Age Demographics of total US Military Casualties in Iraq
Statistics as of June 2, 2007:
< 22 years old - 827 deaths
22-24 - 946 deaths
25-30 - 929 deaths
31-35 - 362 deaths
> 35 – 416 deaths
Total 3,480 deaths
Sources:
Operation Iraqi Freedom – Military Deaths – All
Interesting Statistical Comparisons
Every 9.62 days, there is an equivalent amount of casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan as September 11th.
There are 9.65 Virginia Tech shootings in Iraq & Afghanistan everyday.
There are 1.61 Madrid bombings in Iraq & Afghanistan everyday.
In 11 days as many Iraqi & Afghani civilians are killed as the entire amount of American military personnel killed since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2002 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Note: There is some discrepancy between various sources on the amount of civilian casualties since the US-led invasion in March 2003. A study in October of 2006 listed over 650,000 killed (see Washington Post article below) while other sources vary from 400,000 to just over 60,000 (see British-government funded Iraq Body Count below). I computed 250,000 by averaging several sources, though I personally feel this is a low number.
Update: The differing methodologies among these studies led to these wide variations. For example, the lowest figure from IBC is based solely on media reports of violent deaths, while the Lancet study surveyed random families in Iraq and includes non-violent war related deaths, such as those dead to lawlessness and collapsed infrastructure. I computed 250,000 to use as a useful estimate by averaging these sources, though I personally feel this is a low number when talking about the impact of the US invasion on Iraq.
Sources
Forgotten victims by Jonathan Steele, the Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/comment/story/0,11447,718647,00.html
Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan, Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_of_the_U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan
Iraq Body Count, http://www.iraqbodycount.org/.
Iraq death toll ‘soared post-war’, BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3962969.stm
Casualties in Iraq: The Human Cost of Occupation, Antiwar. http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
Study Claims Iraq’s ‘Excess’ Death Toll Has Reached 655,000 by David Brown, Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001442.html
July 7 London Bombings, Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings
It’s Rudy Giuliani, creepingz on ur democracies!!!
As I was reading my daily liberal periodical, I came across an article about Hillary Clinton’s latest fundraiser / block party in downtown DC. While the article was rather mundane, a particular snippet caught my attention:
The elements for a youthful event were all there: a juggler, face-painting (a custom Hillary heart design was available), blow-up Uncle Sam dolls, the vendor selling Red Bull and, of course, the “United We Stand” moon bounce.
There is a United We Stand moonbounce. Repeat, there is a mother fucking United We Stand MOONBOUNCE. And I have been lucky enough to find a picture of this travesty to humanity and all things decent:
If we keep up at this pace, I’ll be seeking Osama Bin Laden for intellectual guidance in the near future. Bonus: Check out this choice Washington Post photograph of kids at the Hillary
