Casualties in Iraq The Human Cost of Occupation

Casualties in Iraq
The Human Cost of Occupation
Edited by Margaret Griffis :: Contact American Military Casualties in
Iraq

Date Total In Combat SEE Below

Even President Bush would argue that the total killed since the war
began is not all that bad considering that doctors, in the USA, kill
at least 225,000 of their patients every year. That's 616 per day. And
they get paid for it and get to sign the death certificate.

'The person most likely to kill you is not a relative or a friend, or
a mugger or a burglar or a drunken driver. The person most likely to
kill you is your doctor."

(Vernon Coleman) author - What Doctors Don't Tell You

SEE': Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US, Causing
225,000 Deaths Every Year

This information was published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA) which is the most widely circulated medical
periodical in the world.

The author is Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of
Hygiene and Public Health and she desribes how the US health care
system may contribute to poor health.

ALL THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR:

* 12,000 -- unnecessary surgery
* 7,000 -- medication errors in hospitals
* 20,000 -- other errors in hospitals
* 80,000 -- infections in hospitals
* 106,000 -- non-error, negative effects of drugs

These total to 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!

What does the word iatrogenic mean? This term is defined as induced in
a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used
especially of a complication of treatment.

More on how your doctor may kill you?
SEE
http://coconuter.blogspot.com/2008/02/doctors-third-leading-cause-of-death.html

http://www.relfe.com/A06/doctor_medical.html
http://www.healingdaily.com/Doctors-Are-The-Third-Leading-Cause-of-Death-in-the-US.htm

http://www.health-care-reform.net/causedeath.htm

American Deaths   Iraq
Since war began (3/19/03): 4113 3353
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 3974 3245
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3652 3047
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3254 2720
Since Election (1/31/05): 2676 2457
American Wounded Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 30333 23000 - 100000
Latest Fatality June 26, 2008
Page last updated 06/26/08 11:16 pm EDT
Iraqi Casualties
US Military Deaths by Month from Icasualties.org
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Others
Other Coalition Troops 313
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan 536
American Civilian Casualties
Sources: DoD, CentCom, MNF, and iCasualties.org

Daily DoD Casualty Release
320,000 Vets Have Brain Injuries
20,000 Vets' Brain Injuries Not Listed

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U.S. lacks mechanism to accurately track troops wounded in Iraq

A Running Log of the Wounded

UPI reports :

As many as 1 of every 10 soldiers from the war on terror evacuated to
the Army's biggest hospital in Europe was sent there for mental
problems.

Between 8 and 10 percent of nearly 12,000 soldiers from the war on
terror, mostly from Iraq, treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical
Center in Germany had "psychiatric or behavioral health issues,"
according to the commander of the hospital, Col. Rhonda Cornum.

That means about 1,000 soldiers were evacuated for mental problems.

The hospital has treated 11,754 soldiers from the war on terror, with
9,651 from Iraq and the rest from Afghanistan, according to data
released by the hospital.

Also see The Missing Wounded.

American Count

Dates and sources of Americans killed in Iraq since 5/1/03 are
documented in this file. Admittedly the file is incomplete, for the
Department of Defense does not maintain old records. All data was
compiled from http://www.defenselink.mil. If something is amiss in the
data collection, please contact Margaret Griffis.

Iraqi Civilian Count

We maintain a daily count based on news reports. It is not intended to
be complete. There is no agency that keeps track of accurate numbers
of Iraqis killed. JustForeignPolicy maintains a running estimate based
on the Lancet study with the rate of increase derived from the Iraq
Body Count.

Sources and Links
Web page listing names of those killed since 5/1/03
Central Command Department of Defense Cost of War
BBC News Coalition Casualty Count The Washington Post
JustForeignPolicy Fox News BBC Figures

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