Veterans for Common Sense Releases Complete Casualty Count for Iraq and Afghanistan Wars 

The grand total of U.S. killed, wounded, injured, and ill for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars reached nearly 67,000 at the end of July 2007, according to casualty reports published by the Department of Defense on August 4, 2007.  For July 2007, there were 1,720 U.S. casualties.  This means more than 55 U.S. service members were killed, wounded, injured, or ill each day.

Veterans for Common Sense obtained this information after filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center, Statistical Analysis Division.  In response the DoD provided VCS with links to their complete casualty reports for both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

VCS urges our members to share this with reporters and legislators so they are aware that the current administration of President George W. Bush is intentionally concealing the human and financial costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars from citizens, Congress, and reporters.  VCS thanks our supporters who posted this at their web sites and sent it to their friends, reporters, and legislators.

Scroll down for link to Veterans for Common Sense report: http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/files/VFCS/OEF_OIF_Casualty_Totals_08-08-2007.pdf