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[goodluck]

A Daily Look at Military Deaths in Iraq
1 hour, 8 minutes ago

By The Associated Press

As of Friday, March 26, 585 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites) a year ago, according to the Department of Defense (news - web sites). Of those, 395 died as a result of hostile action and 190 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Ukraine, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, Estonia and Poland have reported one each.


Since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 447 U.S. soldiers have died — 280 as a result of hostile action and 167 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.


Since the start of military operations, 2,958 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department. Non-hostile injured numbered 436.


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The latest deaths reported by the military:


_ A Marine died Friday in fighting in Fallujah, Iraq.


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The latest identifications reported by the military:


_ Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey C. Burgess, 20, Plymouth, Mass.; killed Thursday near Fallujah, Iraq; assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.


_ Marine Lance Cpl. James A. Casper, 20, Coolidge, Texas; died Thursday at Asad, Iraq, from a non-hostile incident; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Camp Pendleton, Calif.


_ Army Spc. Adam D. Froehlich, 21, Pine Hill, N.J.; died Thursday in Baqouba, Iraq, after being hit by an explosive; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery; Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040327/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths&cid...

[brainlessone]

this is old news. its been around since last fall

you know, sometimes you have to think that everything that gets made is not produced by credit card. We take a whole lot for granted. somebody has to get the money, buy the land, build a building, hire engineers, make an assembly line, produce the stuff, test the stuff and at the same time get the conract , and make it at production levels. I used to try to help start and run a factory. its not easy. the only salient question is why it was not done earlier: probably because they did not figure they needed it for so long

its getting made. and better armor is on the way, one that will stop a 50 caliber.