The total includes 79,471 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 34,111 since the US invaded Afganistan in November, 2001 (Operation “Eduring Freedom”)

AFGANISTAN THEATER: US forces suffered 100 combat casualties in the week ending May 15, plus 225 “non-hostile” casualties as the monthly total was reported. The total rose to 34,111. This includes 17,497 dead and wounded from from what the Pentagon classifies as “hostile” causes and 16,614 dead or medically evacuated (as of May 7) from what it calls “non-hostile” causes.

IRAQ THEATER: US forces in Iraq suffered one WIA in the week ending May 15 while the “non hostile”list was adjusted slightly downward dropping the total to 79,471. That includes 35,752 dead and wounded from “hostile” causes and 43,719 dead or medically evacuated (as of May 7) from “non-hostile” causes.

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting regularily only the total killed (6,453 – 4,488 in Iraq,1,965 in Afghanistan) but rarely mentioning those wounded in action (48,176–32,226 in Iraq, 15,950 in Afghanistan). They ignore the 58,948 (42,752 in Iraq,16,196 in AfPak (as of May 7) military casualties injured and ill seriously enough to be medivaced out of theater, even though the 6,436 total dead include 1,380 (962 in Iraq, 418 in Afghanistan) who died from those same “non hostile” causes, including 314 suicides (as of May 7) and at least 18 in Iraq from faulty KBR electrical work.

*LIBYA :Operation “Odyessy Dawn” launched in March, officially ended Oct 31, 2011 with no reported US casualties.

WIA are usually updated on Tuesday at www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Non combat casualties are usually reported monthly at http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm

The above report is published by Michael Munk via his email list.

“That’s a legal issue. In U.S. law, it’s a covert action when the president says it’s a covert action. I think if you’re on the receiving end of the covert action, it’s an act of war.”

-Richard Clarke on US actions against Iran.

The total includes 79,494 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,786 since the US invaded Afganistan in November, 2001 (Operation “Eduring Freedom”)

AFGANISTAN THEATER: US forces suffered 80 casualties in the week ending May 8, as the total rose to 33,786. This includes 17,397 dead and wounded from from what the Pentagon classifies as “hostile” causes and 16,389 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from what it calls “non-hostile” causes.

IRAQ THEATER: US casualties in week ending May 8 remained at 79,494. That includes 35,751 dead and wounded from “hostile” causes and 43,743 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from “non-hostile” causes.

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting regularily only the total killed (6,444 – 4,488 in Iraq,1,956 in Afghanistan) but rarely mentioning those wounded in action (48,083–32,225 in Iraq, 15,858 in Afghanistan). They ignore the 58,753 (42,781 in Iraq,15,972 in AfPak (as of April 2) military casualties injured and ill seriously enough to be medivaced out of theater, even though the 6,436 total dead include 1,379 (962 in Iraq, 417 in Afghanistan) who died from those same “non hostile” causes, including 312 suicides (as of April 2) and at least 18 in Iraq from faulty KBR electrical work.

*LIBYA :Operation “Odyessy Dawn” launched in March, officially ended Oct 31, 2011 with no reported US casualties.

WIA are usually updated on Tuesday at www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Non combat casualties are usually reported monthly at http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm

The above report is published by Michael Munk via his email list.

“As Gandhi revealed, non-violent protest is effective above all because it reveals how power really operates: it lays bare the violence it is willing to unleash on even the most peaceful citizens when they dare to challenge its moral legitimacy.”

-David Graeber discusses how police are now sexually assaulting female protesters in an attempt to intimidate them.

The total includes 79,494 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,706 since the US invaded Afganistan in November, 2001 (Operation “Eduring Freedom”)

AFGANISTAN THEATER: US forces suffered 81 casualties in the week ending May Day, as the total rose to 33,706. This includes 17,319 dead and wounded from from what the Pentagon classifies as “hostile” causes and 16,387 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from what it calls “non-hostile” causes.

IRAQ THEATER: US casualties in week ending May Day remained at 79,494. That includes 35,751 dead and wounded from “hostile” causes and 43,743 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from “non-hostile” causes.

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting regularily only the total killed (6,436 – 4,488 in Iraq,1,948 in Afghanistan) but rarely mentioning those wounded in action (48,011–32,225 in Iraq, 15,786 in Afghanistan). They ignore the 58,753 (42,781 in Iraq,15,972 in AfPak (as of April 2) military casualties injured and ill seriously enough to be medivaced out of theater, even though the 6,436 total dead include 1,377 (962 in Iraq, 415 in Afghanistan) who died from those same “non hostile” causes, including 312 suicides (as of April 2) and at least 18 in Iraq from faulty KBR electrical work.

*LIBYA :Operation “Odessy Dawn” launched in March, officially ended Oct 31, 2011 with no reported US casualties.

