DoD Operation Enduring Freedom Casualty Update as of 10am 1 Oct

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Nine more soldiers pay the ultimate price in Afghanistan, bringing the total to 1299.  

Six soldiers died during the first month of Iraqi Dawn raising the total to 4427.

The United States is one month away from its mid-term elections today.  The spin is incredible by both sides.  Attack ads are the order of the day.  Nobody seems to run on issues anymore.  The President has started a backyard neighborhood campaign.

Meanwhile Congress has left town without a vote on the Bush Tax Cuts.  There is the discussion of whether the tax cuts should be extended to all Americans or only to those Americans making less than $250,000.

The recent elections in Afghanistan left one third of the polling places closed and there are, once again allegations of widespread fraud. 

Pakistan is in disarray.  Major NATO supply routes have been blocked in Pakistan, an apparent retaliation for drone attacks and NATO air strikes inside Pakistan.  Musharraf has warned of another military coup and is starting his own political party and return to Pakistan.

Bob Woodward's book "Obama's Wars has raised questions as to whether or not President Obama's heart is in the Afghanistan war and suggests a major rift in the Administration's National Security Team.

Regardless of priorities for the mid-term elections, the Administrations apparent rift and Rahm Emanuel's departure, we should remember that there are still  100,000 U.S. troops and another 40,000 NATO troops deployed to Afghanistan.

Those troops deserve a clear mission and our support, regardless of partisan politics. Take a moment today and think of the nine soldiers killed in Afghanistan this past week.  All of them had a family that will miss them. 

Here are this week's figures:

U.S. Military Casualties

 ---Total Deaths      KIA ---Non-Hostile ---WIA RTD ----WIA  NotRTD   ------1203---------976---------227----------4103-------------4290

Other Locations 

 ---------94--------12----------82---------------0------------------1   DoD Civilians
 -----------2---------  1-----------1   Worldwide Total   -----1299--------989---------310-----------4103---------------4291

Link to DoD Casualties for Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Dawn

Fallen Heroes Afghanistan/Iraq