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2005/8/27-29 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:39306 Activity:nil
8/27    Is there a web site that'll give me statistics and historical charts
        on the progress of the increasingly maimed and dying soldiers in
        Iraq and Afghanistan? I was reading this web site that says Iraq
        war has the lowest fatality rate (only 10% of wounded soldiers
        dead) vs. Vietnam (with 24% wounded dead).
        \_ http://icasualties.org.  In relation to past wars, yes, casualty rates are
           lower, prob because of tactical and medical advances.
        \_ that makes sense.  we have better technology. i bet we have a
           higher percentage of soldiers coming home with non functioning
           limbs, if only because in previous wars, they would have did.
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