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WE HAVE NAMES, HOMETOWNS, CAUSE OF DEATH OF ALL 19 GIS KILLED IN IRAQ IN MAY

Sun, 2 Jun 2008 15:44:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

This is a complete list of confirmed deaths of US military personnel in Iraq during the month of May. Click on the name in "BLUE" and obtain information on hometown, where the GI died and cause of death.

Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008

US
Christian Cotner
Al Asad - Al Anbar Province
Non-hostile
25-May-2008
3
US: 3 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Sergeant Frank J. Gasper
Najaf
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Blake W. Evans
Al Jazeera Desert - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant 1st Class Jason F. Dene
Baghdad
Non-hostile - injury
22-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private 1st Class Kyle Phillip Norris
Iskandariyah (died in Balad) - Babil
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
18-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private Branden P. Haunert
Tikrit - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
15-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Sergeant John K. Daggett
Halifax, Canada - Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
14-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Sergeant Victor M. Cota
Baghdad (Kadamiyah)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
11-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Corporal Jessica A. Ellis
Baghdad (northwest of)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
10-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Joseph A. Ford
Al Asad - Anbar
Non-hostile - vehicle accident
09-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Mary J. Jaenichen
Iskandariyah - Babil
Non-hostile - injury
06-May-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private 1st Class Aaron J. Ward
Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

US
Specialist Alex D. Gonzalez
Mosul - Ninewah
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, RPG
02-May-2008
3
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 2

GE
Lieutenant Giorgi Margiev
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

GE
Corporal Zura Gvenetadze
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Private Corey L. Hicks
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
01-May-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Lance Corporal Casey L. Casanova
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Corporal Miguel A. Guzman
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Lance Corporal James F. Kimple
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Glen E. Martinez
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeffrey F. Nichols
Baghdad (central)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
Total
21
US: 19 UK: 0 Other: 2

NAMES, HOMETOWNS AND HOW THEY DIED IN IRAQ

Mon, 20 May 2008 07:32:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

The following is a list of names of US soldiers and Marines killed in Iraq and how they died as well as their hometowns. Click on the "BLUE" in each name for further details.

Date
Total
Name
Place of Death - Province
Cause of Death
18-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Branden Haunert
Salah ad Din Province - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
15-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Sergeant John K. Daggett
Halifax, Canada - Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
14-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Sergeant Victor M. Cota
Baghdad (Kadamiyah)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
11-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Corporal Jessica A. Ellis
Baghdad (northwest of)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
10-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Joseph A. Ford
Al Asad - Anbar
Non-hostile - vehicle accident
09-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Mary J. Jaenichen
Iskandariyah - Babil
Non-hostile - injury
06-May-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private 1st Class Aaron J. Ward
Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

US
Specialist Alex D. Gonzalez
Mosul - Ninewah
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, RPG
02-May-2008
3
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 2

GE
Lieutenant Giorgi Margiev
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

GE
Corporal Zura Gvenetadze
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Private Corey L. Hicks
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
01-May-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Lance Corporal Casey L. Casanova
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Corporal Miguel A. Guzman
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Lance Corporal James F. Kimple
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Glen E. Martinez
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeffrey F. Nichols
Baghdad (central)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
Total
16
US: 14 UK: 0 Other: 2

NAMES, HOMETOWNS, CAUSE OF DEATH OF LATEST CASUALTIES FROM IRAQ WAR

Tue, 14 May 2008 02:37:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

Here is the latest list of casualties from the Iraq War. Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008

Click on each name in "BLUE" to get further details.

Date
Total
Name
Place of Death - Province
Cause of Death
13-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (northwestern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
11-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Corporal Jessica A. Ellis
Baghdad (northwest of)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
10-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Joseph A. Ford
Al Asad - Anbar
Non-hostile - vehicle accident
09-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Mary J. Jaenichen
Iskandariyah - Babil
Non-hostile - injury
06-May-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private 1st Class Aaron J. Ward
Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

US
Specialist Alex D. Gonzalez
Mosul - Ninewah
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, RPG
02-May-2008
3
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 2

GE
Lieutenant Giorgi Margiev
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

GE
Corporal Zura Gvenetadze
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Private Corey L. Hicks
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
01-May-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Lance Corporal Casey L. Casanova
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Corporal Miguel A. Guzman
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Lance Corporal James F. Kimple
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Glen E. Martinez
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeffrey F. Nichols
Baghdad (central)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
Total
14
US: 12 UK: 0 Other: 2

