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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

 

October's Terrible Toll In Iraq - Names by Date



As I write this, it is 6:20 PM in Baghdad. Iraq Coalition Casualties web site reports that 103 soldiers have died so far in October. The list below is incomplete (pending DOD confirmation). Four of them under 20 years of age; 73 in their twenties. Ask what did they die for? What has their deaths accomplished? The WMD never existed; the Iraqi freedom turned out to be a cruel joke. Currently, we are being told that the war is against global terrorism by radical Islamics. That,too, could change. "Stay the course" has now become flexible. The soldiers keep on dying.

Peter Slevin in Washington Post, When the War Comes Home
  • "COLUMBUS, Ohio
  • Alone and in clusters, collars up to block the rain, thousands of people lined the streets on a gray October day in 2005 to welcome their warriors home. For 13 miles, they rose to wave, a few to salute, as the buses rolled slowly past. More than one tough Marine, homeward bound after a brutal tour in Iraq, shed a tear.
Playing the terrorist threat card; the only hand they have got. CBS News/AP: "Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday the increase of violence in Iraq is linked with efforts to influence the outcome of next week's elections in which Republicans are struggling to keep control of Congress. "It's my belief that they're very sensitive of the fact that we've got an election scheduled and they can get on the websites like anybody else," Cheney said. Well, 17 months ago the same man said about the Iraqi insurgents: "......they are in their in their last throes" (May 31, 2005). Now his message is that the insurgents want Democrats to win ! Yes, go on spreading fear.

From NPR:
"All Things Considered, October 30, 2006 ยท The U.S. military can't account for hundreds of thousands of weapons purchased to arm some 325,500 Iraqi security forces by December, according to a new report. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said last week that the U.S. military would beef up Iraqi forces' training. But the new data reveals weaknesses in the arming of Iraqi security forces.Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction who provided the report to Sen. John Warner, says the Iraqi security forces lack the logistics personnel they need, including mechanics, supply clerks and medics."









