On Memorial Day 2009, over eight years since the U.S. launched a war in Afghanistan and over six years since it launched one in Iraq, let us stop and take note of the number of war deaths:
Iraq
- US Military: 4300 [iCasualties.org]
- Non-US Coalition: 118 [iCasualties.org]
- Iraqis: 92,108 – 100,555* [iraqbodycount.org]
* Conservative estimate: includes only verified deaths. Other credible estimates go as high as 1 million.
Afghanistan
- US Military: 687 [iCasualties.org]
- Non-US Coalition: 467 [iCasualties.org]
- Afghans: unknown [Wikipedia]
