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Sunday, October 08, 2006

beyond grim

more horrible news. we have not yet united and used our voices to STOP this insanity. how many more women and men, our sons our daughters our mothers our fathers our sisters our brothers our neighbors and our friends...how many more are we going to allow to be killed or maimed?

American casualties in Iraq rise sharply
Growing U.S. role in staving off civil war leads to most wounded since 2004



By Ann Scott Tyson
Updated: 11:14 p.m. ET Oct 7, 2006

The number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq has surged to its highest level in nearly two years as American GIs fight block-by-block in Baghdad to try to check a spiral of sectarian violence that U.S. commanders warn could lead to civil war.
Last month, 776 U.S. troops were wounded in action in Iraq, the highest number since the military assault to retake the insurgent-held city of Fallujah in November 2004, according to Defense Department data. It was the fourth-highest monthly total since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003..........

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