Pentagon: 1,000 troops wounded in Iraq war

[Q]

Pentagon: 1,000 troops wounded in Iraq war

Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Posted: 8:18 PM EDT (0018 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For the first time since the start of the war in Iraq, Pentagon officials have released the number of U.S. troops wounded from the beginning of the war through Wednesday.

Responding to a request by CNN, the Pentagon said more than 1,000 U.S. troops have been wounded or injured in Iraq since March 20, when a U.S.-led airstrike started the war.

The Defense Department provided these figures:

• 791 troops were wounded or injured during combat

• 253 troops were wounded or injured in action not related to combat operations, such as traffic accidents or accidental gunshot wounds

The Pentagon not disclose the type of wounds or injuries sustained. But the numbers shed more light on the overall toll the fighting has taken on U.S. troops during the war and subsequent occupation of the country.

Wednesday, a U.S. military base in the central Iraqi town of Fallujah came under attack as a rocket-propelled grenade hit its perimeter, military sources said. There were no reports of injuries...." http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/07/09/sprj.irq.main/index.html

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Add respiratory and psychological illnesses which have not

manifested yet and we will see far more than the 9000 disabled gulf war veteran's from 91. Add the fact that medical benefits are being cut for Georgie's tax giveaway and we are going to have some unstable pissed off vets in our midst for years to come.

I am NOT knocking those who served..merely pointing out America will NOT care about accomodating their disabilities given their short attention span.

[Q]

2. A

Kick

[wuushew]

3. That means we have already exceeded GW I

America's Wars: Casualties and Veterans
American Revolution (1775–1783)
Total servicemembers 217,000
Battle deaths 4,435
Nonmortal woundings 6,188

War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Total servicemembers 286,730
Battle deaths 2,260
Nonmortal woundings 4,505

Indian Wars (approx. 1817–1898)
Total servicemembers 106,0001
Battle deaths 1,0001

Mexican War (1846–1848)
Total servicemembers 78,718
Battle deaths 1,733
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 11,550
Nonmortal woundings 4,152

Civil War (1861–1865)
Total servicemembers (Union) 2,213,363
Battle deaths (Union) 140,414
Other deaths in service (nontheater) (Union) 224,097
Nonmortal woundings (Union) 281,881
Total servicemembers (Conf.) 1,050,000
Battle deaths (Conf.) 74,524
Other deaths in service (nontheater) (Conf.) 59,2972
Nonmortal woundings (Conf.) unknown

Spanish-American War (1898–1902)
Total servicemembers 306,760
Battle deaths 385
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 2,061
Nonmortal woundings 1,662

World War I (1917–1918)
Total servicemembers 4,734,991
Battle deaths 53,402
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 63,114
Nonmortal woundings 204,002
Living veterans (102)3 2,212

World War II (1940–1945)
Total servicemembers 16,112,566
Battle deaths 291,557
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 113,842
Nonmortal woundings 671,846
Living veterans (80)3 5,032,591

Korean War (1950–1953)
Total servicemembers 5,720,000
Battle deaths 33,686
Other deaths in service (theater) 2,830
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 17,730
Nonmortal woundings 103,284
Living veterans (69)3 2,976,446

Vietnam War (1964–1975)
Total servicemembers 9,200,000
Deployed to Southeast Asia 3,100,000
Battle deaths 47,410
Other deaths in service (theater) 10,788
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 32,000
Nonmortal woundings 153,303
Living veterans (55)3 7,495,029

Gulf War (1990–1991)
Total servicemembers 2,322,332
Deployed to Gulf 1,136,658
Battle deaths 148
Other deaths in service (theater) 235
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 914
Nonmortal woundings 467
Living veterans (35)3 1,753,5301

America's Wars Total
Military service during war 42,348,460
Battle deaths 650,954
Other deaths in service (theater) 13,853
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 229,661
Nonmortal woundings 1,431,290
Living war veterans 18,865,926
Living veterans 25,038,459

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. A story over in LBN estimates 6000 or more civilian casualties

thus far. Too bad cars don't run on blood...there doesn't seem to be a shortage of that!

[revcarol]

5. I thought that was more than 6,000 civilian DEATHS,

NOT including the wounded.