If this illegal war and failed policy aren’t reason enough not to vote for Republicans, I don’t know what is. They lied to get us in there, they fucked the whole thing up, refuse to listen to anyone who knows anything about war, refuse to admit failed policies, refuse to get a plan in order to get us out and continue to watch as our kids are killed and maimed.

51 U.S. DEATHS IN FIRST 15 DAYS OF OCTOBER

Non Mortal Casualties

How many of these wounded died out of country after transported to medical hospitals outside of Iraq or back to the U.S.???????? Traditionally, they don’t appear in death counts.

10/15/06 AP: Policeman and civilian killed in Kut, two bodies found near Suweira
South of the capital, a policeman and a civilian were killed in separate incidents near the city of Kut. Two bodies partially eaten by fish were pulled out of the Tigris river downstream of the capital near the town of Suweira.
10/15/06 Reuters; Roadside bombs kill one, wound 4 in Baghdad
A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said…A roadside bomb killed a man and wounded two others in Amil district in southwestern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
10/15/06 Reuters: Clashes between gunmen and police wound 3 policemen
Clashes between gunmen and Iraqi police on Saturday night left three policemen wounded in an area between Baghdad and Kut…police said. Nine gunmen were also arrested. The body of a civilian was later found in the same area, police said.
10/15/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills four civilians, wound six in Baghdad
A roadside bomb targeting the convoy of a Finance Ministry official killed four civilians and wounded six, including her bodyguard, in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Shaker was not hurt.
10/15/06 Reuters: Gunmen killed three women and two men in Mosul
Gunmen stormed a house and killed three women and two men in the northern city of Mosul, police said.
10/15/06 Reuters: Four bodies found in Falluja
Police found the bodies of four people, with gunshot wounds and signs of torture, near the Sunni stronghold of Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, police said
10/15/06 AP: Death toll climbs to 63 in tit-for-tat killings north of Baghdad
Suspected Shiite militiamen killed at least 46 Sunni Arabs in a weekend rampage of revenge killing in a city north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said Sunday, raising the toll in the latest sectarian bloodletting there to 63.
10/15/06 AP: Iraq’s Interior Ministry fires 3,000 in police force
Iraq’s Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry, whose police forces have been accused of complicity in sectarian attacks, has fired 3,000 employees accused of corruption or rights abuses and will change top commanders, a spokesman said Saturday.
10/15/06 MNF: 3 MND-B Soldiers killed by roadside bomb
Three Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers were killed at approximately 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, when the vehicle they were riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device south of Baghdad.
10/15/06 KUNA: Four killed, 40 wounded ion four explosions in Kirkuk
a series of four blasts, two of them suicide bombs, killed at least four Iraqis and wounded 35 others. An improvised explosive device blew up at Domez crossroad killing two people and wounding four others.
10/15/06 MNF: MND-B Soldier dies of wounds following IED attack
A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 7:50 p.m. Friday from wounds he received when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device southwest of Baghdad.