by Charles Coughlin

There are 1996 US deaths in Iraq as of early October 23rd according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty website. We’re only about a day away from 2,000.

Recent death reports have -finally- included some hospital deaths (although I don’t remember hospital deaths being reported a few months ago). Of course the Bush regime can publish whatever numbers they want and massive fraud in the casualty reporting should be expected.

There have been repeated rumors that the real number of US deaths in Iraq is well over 7,000. It’s difficult to document government fraud about the death toll since the Bush administration has forbidden photographs of coffins and was flying in the bodies at night to discourage prying eyes.

One article reports “U.S. Military Personnel who died in German hospitals or en route to German hospitals have not previously been counted. They total about 6,210 as of 1 January, 2005. The ongoing, underreporting of the dead in Iraq, is not accurate. The DoD is deliberately reducing the figures. A review of many foreign news sites show that actual deaths are far higher than the newly reduced ones… There is excellent reason to believe that the Department of Defense is deliberately not reporting a significant number of the dead in Iraq. We have received copies of manifests from the MATS that show far more bodies shipped into Dover AFP than are reported officially. The educated rumor is that the actual death toll is in excess of 7,000. Given the officially acknowledged number of over 15,000 seriously wounded, this elevated death toll is far more realistic than the current 1,400+ now being officially published. When our research is complete, and watertight, we will publish the results along with the sources In addition to the evident falsification of the death rolls, at least 5,500 American military personnel have deserted…”