Daily U.S. Casualties 6/7/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 6/7/2004


As of Sunday, 814 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 597 died as a result of hostile action and 217 died of nonhostile causes.

The Defense Department did not provide an update during the weekend, but the U.S. Central Command reported a U.S. soldier was killed Sunday by a mortar attack near Baghdad.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Poland, three; Thailand, two; Den mark, El Salvador, Estonia and the Netherlands have reported one each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 675 U.S. soldiers have died -- 487 as a result of hostile action and 188 of non-hostile causes, according to the military's numbers as of Friday. The military did not provide an update Sunday.

The latest deaths reported by the U.S. military:

A soldier was killed Sunday by a mortar attack at his base camp near Baghdad.

The Pentagon reported no new identifications.

[bushalert]

1. My wife has a colleague who

just found out that his son has been critically injured in Baghdad. His vehicle was hit by a rocket propelled grenade. He suffered "critical injuries to his face, eye and broke his collar bone." I ABSOLUTELY HATE GEORGE W BUSH.

[classof56]

4. I'm so sorry...

...to hear about your wife's colleague's son. What a tragedy--made even more so by the fact that he will undoubtedly receive inadequate medical care and his military benefits are due to be cut by the administration. The ugliness just keeps compounding, and the reason for it all? Well, suffice it to say, I can't answer that, and I am daily sharing more and more your sentiments about W. I'm glad to have found DU and know there are so many likeminded, caring souls out there. My cynicism grows daily, too, but I salute you all, and urge all of us to keep the faith.

[mark414]

2. one more sent over

a high school/middle school/elementary school classmate of mine just shipped out last tuesday.

also keep in mind that i'm only 19 (thus making him the same)

we always got along, but i never understood this kid. our freshman year in high school, his family moved to texas so his dad could take this "great job" with this booming company called enron. fast forward a couple years, they lost absolutely everything thanks to kenny boy and moved back up here to wisconsin. despite his family's struggles he still wholeheartedly supported bush, and joined the marines upon graduation because he believed that strongly in the "war on terror."

it makes me sick to think how many kids are going to be killed or wounded because they buy into all this bullshit about this "war on terror."

let's just hope he makes it home in one piece. i thought this war came close enough to home when a good friend of my good friend was killed.

will it ever stop?

[Conor]

3. Web site

I used to regularly visit lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx for an honest body count for the war in Iraq. The web site has a new address. Of course, I forgot to save the new link. Any help?

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Here's the new URL to get to lunaville casualties summary...

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[Conor]

6. Link

Thanks!