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Eli
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Israel
Jul 2000
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Is there an official figure?
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Bereta_Eder
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If one searchs for that also look for how many Afganis died.
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Kontiki
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Canada
Aug 2001
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I'm pretty sure that far more Americans died in accidents (namely helicopter crashes) than in actual combat. Not certain, though.
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Eli
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Israel
Jul 2000
time: 07:26
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quote:
Originally posted by Kontiki
I'm pretty sure that far more Americans died in accidents (namely helicopter crashes) than in actual combat. Not certain, though. |
It makes sense, but i'm looking for an official number with a list of names and circumstances of death.
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Kontiki
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Canada
Aug 2001
time: 00:26
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Have you checked the DoD webiste, or maybe the Army's?
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Bereta_Eder
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That will probably take a while to come out in full.
Just as the US attrocities in Afganistan will take a while. (cluster bombs used to clear forests thrown on people etc) Just think Vietnam, it sure took a while for the info to get out.
Hundrends of Afganis being shot inside trucks and left to die of suffocation while the US army was just looking is just the tip of the iceberg.
The failure of Bush to stick to the rebuilding in Afganistan is known because it simply can't be hidden so easily.
I'd say amuzingly enough (but I can't since so many people died) that most American casualties came from.... friendly fire... (since most brave fighting was just 10.000 feet bombing)
Can't take those speed pills for ever. Theater of the macabre really.
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Eli
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Israel
Jul 2000
time: 07:26
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Paiktis :
Get out of my thread.
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MRT144
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Seattle Washington
Oct 2002
time: 21:26
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"2 americans died after accidentally falling on taliban bullets"
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Andrew1999
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In an article from February 7, it was 20 combat and 29 non-combat deaths. Some of the non-combat were pretty far removed from Afghanistan but I guess they were considered supporting forces.
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Eli
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Israel
Jul 2000
time: 07:26
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DanS, MtG : Thanks.
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MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Oct 2000
time: 07:26
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March 06, 2002
Serviceman killed in Afghanistan was following dad's footsteps
The father of one of seven U.S. servicemen killed in Afghanistan said his son was following his footsteps into the military and hoped to also follow him into teaching.
Army Private First Class Matthew A. Commons, 21, "served his country and he loved his country," said Gregory J. Commons, 50, a Marine veteran who served in Vietnam and whose father also served in the Marines.
"He mirrored my life in a lot of ways," Gregory Commons said in a telephone interview from his home in Alexandria, Virginia.
Matthew Commons was single and listed his hometown as Boulder City, Nevada, a community about 30 miles east of Las Vegas. His divorced parents now live in Virginia.
The elder Commons, a history teacher, said his son visited his middle school classroom in Fairfax County in December, dressed in his Army Ranger battle dress uniform. He planned to follow his father into the classroom once he left the military, Gregory Commons said.
"There are times he said to me, 'You did OK,'" Commons said.
Matthew Commons and six other soldiers were killed Monday during the bloodiest operation of the war - an air and ground offensive against al-Qaida forces in the snowy eastern Afghanistan mountains near the town of Gardez. An American soldier was also killed Saturday.
Commons also grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and leaves behind relatives in central Indiana who plan to travel to Virginia for his funeral on Monday. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
His grandmother, Martha Commons, of Indianapolis, described her grandson as "full of fun" and noted that he followed his father's path into the military after high school.
"I have some misgivings about war - period," Martha Commons said. "I'm not bitter. I would prefer that we weren't over there."
"Matt is a good example of what's right about kids in America," said Lynn Stewart, a Boulder City High School government teacher and Vietnam veteran who said he remembered Commons well.
"He was a good, solid kid," Stewart said. "He loved his country and was willing to put his life on the line."
Pam Murphy, a mother whose son, Shawn Murphy, was a close friend with Matthew Commons, said the family had seen Commons at Christmas.
"He was excited because he was training to become a Ranger," Pam Murphy said. "He was a good and honorable kid."
Commons was a member of the 1st Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.
Gregory Commons said the Army told him his son was engaged in a rescue operation when he was killed.
"He gave his life to save the life of another Ranger," the elder Commons said.
He said he and his wife, Patricia, had two sons, Matthew and Aaron, now 18, before they divorced in 1986. Matthew Commons lived with his mother, now Patricia Marek, outside of Boulder City, but spent summers with his father. Aaron Commons now attends college in Colorado.
Matthew Commons was a soccer player, a class officer and an honor student. He graduated from high school in 1999, but dropped out of the University of Nevada at Reno and joined the military for "some structure," said Gregory Commons, the ex-Marine.
"When he called to tell me he joined the Army, I said, 'You did what?' He was tough, he was macho. He was proud of being a Ranger."
Commons, an Indiana native, said he and his former wife agreed after their divorce to put their differences aside when it came to raising their two sons. She returned to Virginia to share their grief. Patricia Marek could not be reached for comment.
"We cried through the night," Gregory Commons said. "He took the best from the both of us.
"He was a good kid. I'm going to miss him."
Former high school girlfriend Brittney Haworth, 20, of Las Vegas, said Commons had been e-mailing and calling her from Afghanistan every few weeks.
"He was an amazing guy. When he first told me he was going over there, I was really scared, but I was really proud of him," said the Mandalay Bay resort hostess, who dated Commons for about a year. "He was excited to be doing what he was doing and he was doing exactly what he wanted."
Commons is the second Nevada serviceman to die since fighting began in Afghanistan. Jason Disney, an Army specialist from Fallon, died February 13 at Bagram Air Base, 40 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan, when a large piece of equipment fell on him.
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Eli
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Jul 2000
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The Beirut bombing IIRC.
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