Saturday, May 19, 2007

The uncounted American casualties in Iraq.

Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet for the civilians who work alongside the American military in the war zone, according to new government numbers.

At least 146 contract workers were killed in Iraq in the first three months of the year, by far the highest number for any quarter since the war began in March 2003, according to the Labor Department, which processes death and injury claims for those working as United States government contractors in Iraq.

That brings the total number of contractors killed in Iraq to at least 917, along with more than 12,000 wounded in battle or injured on the job, according to government figures and dozens of interviews.

The numbers, which have not been previously reported, disclose the extent to which contractors — Americans, Iraqis and workers from more than three dozen other countries — are largely hidden casualties of the war, and now are facing increased risks alongside American soldiers and marines as President Bush’s plan to increase troop levels in Baghdad takes hold.

So as of today, according to this news site, we have 3,415 American soldier fatalities and when we add the 917 contractor deaths that brings our total of American losses to an astounding 4,3332.

I am not even going to get into the number of Americans wounded, whose numbers are actively being hidden by the military to keep the country from being completely horrified into demanding that we leave Iraq now. But if you check the news site posted above you can see for yourself.

The facts demonstrate that the Bush administration and the military have worked very hard to keep most of us in the dark because they fear that the truth will make even more of us refuse to support this conflict in Iraq. Though I just cannot imagine who is still on the fence with this issue.

I do not know about you, but I am just sick and tired of being lied to by this fraud of a President.

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