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2007-11-30 Iraq

Lowest 2-month OIF fatality total since early 2004

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Posted by mhw 2007-11-30 12:10|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

They're counting non-hostile causes of death as well.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-11-30 15:06|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-11-30 15:06|| Front Page Top

#2 "However the Nov 07 fatalities were marginally higher than Oct 07 "

Means nothing because the Nov 07 numbers are projected.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-11-30 16:18|| 2007-11-30 16:18|| Front Page Top

#3 STARS-N-STRIPES > US ARMY TO PRIORITIZE 37,000 TROOPS FOR FIRST COMBAT TOURS. Army discovers that four out of every ten newbies/other have never been deployed to Irag andor Agfhanistan.
Reminds me of the turn-of-the-20th century + pre/post WW1 US Army - while its total size was severely limited by Congressional budgets-legislation, the service made sure its cadres were absolut professional and mostly combat/war experienced.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-30 17:18|| 2007-11-30 17:18|| Front Page Top

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