Military Deaths Nearly Every Day in March; Almost a Third are Californians

[The Straight Story]

Military Deaths Nearly Every Day in March; Almost a Third are Californians


(SALEM, Ore.) - I realized something tonight while looking at the astonishing numbers of U.S. war dead in casualty reports issued by the Dept. of Defense; I have as the editor of this news group, fallen into the trap of complacency that seems to be taking place everywhere with regard to our fallen service members. I used to cover the casualties regularly and will again try to stay on track with this important information.

As you read through these events that claimed the lives of Americans overseas, you will note that two soldiers killed in Afghanistan were allegedly shot with small arms fire by an individual from a military security group. Military security group means private contractor, like the group formerly known as Blackwater.

One death reported by the Air Force was the result of a shooting that happened at the Frankfurt Airport, Germany.

You will also see that Americans are still dying in Iraq. The name of the Iraq conflict is officially now 'Operation New Dawn' by the way. The war in Afghanistan is still called 'Operation Enduring Freedom' and considering that it began nearly a decade ago, the first half of the name has proven to be very accurate, while in many ways it remains to be seen how much freedom the occupational war will lead to.

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18 of the Army deaths were combat related; however it appears that 2 may ultimately be regarded as 'friendly fire'-type incidents.


http://www.salem-news.com/articles/march312011/war-dead-tk.php

[Hannah Bell]

1. Thanks for the reminder; is it ten years we've been in iraq now?

I would never have believed people could just "get used to it".

[Angry Dragon]

2. I think Iraq started in 2003

Afghanistan started in 2001??