Centcom: 1 Soldier Dies (patrol vehicle accident)

[bluestateguy]

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 220th Military Police Brigade soldier died when his patrol vehicle rolled into a canal near Al Iskandariyah at approximately 4:30 a.m. Nov 23.

Rescue attempts were unsuccessful. The soldier was evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

The soldier’s name is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification. This incident is under investigation.

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=2003

[UpInArms]

1. I looked at the list

of casualties (Iraq and Afghanistan) and there have been 73 deaths since October 27.

Lives ended - families destroyed

and this is just "ours"

not even touching on the other countries' losses

just too much to wrap my head around :(

[markses]

2. Your list is wrong: That's a LOW figure

Actual number of dead from Iraq and Afghanistan since Oct 27 is

82, including

75 in Iraq

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

and 7 in Afghanistan

http://lunaville.org/OEF/Afghanistan.aspx