A look at Iraqi Fatalities

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Of the U.S. deaths, 3,047 came in hostile circumstances and 655 in non-combat situations. Forty-four troops have died this month. Britain, which has command of coalition troops in southern Iraq, has suffered 168 deaths, 132 of them in hostile circumstances.

The United States has about 162,000 troops in Iraq; 11,500 are from other countries, the State Department says.


3000 fatalities out of 162 000 troops. Over 6 years.
Tour of service is 6 months.
That works out to 250 deaths per tour.
or ... %0.154 fatality rate

I've seen traffic fatality numbers that were higher than this.

What are you nuts ? Ow ! I cut my finger ! Lets go home and let the bag guys conquer the world and then chase us home and conquer us too ! %0.154 is just too high a casualty rate for me to stand ! dang it hurts !

Why can't these people find something real to complain about , like the "reconstruction" money that keeps going astray and accomplishing nothing, or the fact you're hiring any joe off the street to be an iraqi cop and so they're all just as corrupt as get out and making your problem worse, not better ?

The terrorists want to conquer the world , people, and set up shop right in your living room and recruit your children as suicide bombers. This is not something open to debate, this is something they openly boast about to anyone who will listen.

Grow up people, there's no such thing as a war with no friendly casualties.