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September 04, 2006
| "War On Terror" Has Killed More Americans Than 9/11 | 9/11, "War On Terror" |
As we approach the milestone of the 5-year anniversary of 9/11 — expect to be absolutely drowned in "patriotic" imagery of all sorts — the US has just passed a milestone of a different sort: the total number of US military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq has now surpassed the total number of Americans killed on 9/11. CNN:
As the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack on the United States approaches, another somber benchmark has just been passed.The announcement Sunday of four more U.S. military deaths in Iraq raises the death toll to 2,974 for U.S. military service members in Iraq and in what the Bush administration calls the war on terror.
The 9/11 attack killed 2,973 people, including Americans and foreign nationals but excluding the terrorists. [...]
Of the 2,974 U.S. military service members killed, 329 died in Operation Enduring Freedom and 2,645 in Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to the Pentagon. The total includes seven American civilian contractors working for the military in Iraq. [Emphasis added]
Thank you CNN for saying "what the Bush administration calls the war on terror", instead of just uncritically applying the White House's brand-name. It's taken five years, but still — thanks.
Posted by Jonathan at September 4, 2006 08:53 PM
