Iraq War Deaths

Happy Ninth Anniversary Iraq Invasion!

Peter Van Buren | Posted 05.21.2012

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Peter Van Buren

Just like with my own wedding anniversary, I'm a few days late recognizing the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, but sincere in marking the occasion none the less.

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U.S. Military Recovers Remains Of Last Soldier Missing In Iraq

McClatchy DC | Posted 04.27.2012

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BEIRUT - The U.S. military has recovered the remains of the last U.S. service member missing in Iraq, ending a nearly six-year ordeal involving shadow...

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Forgetting Iraq, Republicans Thirst For War Against Iran

John Tirman | Posted 03.04.2012

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John Tirman

The boundless thirst for war among Republicans underscores yet again how extreme their politics have become.

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4,474 Americans Dead in Iraq

Peter Van Buren | Posted 02.19.2012

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Peter Van Buren

Our wars, our only legacy from the evil of 9/11, signs of a nation gone mad, have cost America over $4 trillion. Yet while money is one thing to squander, we weep over the unnecessary loss of lives.

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He Was 22... She Was 12...

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 01.31.2012

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Tom Engelhardt

In what should be a think-outside-the-box moment, the sole lesson Washington seems capable of absorbing is that its failed policy is the only possible policy. Among other things, this means more "incidents," more "mistakes," more "accidents," more dead.

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British Ex-PM Makes Emotional Apology For Iraq War Deaths

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair offered an emotional apology for the deaths of soldiers and civilians in Iraq, as he testified Friday to B...

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WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs: Iraqi Deaths Higher Than U.S. Count

AP | ANNE GEARAN and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previ...

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Fussing Over Numbers: Body Counts and Accountability

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Gaston

Civilian casualty counts boil a thousand stories of loss into impersonal statistics, and obscure the real tragedy of these incidents.

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Some People Never Learn

Jane Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Smiley

In Bob Woodward's new book, Condoleezza Rice hastens to remind us just how blind and stupid they have been, no doubt to make sure that no one in his or her right mind could possibly pull that "Republican" lever in the voting booth ever again.

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Military Blocks Photos Of US Dead

New York Times | MICHAEL KAMBER and TIM ARANGO | Posted 05.25.2011

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The case of a freelance photographer in Iraq who was barred from covering the Marines after he posted photos on the Internet of several of them dead h...

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2007 Deadliest Year For US Troops In Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

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The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. militar...

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