Monday, September 20, 2004
Casualties in Iraq Under-reported???
Via Steve Clemons today.
Steve links to an article published in Pakistan ans lists these highlights:
-- Nearly 17,000 service members medically evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan are absent from public Pentagon casualty reports
-- In addition to those evacuations, 32,684 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan now out of the military sought medical attention from the Department of Veterans Affairs
-- The military has evacuated 16,765 individual service members from Iraq and Afghanistan for injuries and ailments not directly related to combat
-- The Pentagon has reported 1,019 dead and 7,245 wounded from Iraq. And 27,571 of the veterans who have sought health care from the VA served in Iraq
-- Among veterans from Iraq seeking help from the VA, 5,375 have been diagnosed with a mental problem, making it the third-leading diagnosis after bone problems and digestive problems. Among the mental problems were 800 soldiers who became psychotic.
Steve links to an article published in Pakistan ans lists these highlights:
-- Nearly 17,000 service members medically evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan are absent from public Pentagon casualty reports
-- In addition to those evacuations, 32,684 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan now out of the military sought medical attention from the Department of Veterans Affairs
-- The military has evacuated 16,765 individual service members from Iraq and Afghanistan for injuries and ailments not directly related to combat
-- The Pentagon has reported 1,019 dead and 7,245 wounded from Iraq. And 27,571 of the veterans who have sought health care from the VA served in Iraq
-- Among veterans from Iraq seeking help from the VA, 5,375 have been diagnosed with a mental problem, making it the third-leading diagnosis after bone problems and digestive problems. Among the mental problems were 800 soldiers who became psychotic.
# posted by N.D. Burnside @ 8:14 AM 
