When we hear about US casualties in Iraq, are we only hearing about those who die on the field, or are those who are evacuated but die later counted in the figures as well?
2007-06-06 04:03:58 · 10 answers · asked by Lucky Penny 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I know the military counts those who are injured and later die as service connected deaths. I'm beginning to suspect that the 3400 figure we see on the news is a definite understatement.
2007-06-06 04:16:20 · update #1
it appears Shaun K hit the nail on the head.
http://icasualties.org/oif/Dow.aspx
2007-06-06 07:02:18 · update #2
What we get are the numbers of those who die in Iraq, those who are injured and later die after being evacuated are not included in the numbers.
2007-06-06 04:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Casualty is often categorized by deaths caused by enemy fire. Sometimes, soldiers die of natural causes, or even suicide and not included in the casualty. In some wars, casualties are also kept secret, for many reasons. Good example is Somalia, where we only heard of the death of 18 soldiers, over and over and really think that only 18 soldiers were killed there. However, the statistic casualty is larger than that. From 1992-94, a total of 135 U.S soldiers died in Somalia, but only 18 of them were made popular because of a popular battle in that war or operation. Same thing goes for all wars.
2007-06-06 21:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a Soldier who was hit by an IED while in Iraq and sent to Germany where unfortunately he died from complications- and I am sure he is counted as a casualty of OIF.
2007-06-06 05:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by Shaun K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think we are getting a good count. the nature of the confict makes immediate and good care available to the wounded. the ones that do pass later are added for that day i assume. but then that gets into very grey area. if someone dies of say an infection after reconstructive surgery moths after his wounds, is that considered "field" as you call it? that is all about how the military classifies things i suppose.
2007-06-06 04:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The USA is safer, more than 16,000 Iraqis die in Iraq every 6 months an it isn't even 1 tenth the size of the USA..
2016-05-18 00:13:24 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the total figures they count all that are reported. but on the news when they say 2 more soliders died today it usualy means that they were in the field aor they just wanted to mention the car bomb thet went off.
2007-06-06 04:09:34 · answer #6 · answered by shaq-daddy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
also bush has a private mercenary army called blackwater in iraq more than 700 of them died and there casualties aren't combined with the us troops.
2007-06-06 04:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They do differentiate between the number of people who died in direct combat vs. the number of people who died in accidents either.
2007-06-06 04:11:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its my understanding that if they make it to the hospital in Germany, then no.
2007-06-06 04:09:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-06 04:08:48 · answer #10 · answered by Jeuteau 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