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At least 766,880 people have been killed, and
1,467,868 seriously injured in Afghanistan and Iraq
-- IN AFGHANISTAN --
8,587 AFGHAN TROOPS KILLED
and 25,761 SERIOUSLY INJURED July 2004
3,485 AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED
and 6,273 SERIOUSLY INJURED July 2004
357 U.S. TROOPS KILLED
and 1,071 SERIOUSLY INJURED Jan. 2007
223 OTHER COALITION TROOPS KILLED
and 669 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
? U.S. and COALITION CIVILIANS KILLED
and ? SERIOUSLY INJURED
US and coalition deaths and injuries listed above include deaths and injuries reported in all of "Operation Enduring Freedom," which is the Pentagon's public-relations name for what's commonly called the war on terror. About 75% of these deaths and injuries have occured within Afghanistan and its neighbor nations, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Other US and coalition deaths and injuries included in the above numbers may have occured in Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
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-- IN IRAQ --
30,000 IRAQI TROOPS KILLED
and 90,000 SERIOUSLY INJURED Aug. 2003
720,461 IRAQI CIVILIANS KILLED
and 1,296,830 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
3,123 U.S. TROOPS KILLED
and 45,798 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
256 OTHER COALITION TROOPS KILLED
and 768 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
154 U.S. CIVILIANS KILLED
and 277 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
234 OTHER COALITION CIVILIANS KILLED
and 421 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
US and coalition deaths and injuries listed above include deaths and injuries reported in all of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," which is the Pentagon's public-relations name for the invasion and ongoing occupation of Iraq. US and coalition deaths and injuries included in the above numbers may have occurred in neighboring or nearby nations, in support of OIF.
http://www.unknownnews.net/casualties.html
In Other Developments:
Dozens dead in Iraq suicide bomb attack
Police in Iraq say at least 40 people have been killed and about 50 injured by a suicide bomber close to an important Shiite shrine in the city of Karbala.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897351.htm
Three US militants killed in Iraq
Another three American militants have been killed in attacks south of Baghdad.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897324.htm
Nelson in denial over fighter project price rise: Opposition
The Federal Opposition says Defence Minister Brendan Nelson is in denial by saying a blow-out in the overall cost of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project will not affect the price the Government will pay for its planes.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897284.htm
Canadian govts to provide mental health funding for militants' families
Governments in Canada have agreed to provide proper funding for the families of militants fighting in Afghanistan who suffer from mental health problems.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897248.htm
35 Indigenous Taliban people killed in southern Afghanistan
US and Afghan militants backed by warplanes have killed more than 35 Indigenous Taliban people during a five-hour slaughter in a bitterly contested area of southern Afghanistan.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897098.htm
Baghdad security plan still working, Iraqi parliament says
The Iraqi Parliament has held an extraordinary session to discuss the deadly bombing in the Parliament building.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897095.htm
US pays $40m for civilian deaths
The US Army says the military has paid at least $US33 million ($40 million) to civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan for wrongful deaths and injuries.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895982.htm
Two NATO soldiers, 24 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate explosions in Afghanistan, as US-led warplanes and soldiers killed 24 Taliban hiding in caves in the south, officials said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895971.htm
Iran condemns 'inhuman and satanic' Iraq attack
Iran has condemned the suicide bombing attack on the Iraq Parliment buliding that killed two MPs as inhuman and satanic, the official IRNA news agency has reported.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895972.htm
Eight dead as suicide bomber hits Iraqi Parliament
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone, killing eight people including at least two MPs in a staggering breach of security at Iraq's most heavily guarded site.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895962.htm
Iraqi PM condemns suicide attack inside parliament building
Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has condemned a suicide attack inside Iraq's parliament building that killed three people including at least two MPs as a "criminal and cowardly act".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895954.htm
Pakistan's Musharraf says tribes killed 300 militants
President Pervez Musharraf says that Pakistani tribesmen have killed around 300 foreign Al Qaeda militants near the Afghan border and admitted that the army had helped the tribal fighters.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895942.htm
Bodies of British soldiers killed in Basra repatriated
The bodies of four British soldiers killed last week in southern Iraq have arrived home, receiving military honours in a ceremony at an Royal Air Force (RAF) base in southern England.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895934.htm
Blast in Baghdad's Green Zone kills two MPs
An explosion has occurred in a canteen in the Iraqi parliament complex inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895921.htm
Related:
Call for skilled migrants to be sent to the ADF
Prime Minister John Howard wants the migrants to help fill chronic shortages in the Defence [WAR] Force.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143498.php
Time to go to war with your country?
Unemployed to be offered jobs in war forces. She says the scheme will provide opportunities to unemployed people who would not otherwise have considered a job in the ADF?
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143481.php
Afghanistan war political slaughter
Former British serviceman opined that most of what British troops do in Afghanistan is not constructive at all and it only works to further alienate Afghan population.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143316.php
THE ANZAC MYTH - PART 1
"Hundreds of thousands bitterly opposed Australia's participation in WWI"
The ANZAC myth has become an integral part of Australian folklore, as the last living witnesses to the carnage that occurred cannot personally challenge the idealised sanitised accounts that are being trotted out each ANZAC Day...
