No U.S. combat-related deaths in Iraq in December

[Freeper]

seeinfweggos  Donating Member  (477 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Sat Jan-02-10 10:36 PM
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No U.S. combat-related deaths in Iraq in December
   
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- December was the first month since the beginning of the Iraq war in which there were no U.S. combat deaths, the U.S. military reported.

There were three noncombat fatalities.

"That is a very significant milestone for us as we continue to move forward, and I think that also speaks to the level of violence and how it has decreased over time," said Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

Since the beginning of the war more than six years ago, 4,373 U.S. military members have died -- 3,477 from hostilities and 898 in non-combat incidents.

Combat fatalities have decreased significantly since June, when the United States started withdrawing troops from Baghdad, Iraq's capital, and other urban areas. The United States also started a troop drawdown in 2009 from about 160,000 to the current level of around 110,000.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.us.death...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7382046

You can imagine how this will be spun.
I am glad that there were no combat deaths in Iraq so don't get me wrong but, the left is going to spin this like crazy.

Mari333  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Sat Jan-02-10 10:41 PM
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2. but they have doubled in Afghanistan
   
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7371826

just the govt rearranging the deadly deck chairs on the Titanic.

Yet no calls for impeachment and no daily body counts.

[TheSarge]

Yet no calls for impeachment and no daily body counts.

Hell the media acts these days as if there isn't a war going on anywhere judging by the scarcity of reporting these days.

We've gone from nightly breathless reporting of every single hang nail that every soldier in Iraq got to.....*crickets*

[Freeper]

Hell the media acts these days as if there isn't a war going on anywhere judging by the scarcity of reporting these days.

We've gone from nightly breathless reporting of every single hang nail that every soldier in Iraq got to.....*crickets*

Yep gone are the days when giddy reporters counted the dead and eagerly awaited each milestone in the numbers. It was sickening watching the goons celebrating when it hit 1k, 2k etc hoping like hell it would be enough to kick Bush out of office. Meanwhile in Afghanistan we have had the deadliest months ever the past few months and not even a whisper. That right there shows it was all political and they didn't give a rats ass about those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

[Doc Savage]

How about the pictures from Dover AFB at 0300?  The juicebox kids were calling for that when GW was in office.

[TheSarge]

Yep gone are the days when giddy reporters counted the dead and eagerly awaited each milestone in the numbers. It was sickening watching the goons celebrating when it hit 1k, 2k etc hoping like hell it would be enough to kick Bush out of office. Meanwhile in Afghanistan we have had the deadliest months ever the past few months and not even a whisper. That right there shows it was all political and they didn't give a rats ass about those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Yup that just about nails it.