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Iraq War Casualities

A Call to Arms (and Legs) in the Civil War and in the Iraq War

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

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Lapham's Quarterly

Since 2003, American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have been losing limbs at twice the rate of any previous American war. More than six percent of injured US troops require amputation.

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After Fort Hood: Count All the Dead

Aaron Glantz | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Glantz

The most depressing aspect of Thursday's shoot-out at Fort Hood is that none of the 11 people who died in the melee will be counted as casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Violent Veterans, the Big Picture

Helen Benedict | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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Helen Benedict

Iraq War veterans seem to be killing and hurting themselves and others more than veterans of any other war in American history.

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Muntadir al-Zaidi and Us

William E. Connolly | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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William E. Connolly

It is a pity that more American journalists have not appreciated the heroism of Muntadir al-Zaidi, the way he spoke for us as well as for them when he threw his shoes at Bush.

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US Military Deaths In Iraq Have Passed 3,900 Mark

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As of Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at least 3,901 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to a...

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Newspaper Fills Front Page With Photos Of 48 Local Soldiers Killed In Iraq

Editor and Publisher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Vickie Kilgore, executive editor of The Olympian in the city of Olympia, Wash., put it bluntly this morning in a column: "Today's front page is a dram...

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