Counter. American Deaths and Wounded in Iraq.

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American Deaths in Iraq:
*Hostile-fire deaths:
*Wounded:
Casualty counters

Wikipedia: Casualties of the Iraq War

Non-hostile-fire deaths include deaths from:

"friendly fire" accidents;
being run over in the fog of war;
drowning after driving (on poor roads and/or during combat) into canals and rivers;
suicides;
ill-health from depleted uranium shells, non-FDA-approved vaccines and medications, high-stress, poor health care, etc.;
and many more causes related to living and fighting in a very dangerous environment.

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Links.

There is inadequate equipment, food, shelter, armor, healthcare and support for soldiers in the field, and for veterans on returning home.

*Amputation Rate for US Troops Twice That of Past Wars. Dec. 9, 2004 article from the Boston Globe.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/12/09/amputation_rate_for_us_troops_twice_that_of_past_wars/ and
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1209-06.htm

*The USA is almost the only Western (long democratic traditions) nation without universal healthcare. Universal healthcare actually costs less per capita than U.S. healthcare, because universal healthcare treats health problems earlier. Charts, links, info, and healthcare comparisons worldwide. Mirrors:
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm and
http://corporatism.tripod.com/universal.htm and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

*National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
http://www.nchv.org

*Operation Truth.
http://www.optruth.org and
The Mental Strain of War:
http://www.optruth.org/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=issues&htmlId=987 and
Depleted uranium:
http://www.optruth.org/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=issues&htmlId=1521 and
Vets Groups Slam Proposed VA Budget:
http://www.optruth.org/main.cfm?actionId=blogShowExcerpts&blogId=14&entryID=330 and
Budget Proposal Hurts Veteran Health Benefits:
http://www.optruth.org/main.cfm?actionId=blogShowExcerpts&blogId=14&entryID=328 and
Injured Vets Need More Care. Inadequate Services for Severely Injured Vets.
http://www.optruth.org/main.cfm?actionId=blogShowExcerpts&blogId=14&entryID=311

*More media articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/politics/07budget.html?oref=login and
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lisold0215,0,5187874.story?coll=ny-liminute-headlines and
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/02/14/amputee.imsurance.ap/index.html and
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/1/13

"No one has warned the vendor in the faded, threadbare black gown to keep the toxic and radioactive dust off her produce. The children haven't been told not to play with the radioactive debris. They gather around as a Geiger counter carried by a visiting reporter starts singing when it nears a DU [depleted uranium] bullet fragment no bigger than a pencil eraser. It registers nearly 1,000 times normal background radiation levels on the digital readout. ... In the first partial Pentagon disclosure of the amount of DU used in Iraq, a US Central Command spokesman told the Monitor that A-10 Warthog aircraft - the same planes that shot at the Iraqi planning ministry - fired 300,000 bullets. The normal combat mix for these 30-mm rounds is five DU bullets to 1 - a mix that would have left about 75 tons of DU in Iraq. ... In the first Gulf War, US forces used 320 tons of DU, 80 percent of it fired by A-10 aircraft."
-- Christian Science Monitor. May 15, 2003. Emphasis added.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0515/p01s02-woiq.html

It is the exploded DU shell dust everywhere that is most dangerous. Especially when in drinking water, or when eaten or when breathed in. As a heavy metal DU is dangerous like lead and other heavy metals. Alpha radiation inside the body is also dangerous to health. Alpha radiation outside the body can be blocked by a piece of paper.

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