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Pentagon: 1,000 Troops Wounded in Iraq War
| Can't find the original source for this one, either. This was originally part of a three-article post. I've split it up and edited it a little, and cut one article because it's redundant. I'm assuming Mike didn't just make the whole thing up... |
CNN Thursday 10 July 2003
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 [did] 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. From the time President Bush announced the end of major combat operations May 1, U.S. troops have been enduring sneak attacks on almost a daily basis around the country, resulting in deaths or injuries.
- According to Pentagon numbers, between May 1 and Tuesday, 73 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq.
- 29 by hostile fire around Iraq
- 44 troops from non-hostile fire or in accidents
- Since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 211 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq.
- 143 troops by hostile fire
- 68 troops by accidents or other non-hostile incidents
As for the dollar cost of the Iraqi war and occupation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a Senate committee Wednesday that it is projected to cost the Pentagon an average of nearly $4 billion a month through September.
Posted by: Mike Rogers (Mike in Tokyo) 2003-07-11 |
