MILITARY DEATHS
2008
4,468 on March 13
2,210 on January 7, 2007

Wounded: 31,187
Injured: 9,984
Ill: 27,890
VA treated: 299,585
Claimed disability: 245,034

Numbers from Pentagon & Department of Veterans Affairs obtained by Veterans for Common Sense & Freedom of Information Act

Suicides among Veterans


IRAQI DEATHS
Iraqi Deaths Top
1 million


PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
DEATHS
917 on May 18
Contractor Deaths Soar...


CASUALTY TRENDS

NEWS

Military recruits with video games: America's Army
The US military has paid over $6 million for the development of a video game -- America's Army -- as a recruiting tool. Does this contravene the UN's Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the involvement of children in armed conflict?

Karen Button discussing the latest on Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan
With the media in the U.S. covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for about 2 minutes a week, it is essential that a report such as Karen's is disseminated as widely as possible. Do you part and share it with your network or your local radio station.

RAISING SAND RADIO

Listen to "What is PTSD?" with Dr. Ray Scurfield

Airs live and streams every Monday from 2 - 3 p.m. (Pacific) on KZSU, FM 90.1. All shows are archived. Learn more >

Jackie Carbasso on Nuclear Free Future

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Video footage from Winter Soldier Hearings. Listen to troops speak about war and terror.

The book, Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak about War and Terror, is due out in 2008 Order your copy now

The book, <i>Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak about War and Terror</i>, is due out in October

Preview excerpts from six mothers' stories (book presents 30 stories plus discussion of war and militarism): View cover of a booklet that accompanied an art piece | View Sample Stories