Chase A. Haag, 22, Army Corporal, Oct 01, 2006
Mario Nelson, 26, Army Sergeant, Oct 01, 2006
Denise A. Lannaman, 46, Army National Guard Sergeant, Oct 01, 2006
Justin D. Peterson, 32, Marine Captain, Oct 01, 2006
Christopher B. Cosgrove III, 23, Marine Reserve Lance Corporal, Oct 01, 2006
Aaron L. Seal, 23, Marine Reserve Corporal, Oct 01, 2006
Raymond S. Armijo, 22, Army Specialist, Oct 02, 2006
James D. Ellis, 25, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 02, 2006
Satieon V. Greenlee, 24, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 02, 2006
Justin R. Jarrett, 21, Army Specialist, Oct 02, 2006
Joe A. Narvaez, 25, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 02, 2006
Michael K. Oremus, 21, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 02, 2006
Joseph W. Perry, 23, Army Sergeant, Oct 02, 2006
Kristofer C. Walker, 20, Army Specialist, Oct 02, 2006
Daniel Isshak, 25, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 03, 2006
Jonathan Rojas, 27, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 03, 2006
Dean Bright, 32, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 04, 2006
Timothy Burke, 24, Army Specialist, Oct 04, 2006
Christopher O. Moudry, 31, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 04, 2006
George R. Obourn Jr., 20, Army Specialist, Oct 04, 2006
Edward M. Garvin, 19, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 04, 2006
Benjamin S. Rosales, 20, Marine Corporal, Oct 04, 2006
Nicholas A. Arvanitis, 22, Army Corporal, Oct 06, 2006
John Edward Hale, 20, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 06, 2006
Bradford H. Payne, 24, Marine Corporal, Oct 06, 2006
Brandon S. Asbury, 21, Army Sergeant, Oct 07, 2006
Carl W. Johnson II, 21, Army Corporal, Oct 07, 2006
Lawrence Parrish, 36, Army National Guard Sergeant, Oct 07, 2006
John Edward Wood, 37, Army National Guard Specialist, Oct 07, 2006
Shane R. Austin, 19, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 08, 2006
Timothy Fulkerson, 20, Army Specialist, Oct 08, 2006
Stephen F. Johnson, 20, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 08, 2006
Derek W. Jones, 21, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 08, 2006
Jeremy Scott Sandvick Monroe, 20, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 08, 2006
Robert M. Secher, 33, Marine Captain, Oct 08, 2006
Phillip B. Williams, 21, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 09, 2006
Julian M. Arechaga, 23, Marine Sergeant, Oct 09, 2006
Jon Eric Bowman, 21, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 09, 2006
Shelby J. Feniello, 25, Marine Private 1st Class, Oct 09, 2006
Shane T. Adcock, 27, Army Captain, Oct 11, 2006
Nicholas R. Sowinski, 25, Army Sergeant, Oct 11, 2006
Justin T. Walsh, 24, Marine Sergeant, Oct 11, 2006
Gene A. Hawkins, 24, Army Sergeant, Oct 12, 2006
Johnny K. Craver, 37, Army Lieutenant, Oct 13, 2006
Thomas J. Hewett, 22, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 13, 2006
Kenny F. Stanton Jr., 20, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 13, 2006
Leebenard E. Chavis, 21, Air Force Airman 1st Class, Oct 14, 2006
Joseph M. Kane, 35, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 14, 2006
Charles M. King, 48, Army 1st Sergeant, Oct 14, 2006
Timothy J. Lauer, 25, Army Specialist, Oct 14, 2006
Keith J. Moore, 28, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 14, 2006
Jonathan J. Simpson, 25, Marine Sergeant, Oct 14, 2006
Jr., Lester Domenico Baroncini, 33, Army Sergeant, Oct 15, 2006
Stephen Bicknell, 19, Army Private 1st Class, Oct 15, 2006
Joshua Deese, 25, Army 1st Lieutenant, Oct 15, 2006
Jonathan E. Lootens, 25, Army Sergeant, Oct 15, 2006
Mark C. Paine, 32, Army Captain, Oct 15, 2006
Brock A. Babb, 40, Marine Reserve Sergeant, Oct 15, 2006
Joshua M. Hines, 26, Marine Reserve Lance Corporal, Oct 15, 2006
Russell G. Culbertson III, 22, Army Corporal, Oct 17, 2006
Joseph C. Dumas Jr., 25, Army Specialist, Oct 17, 2006
Nathan J. Frigo, 23, Army Petty Officer 1st Class, Oct 17, 2006
Ryan E. Haupt, 24, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 17, 2006
Christopher E. Loudon, 23, Army 2nd Lieutenant, Oct 17, 2006
Garth D. Sizemore, 31, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 17, 2006
Norman R. Taylor III, 21, Army Sergeant, Oct 17, 2006
David M. Unger, 21, Army Corporal, Oct 17, 2006
Daniel W. Winegeart, 23, Army Specialist, Oct 17, 2006
Ronald L. Paulsen, 53, Army Reserve Staff Sergeant, Oct 17, 2006
Joshua L. Booth, 23, Marine 2nd Lieutenant, Oct 17, 2006
Patrick O. Barlow, 42, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 18, 2006
Jesus M. Montalvo, 46, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 18, 2006
Jose R. Perez, 21, Army Not reported yet, Oct 18, 2006
Daniel A. Brozovich, 42, Army National Guard Sergeant 1st Class, Oct 18, 2006
Edwardo Lopez Jr., 21, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 19, 2006
Kevin M. Witte, 27, Army Staff Sergeant, Oct 20, 2006
Tony L. Knier, 31, Army Sergeant 1st Class, Oct 21, 2006
Clifford R. Collinsworth, 20, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 21, 2006
Nathan R. Elrod, 20, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 21, 2006
Eric W. Herzberg, 20, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 21, 2006
Nicholas J. Manoukian, 22, Marine Lance Corporal, Oct 21, 2006
Joshua C. Watkins, 25, Marine Corporal, Oct 21, 2006
Nathaniel A. Aguirre, 21, Army Specialist, Oct 22, 2006
Matthew W. Creed, 23, Army Specialist, Oct 22, 2006
Willsun M. Mock, 23, Army Sergeant, Oct 22, 2006
Nicholas K. Rogers, 27, Army Specialist, Oct 22, 2006
David G. Taylor, 37, Army Major, Oct 22, 2006
Amos C. R Bock, 24, Army 1st Lieutenant, Oct 23, 2006
Carl A. Eason, 29, Army Specialist, Oct 23, 2006
Richard A. Buerstetta, 20, Marine Reserve Lance Corporal, Oct 23, 2006
Tyler R. Overstreet, 22, Marine Reserve Lance Corporal, Oct 23, 2006
Charles O. Sare, 23, Navy Hospital Corpsman, Oct 23, 2006
Donald S. Brown, 19, Marine Private 1st Class, Oct 25, 2006
Daniel B. Chaires, 20, Marine Private 1st Class, Oct 25, 2006
Thomas M. Gilbert, 24, Marine Sergeant, Oct 25, 2006
Jonathan B. Thornsberry, 22, Marine Reserve Lance Corporal, Oct 25, 2006
Charles V. Komppa, 35, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Oct 25, 2006
Ricky L. McGinnis, 42, Army 1st Sergeant, Oct 26, 2006
Luke J. Zimmerman, 24, Marine Sergeant, Oct 27, 2006



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Comments:
This list is too long... can you imagine a similar list of Iraqi civilians who've lost their lives?
 
Good point. Listing Iraqi civilian casualties by name cannot be done. The number, even if you take the lowest (about 45,000 according to Iraqi Body Count - http://www.iraqbodycount.org/) is numbing. A recent Johns Hopkins study reported more than half a million. I have commented about Iraqi civilians and "collateral damage" quite a few time since the war began.

President Clinton faced impeachment because of his dallyings with Monica Lewinsky. It cost the nation $40 million. Now we have a president
who took the nation to an unjustified war that resulted in deaths of many thousands. The costs could exceed one trillion. And he
still goes on creating reasons for the war. Perhaps I should stop listing the names of dead soldiers.

Thank you for writing.
 
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