Jello wrote:
] ] There have been 1,380 coalition deaths, 1,234 Americans,
] ] 74 Britons, seven Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, two
] ] Estonians, one Hungarian, 19 Italians, one Latvian, 13
] ] Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two
] ] Thai and nine Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of
] ] November 26, 2004. (Graphical breakdown of casualties).
] ] The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines,
] ] airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have
] ] been notified of their deaths by each country's
] ] government. At least 9,326 U.S. troops have been wounded
] ] in action, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon does
] ] not report the number of non-hostile wounded. This list
] ] is updated regularly. For a historical look at U.S. war
] ] casualties, click here, and to view a list of casualties
] ] in the war in Afghanistan, click here.
]
] 10,706 total U.S. casualties. Why don't we hear THIS number
] more?

...because you made it up?

1380 (coalition deaths) + 9236 (wounded US troups) = 10706 [unit error]

In the same vein as your comment, however, I have noticed a major increase in the number of human interest-related war stories in the news (e.g. this soldier died the same day his son was born, etc.).

-janelane

RE: Casualties List at CNN.com