Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> <http://www.iraqbodycount.net/>
And it seems that the US suffered it's first casualty...
Marine Killed, First Combat Death in Iraq By the Associated Press
March 21, 2003, 8:35 AM EST
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Marine died in action, becoming the first allied combat casualty of the Iraq war, as American forces pushed through the Iraqi desert and ripped down street portraits of Saddam Hussein in occupied territory.
The soldier was from the U.S. 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Lt. Col. Neal Peckham, a British military spokesman in Kuwait, said Friday. Military officials said the Marine died in the advance on the Rumeila oil field.
U.S. Central Command gave no other details. Full http://tinyurl.com/7x5p
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