[lbo-talk] mapping u.s. casualties

snitsnat snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com
Wed Jul 6 09:53:44 PDT 2005


there was a U.S solider from the U.K who died?

guess people couldn't stand it that there were only maps of casualities and where they died in Iraq. this ought to make for interesting class discussions this fall.

Obviously, highest death counts come from large population centers, but it's skewed to the south and Texas particularly because of military demographics, no doubt.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/photos/war_casualties/map/m10000.html

Editor's Note:

The casualties reflected on <http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/photos/war_casualties/index.html>this map are names released by the Pentagon as of Wednesday, June 29. It doesn't include 37 soldiers whose hometowns were in other states, U.S. territories and, in one case, a different country:

Puerto Rico, 20 Hawaii, 5 American Samoa, 4 Federated States of Micronesia, 2 Virgin Islands, 2 Alaska, 1 Guam, 1 Northern Mariana Islands, 1 United Kingdom, 1

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