American Casualties Higher than reported
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4725751,00.html
"Since May 1, when President George Bush declared the end of major combat
operations, 52 American soldiers have been killed by hostile fire, according
to Pentagon figures quoted in almost all the war coverage. But the total
number of US deaths from all causes is much higher: 112.
The other unreported cost of the war for the US is the number of American
wounded, 827 since Operation Iraqi Freedom began.
Unofficial figures are in the thousands. About half have been injured since
the president's triumphant appearance on board the aircraft carrier USS
Lincoln at the beginning of May. Many of the wounded have lost limbs. "
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