12 GIS KILLED IN FIRST 15 DAYS IN IRAQ. WE HAVE NAMES, HOMETOWNS AND CAUSE OF DEATH

Wed, 15 May 2008 11:06:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

Source: http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008 Click on "BLUE" in name for additional details.
Date
Total
Name
Place of Death - Province
Cause of Death
13-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (northwestern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
11-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Corporal Jessica A. Ellis
Baghdad (northwest of)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
10-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Joseph A. Ford
Al Asad - Anbar
Non-hostile - vehicle accident
09-May-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Specialist Mary J. Jaenichen
Iskandariyah - Babil
Non-hostile - injury
06-May-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Private 1st Class Aaron J. Ward
Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

US
Specialist Alex D. Gonzalez
Mosul - Ninewah
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, RPG
02-May-2008
3
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 2

GE
Lieutenant Giorgi Margiev
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

GE
Corporal Zura Gvenetadze
Diyala Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Private Corey L. Hicks
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
01-May-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0

US
Lance Corporal Casey L. Casanova
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Corporal Miguel A. Guzman
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Lance Corporal James F. Kimple
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Glen E. Martinez
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeffrey F. Nichols
Baghdad (central)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
Total
14
US: 12 UK: 0 Other: 2

HOW MUCH IS US WILLING TO SPEND TO TRY AND STABALIZE IRAQ?

Sun, 14 Apr 2008 05:09:00 GMT

posted by CORKSPHERE

Ronald Brownstein: The bottom line on Iraq
How much is America willing to spend to try to stabilize Iraq?

POLITICAL CONNECTIONS
By Ronald Brownstein
National Journal
National Journal Group Inc.URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24068090/

WASHINGTON - This week's congressional hearings on Iraq were not the upbeat celebration that many of the war's supporters might have expected after months of declining violence.

Instead, the marathon sessions were a sobering, often-grim reminder of how far Iraq remains from durable stability -- and how much more the United States might need to invest, in lives and money, to leave behind a nation that met the definition of success offered at the hearings by the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona: "a peaceful, stable, prosperous, democratic state that poses no threats to its neighbors and contributes to the defeat of terrorists." That is, if such a state can be forged in Iraq at all.

While justly celebrating the security gains that the surge in American troops has helped to produce, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker were unsentimental in describing the road ahead. "We haven't turned any corners," Petraeus warned. "We haven't seen any lights at the end of the tunnel." Crocker, whose world-weary answers sometimes sound as if they were scripted by Graham Greene or Raymond Chandler, often reduced his message to five flinty words: Nothing is easy in Iraq.

The Baghdad duo's somber caution contrasted with the somewhat chirpy optimism of McCain, who insisted in his opening statement that "success is within reach." In fact, Petraeus and Crocker repeatedly suggested that if success is defined by building an Iraqi state anything close to what McCain described, it will require an even more extended American commitment, with all the physical and financial costs that would entail.

In that way, Petraeus and Crocker framed what may be the central question about the war during Campaign 2008: How much is America willing to spend to try to stabilize Iraq? And, just as important, if the war really is crucial to America's security, shouldn't today's taxpayers finance it?

Iraq is the first major war that this country has fought by transferring the entire cost to future generations, including the generation fighting the war, through government debt. President Bush has never proposed raising taxes to pay for the conflict. Instead, he has presided over an increase in domestic spending and substantially cut taxes in 2003, an unprecedented step during wartime. "In every other major war ... we raised taxes," says Robert Hormats, author of The Price of Liberty, an authoritative and insightful recent book on how America has financed its wars. "This is the first major war where we have cut taxes ... and it is the first major war where we have increased domestic ... spending rather than cut it. As a result, the entire incremental cost of the war has been borrowed."

That cost is formidable. The Congressional Budget Office calculates that the Iraq war has already cost $600 billion. That bill is rising by $10.3 billion per month. Because all of that money has been borrowed, the interest on that additional debt might swell the price tag by another $600 billion over the next decade, the House Budget Committee estimates.

Hormats, who held senior foreign-policy positions under Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Reagan, notes that in most major wars, American political leaders have publicly debated how to apportion costs between the present and the future -- and have tried to tilt the balance as much as possible toward the present.

New taxes paid for one-quarter of the costs of the Civil War, for one-third of World War I's costs, and for nearly half of World War II's. Even when confronted with the unprecedented expense of those titanic wars, our leaders "had a very keen sense of not imposing inordinate burdens on posterity," says Hormats, now a vice chairman of Goldman Sachs.

Before Iraq, the only exceptions to this pattern were the Mexican-American War in 1846 (a smaller conflict during which President Polk rejected additional taxes) and the Vietnam War (when President Johnson initially resisted tax hikes, then agreed to one in 1968). It's probably no coincidence that both of those wars also bitterly divided the nation (amid charges that the president dissembled on the way in). If Bush and McCain believe they can convince America that keeping many thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq is indispensable to our security, there is a simple way for them to prove it: Ask the country to pay for it.