791 U.S. Military Deaths In Afghanistan Since Start Of War

The Associated Press:

As of Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at least 791 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Of those, the military reports 611 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 72 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, three were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.

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Comments

[admarx]

In my own family I've seen how a loved one's death a in war stays with you and the pain lasts forever; the effects last for ever.

That said, you do not measure the success of a war by the number lost. Nor do you measure the justness of a war by them. This is war is justified. Bush tried the war on the cheap theory here as he did in Iraq. There are no half-measures in war if you expect to succeed. I hope Obama realizes this. Either all in or all out; minimal troops will cause needless deaths.

[wethepeople3884]

At least 800 dead, no end in sight and no clear idea of what victory will even look like so I think another buildup is in order. This war is going to be disastrous for us if we don't pull out soon, mark my words. It seems to be disturbingly similar to vietnam as the afghans dont want us there, we walked into a civil war, we are fighting a government now and the terrain is such that it actually impacts the fighting. Well Im sure we learned absolutely nothing from vietnam so maybe this war will end up being a lesson but i doubt it considering we never learn anything from our own history.

[UNCLEJOE]

Every time a soldier is killed in these fake wars to enrich the oil barrons, America loses a prime healthy, citizen that could strengthen our nation with their potential talent that was lost in these useless wars that only benefit the Federal Reserve Bank's stock holders with infinite loans to finance the death machine the Fed has created like a Golden Goose that lays twenty Billion every month in inflationary fiat dollars that is causing runaway inflation as it continues to murder innocent men women and babies and prime American soldiers.

Obama is the front man for the Federal Reserve Central Bank; Obama has no power, he is just a mouth peace, just a messenger who delivers the Fed's dictatorial commands.

END THE FED before it ends America.