US soldier's non-combat death raises toll to 1,100

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/iraq_us_toll


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BAGHDAD (AFP) - The body of a US soldier was found in his living quarters in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala, raising the American death toll in the country to 1,100, according to an official Pentagon (news - web sites) tally.

The soldier's corpse was found in his bunk house after he did not return to guard duty, the military said in a statement.


A spokesman declined to comment on whether the soldier had committed suicide and said the cause of his death would be announced after the completion of an official probe.


The death raised the number of US military fatalities in Iraq (news - web sites) to 1,100 since the March 2003 invasion, according to Pentagon numbers.

[TomClash]

1. 1,102

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[leftchick]

2. Thanks for the link...

I thought it was past 1100. RIP soldiers... :(

[fishface]

3. The headline is not only misleading, it's also false.

"Non-combat related"?


Some editor needs to have his head handed to him.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

[LynnTheDem]

4. Why?

They have the count wrong...but the soldier they're referring to was a non-combat death.

[fishface]

5. I guess after reading it again..

It seemed to imply the total was non combat related