase pressure on small communities such as the Yazidi sect, a primarily Kurdish group with ancient roots that worships an angel figure considered to be the devil by some Muslims and Christians.

The Islamic State in Iraq, an al-Qaida front group, distributed leaflets a week ago warning residents near the scene of Tuesday's bombings that an attack was imminent because Yazidis are "anti-Islamic."

The sect was under fire after some members stoned a Yazidi teenager to death in April. She had converted to Islam and fled her family with a Muslim boyfriend. Police said 18-year-old Duaa Khalil Aswad was killed by relatives who disapproved of the match.

A grainy video showing gruesome scenes of the woman's killing was later distributed on Iraqi Web sites. Its authenticity could not be independently verified, but recent attacks on Yazidis have been blamed on al-Qaida-linked Sunni insurgents seeking revenge.

The suicide attacks came just after sundown near Qahataniya, 75 miles west of Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, said Abdul-Rahman al-Shimiri, the top government official in the area, and Iraq army Capt. Mohammed Ahmed.
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Post by Psychicwolf » 08-16-2007 02:04 AM

Note that the injured numbers haven't changed in nearly a week

August 15, 2007 - Wednesday

1600 days into the war

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3699
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 27279


IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
MINIMUM): 69513
(MAXIMUM): 75955
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 600,000


COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $452,192,000,000
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Post by Psychicwolf » 08-18-2007 07:07 PM

August 17, 2007 - Friday

1602 days into the war

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ: 3702
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ: 27409


IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
(MINIMUM): 69806
(MAXIMUM): 76258
(LANCET ESTIMATE) 600,000


COST OF THE WAR SO FAR (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION): $452,765,000,000

Oh boy, another 48 billion (that should only take a couple of months) and we will have spent 1/2 a TRILLION of our (borrowed from China) dollars on this war. :eek:
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