Posted by Jost on September 8, 2006, at 19:57:42
In reply to Re: The Body Count...., posted by Declan on September 8, 2006, at 19:22:37
Unfortunately, things are much worse, in terms of how soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq have fared.
This is an excerpt is from an August 21, 2006 Atlanta Constitution:
"According to Bob Bazell of NBC News: "Brain injuries — thousands of them — could be the legacy of this war just as much as post-traumatic stress and problems from exposure to Agent Orange persisted among many of the troops who served in Vietnam."
At least 18,000 troops have been wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan to date. Some reports suggest that up to 60 percent of those casualties (as many as 10,000) involve some degree of brain injury. These figures do not include civilian contractors or members of the news media who have suffered brain injuries."
I've heard other comments that support this figure of approximately 10,000 very grave injuries in the Iraq War, cited recently by several retired generals (on both sides of the political spectrum) in discussions on tv news.
Jost
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