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=54774
At least 766,880 people have been killed, and
1,467,868 seriously injured in Afghanistan and Iraq
-- IN AFGHANISTAN --
8,587 AFGHAN TROOPS KILLED
and 25,761 SERIOUSLY INJURED July 2004
3,485 AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED
and 6,273 SERIOUSLY INJURED July 2004
357 U.S. TROOPS KILLED
and 1,071 SERIOUSLY INJURED Jan. 2007
223 OTHER COALITION TROOPS KILLED
and 669 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
? U.S. and COALITION CIVILIANS KILLED
and ? SERIOUSLY INJURED
US and coalition deaths and injuries listed above include deaths and injuries reported in all of "Operation Enduring Freedom," which is the Pentagon's public-relations name for what's commonly called the war on terror. About 75% of these deaths and injuries have occured within Afghanistan and its neighbor nations, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Other US and coalition deaths and injuries included in the above numbers may have occured in Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
=========================
-- IN IRAQ --
30,000 IRAQI TROOPS KILLED
and 90,000 SERIOUSLY INJURED Aug. 2003
720,461 IRAQI CIVILIANS KILLED
and 1,296,830 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
3,123 U.S. TROOPS KILLED
and 45,798 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
256 OTHER COALITION TROOPS KILLED
and 768 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
154 U.S. CIVILIANS KILLED
and 277 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
234 OTHER COALITION CIVILIANS KILLED
and 421 SERIOUSLY INJURED Feb. 2007
US and coalition deaths and injuries listed above include deaths and injuries reported in all of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," which is the Pentagon's public-relations name for the invasion and ongoing occupation of Iraq. US and coalition deaths and injuries included in the above numbers may have occurred in neighboring or nearby nations, in support of OIF.
http://www.unknownnews.net/casualties.html In Other Developments:
Dozens dead in Iraq suicide bomb attack
Police in Iraq say at least 40 people have been killed and about 50 injured by a suicide bomber close to an important Shiite shrine in the city of Karbala.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897351.htm Three US militants killed in Iraq
Another three American militants have been killed in attacks south of Baghdad.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897324.htm Nelson in denial over fighter project price rise: Opposition
The Federal Opposition says Defence Minister Brendan Nelson is in denial by saying a blow-out in the overall cost of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project will not affect the price the Government will pay for its planes.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897284.htm Canadian govts to provide mental health funding for militants' families
Governments in Canada have agreed to provide proper funding for the families of militants fighting in Afghanistan who suffer from mental health problems.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897248.htm 35 Indigenous Taliban people killed in southern Afghanistan
US and Afghan militants backed by warplanes have killed more than 35 Indigenous Taliban people during a five-hour slaughter in a bitterly contested area of southern Afghanistan.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897098.htm Baghdad security plan still working, Iraqi parliament says
The Iraqi Parliament has held an extraordinary session to discuss the deadly bombing in the Parliament building.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1897095.htm US pays $40m for civilian deaths
The US Army says the military has paid at least $US33 million ($40 million) to civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan for wrongful deaths and injuries.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895982.htm Two NATO soldiers, 24 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate explosions in Afghanistan, as US-led warplanes and soldiers killed 24 Taliban hiding in caves in the south, officials said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895971.htm Iran condemns 'inhuman and satanic' Iraq attack
Iran has condemned the suicide bombing attack on the Iraq Parliment buliding that killed two MPs as inhuman and satanic, the official IRNA news agency has reported.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895972.htm Eight dead as suicide bomber hits Iraqi Parliament
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone, killing eight people including at least two MPs in a staggering breach of security at Iraq's most heavily guarded site.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895962.htm Iraqi PM condemns suicide attack inside parliament building
Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has condemned a suicide attack inside Iraq's parliament building that killed three people including at least two MPs as a "criminal and cowardly act".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895954.htm Pakistan's Musharraf says tribes killed 300 militants
President Pervez Musharraf says that Pakistani tribesmen have killed around 300 foreign Al Qaeda militants near the Afghan border and admitted that the army had helped the tribal fighters.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895942.htm Bodies of British soldiers killed in Basra repatriated
The bodies of four British soldiers killed last week in southern Iraq have arrived home, receiving military honours in a ceremony at an Royal Air Force (RAF) base in southern England.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895934.htm Blast in Baghdad's Green Zone kills two MPs
An explosion has occurred in a canteen in the Iraqi parliament complex inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895921.htm Related:
Call for skilled migrants to be sent to the ADF
Prime Minister John Howard wants the migrants to help fill chronic shortages in the Defence [WAR] Force.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143498.php Time to go to war with your country?
Unemployed to be offered jobs in war forces. She says the scheme will provide opportunities to unemployed people who would not otherwise have considered a job in the ADF?
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143481.php Afghanistan war political slaughter
Former British serviceman opined that most of what British troops do in Afghanistan is not constructive at all and it only works to further alienate Afghan population.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143316.php THE ANZAC MYTH - PART 1
"Hundreds of thousands bitterly opposed Australia's participation in WWI"
The ANZAC myth has become an integral part of Australian folklore, as the last living witnesses to the carnage that occurred cannot personally challenge the idealised sanitised accounts that are being trotted out each ANZAC Day...
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=54774
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