The actual amount of dead troops numbers in Iraq

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The actual amount of dead troops numbers around 15,000-17,000, not the 3,500. “If you get shot in combat – Bam! Clock goes off. If you die in transit [to a hospital out of Iraq such as Ramstein in Germany] you are not an official Iraq casualty.” The same holds true if the troops out of the country die 24 hours after they were hit.

Just a reminder that BushCo™ is nothing if not hung up on the "technicalities" of language. So, I'd like the actual number of all the service members who died as a result of injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan, not the "official" number.