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| DOD: 296 Military Deaths in Afghan Area |
| 2007-01-16 |
| As of Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at least 296 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2006. Of those, the military reports 192 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 56 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen. There was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 Just looked at this. Some interesting locales. Wonder where the KIA deaths were - Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan, Tajikistan? In any case, it gives a good quick reminder of how G the WOT is. Would it absolutely KILL anyone in public affairs at the WH, DOD, or State to make this point? It would be child's play to put together a brief that puts Iraq in context globally, then bores in to correct some of the key misperceptions. We've become so accustomed to a silent, passive, lifeless USG when it comes to educating the public that one has to almost remind oneself to be frustrated and po'd ..... |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-01-16 23:45 |