Iraq Casualty Count as of 10:00 PM EDT, Saturday, 04/30/2005

Good lord! I haven’t posted since the 22nd. In that eight days 18 American men and women have been killed “over there.” What a tragedy.

So 51 Americans died this month. 1446 Americans have perished since the “Mission Accomplished” sign was hung on the aircraft carrier; 1586 since Bush’s War began. 1763 men and women from the participating nations have died since the onset of Bush’s war.

Dubya has finally managed to hit a milestone in the wounded and maimed department this month- he broke 12,000. The body armor and helmets that our men and women are wearing protect them from a lot of “stuff” that would have killed them in Vietnam. Sadly, not from brain injuries or lost limbs, or missing eyes. Oh well. Nonetheless, 12,147 American men and women have been wounded, 125 between 4/20 and 4/26.

These data come from Iraq Coalition Casualties who can use your financial support.

Iraqis continue to be blown to bits and otherwise slaughtered by the score, with tens of thousands of men, women, and children killed and the infrastructure virtually destroyed.