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By David Evans
The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant,
had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was a thick, 9-inch-by- 12-inch envelope from Prudential Financial Inc., which handles life insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(more ...) [NOTE: Everyone should read this article. especially military families and federal employees. The article is about ten pages in length.]
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By Kevin Murer (WILMINGTON, N.C.) - Only a fraction of wounded veterans who could get better benefits have applied in the two years since Congress, acting on concerns the military was cutting costs by downplaying injuries, ordered the Pentagon to review disputed claims.
As of mid-March, only 921 vets have applied out of the 77,000 the Pentagon estimates are eligible, according to numbers provided to The Associated Press by the Physical Disability Board of Review. The panel was created in 2008 but started taking cases in January 2009.
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The Sacrifice Goes On ... 3,445 (As of 28 May 2007)
(As of 14 August 2006) Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, a website that tracks official reports.
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American Deaths in Iraq 1003 (As of 8 September 2004)
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US Wounded: 1234 (in action); 316 (non-action); TOTAL Wounded: 1550
(As of 5 August 2003) 112 - total of deaths from all causes is much higher. The other unreported cost of the war for the United States is the number of wounded - 827. But unofficial figures put the total in the thousands. Many of the wounded have lost limbs. The number of US combat deaths since the start of the war is 166, which is 19 more than the toll in the first Gulf war. 42 - British Killed as of 17 July 2003 See article below from The Guardian via The Sydney Morning Herald - Australia for complete details.
"United States military casualties in Iraq are running at more than twice the number most Americans have been led to believe they are. The public is largely unaware of a high number of accidents, suicides and other non-combat deaths. Since May 1, when President George Bush called an end to combat operations, 52 of his troops have been killed by hostile fire, according to Pentagon figures. But the total of deaths from all causes is much higher at 112. The other unreported cost of the war for the United States is the number of wounded - 827. But unofficial figures put the total in the thousands. Many of the wounded have lost limbs. The number of US combat deaths since the start of the war is 166, which is 19 more than the toll in the first Gulf war. The passing of that benchmark last month scotched the perception that the US had scored an easy victory. The death toll this time is 248 when accidents and suicides are included. According to a Gallup poll, 63 per cent of Americans still think Iraq was worth going to war over, but a quarter want the troops out now, and another third want a withdrawal if the casualty figures mount. Military observers say it is unusual, even in a "low-intensity" guerilla war, for non-combat deaths to outnumber combat casualties. The Pentagon does not tabulate the cause of those deaths, but according to Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, a website that tracks official reports, 23 US soldiers have died in car or helicopter accidents since May 1, and 12 have been killed in accidents with weapons or explosives. Three deaths have been categorised as possible suicides, three have died from illness and three from drowning. The rest are unexplained. Wounded US soldiers continue to be flown back to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington at a relentless rate. The Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington was so overwhelmed by the influx that it had taken over beds normally reserved for cancer patients, a CBS report said. The Pentagon figure for wounded in action in Iraq is 827, but here again the total of injuries appears much higher. The estimate given by central command in Qatar is 926, but Lieutenant-Colonel Allen DeLane, in charge of the airlift of wounded into Andrews Air Force Base, argues that too is understated. "Since the war has started, I can't give you an exact number because that's classified information, but I can say to you over 4000 have stayed here at Andrews, and that number doubles when you count the people that come here to Andrews and then we send them to other places . . ." Colonel DeLane told National Public Radio. Ninety per cent of injuries were directly war-related, he said. "When the facility where I'm at started absorbing the people coming back from theatre [in April], those numbers went up significantly - I'd say over 1200. That number even went up higher in the month of May, to about 1500, and continues to increase." The Guardian - (Article....)
"Australia's premier intelligence analysis agency told the Federal Government that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction threat was not the prime motive for the United States going to war against Iraq, a former intelligence officer said yesterday. It was regarded as a "secondary issue", less important than regime change and reshaping the Middle East by putting in place a pro-US government in an oil-rich country and introducing democracy to the region." (more....)
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