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DoD Op Enduring Freedom Casualty update as of 10am 18 Sept 2009

by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | September 19, 2009 at 05:37 am

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U.S Casualties have increased again during this past week. Here is the update of total casualties as of 10 am 18 September 2009. The number of Deaths has now risen to 764, which is an increase of `18 over the previous week. This is the largest increase in deaths since I started reporting these weely updates.

OEF U.S. Military Casualties

Total Deaths KIA Non-Hostile WIA RTD ** WIA Not RTD

In and Around Afghanistan 764 585 179 1,545 2,458

Other Locations**** 69 3 66

OEF U.S. DoD Civilian
Casualties 1 1

Worldwide Total 834 589 245 1,545 2,459

As of Saturday, September 19th, 2009, at least 764 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday September 18th 10:00 AM EDT.

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Barry ORegan

at 06:39 on September 19th, 2009

Tragically it looks like Canada is catching up to the US

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 06:45 on September 19th, 2009

As a percentage of the population we already have.

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at 07:15 on September 19th, 2009

The real problem is it will cost many thousands more lives to defeat the Taliban, and many years,

This will hurt Obama in the next election.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 07:18 on September 19th, 2009

War casualties are a problem for any government if they can't convince the public that it's a worthwhile cause. That's why I think the Canadian Government has decided to cease Canada's combat role in 2011.

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at 12:01 on September 19th, 2009

If the US is still there in 2012 I think Obama will face opposition in the primaries from a far left democrat..

If Canada has an election this fall will the war be an issue.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 12:18 on September 19th, 2009

I doubt that the war will be an issue as Parliament as a whole has agreed to withdraw from it.s combat role in 2011.

The two major parties, Conservative and Liberal, have agreed to the involvement in this war. The Liberals joined the US with its effort and we had boots on the ground in January 2002. The Conservative Party extended the mandate with the approval of Parliament and agreed to end it in 2011.

The economy, deficit and party ideology will be the major issues. I think another factor will be which party is best suited to lead us out of the recession.