WIA are usually updated on Tuesday at www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Non combat casualties are usually reported monthly at http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm

The above report is published by Michael Munk via his email list.

“I think that one of the problems we have in New York City is that we have a vast amount of public space in which the public is not allowed to do what it wants. We have to liberate public spaces for these sorts of common political actions, and this is one of the arenas of struggle.”

-David Harvey and “the right to the city.”

What we’re leaving behind today, at record pace, is what­ever belief we might once have had in the value of unstructured time: in the privilege of contemplating our lives before they are gone, in the importance of uninterrupted conversation, in the beauty of play. In the thing in itself – unmediated, leading nowhere. In the present moment.

-Mark Slouka, on the virtues of idleness, in “Quitting the Paint Factory“

The total includes 79,494 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,625 since the US invaded Afganistan in November, 2001 (Operation “Eduring Freedom”)

AFGANISTAN THEATER: US forces suffered 51 casualties in the week ending April 24, as the total rose to 33,625. This includes 17,240 dead and wounded from from what the Pentagon classifies as “hostile” causes and 16,385 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from what it calls “non-hostile” causes.

IRAQ THEATER: US casualties in week ending April 24 rose by one WIA for a total of 79,494. That includes 35,751 dead and wounded from “hostile” causes and 43,743 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from “non-hostile” causes.

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting regularily only the total killed (6,428 – 4,488 in Iraq,1,940 in Afghanistan) but rarely mentioning those wounded in action (47,938–32,225 in Iraq, 15,713 in Afghanistan). They ignore the 58,753 (42,781 in Iraq,15,972 in AfPak (as of April 2) military casualties injured and ill seriously enough to be medivaced out of theater, even though the 6,428 total dead include 1,375 (962 in Iraq, 413 in Afghanistan) who died from those same “non hostile” causes, including 312 suicides (as of April 2) and at least 18 in Iraq from faulty KBR electrical work.

*LIBYA :Operation “Odessy Dawn” launched in March, officially ended Oct 31, 2011 with no reported US casualties.

WIA are usually updated on Tuesday at www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Non combat casualties are usually reported monthly at http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm

The above report is published by Michael Munk via his email list.

The total includes 79,493 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,574 since the US invaded Afganistan in November, 2001 (Operation “Eduring Freedom”)

AFGANISTAN THEATER: US forces suffered 84 casualties in the week ending April 17, as the total rose to 33,574 including the new monthly report on those inflicted by “non-hostile” causes. This includes 17,195 dead and wounded from “hostile” causes and 16,379 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from “non-hostile” causes.

IRAQ THEATER: There was no change in US casualties in week period ending April 17 as the total rremained at 79,493. That includes 35,750 dead and wounded from what the Pentagon classifies as “hostile” causes and 43,743 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from “non-hostile” causes.

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting regularily only the total killed (6,418 – 4,488 in Iraq,1,930 in Afghanistan) but rarely mentioning those wounded in action (47,896–32,224 in Iraq, 15,672 in Afghanistan). They ignore the 58,753 (42,781 in Iraq,15,972 in AfPak (as of April 2) military casualties injured and ill seriously enough to be medivaced out of theater, even though the 6,418 total dead include 1,369 (962 in Iraq, 407 in Afghanistan) who died from those same “non hostile” causes, including 312 suicides (as of April 2) and at least 18 in Iraq from faulty KBR electrical work.

*LIBYA :Operation “Odyessy Dawn” launched in March, officially ended Oct 31, 2011 with no reported US casualties.

WIA are usually updated on Tuesday at www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Non combat casualties are usually reported monthly at http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm

The above report is published by Michael Munk via his email list.

The total includes 79,493 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,490 since the US invaded Afganistan in November, 2001 (Operation “Eduring Freedom”)

AFGANISTAN THEATER: US forces suffered 286 casualties in the week ending April 10, as the total rose to 33,490 including the new monthly report on those inflicted by “non-hostile” causes. This includes 17,111 dead and wounded from “hostile” causes and 16,379 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from “non-hostile” causes.

IRAQ THEATER: Us forces suffered 14 “non hostile” casualties in the period ending April 10 as the total rose to 79,493. That includes 35,750 dead and wounded from what the Pentagon classifies as “hostile” causes and 43,743 dead or medically evacuated (as of April 2) from “non-hostile” causes.

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting regularily only the total killed (6,412 – 4,488 in Iraq,1,924 in Afghanistan) but rarely mentioning those wounded in action (47,818–32,224 in Iraq, 15,594 in Afghanistan). They ignore the 58,753 (42,781 in Iraq,15,972 in AfPak (as of April 2) military casualties injured and ill seriously enough to be medivaced out of theater, even though the 6,412 total dead include 1,369 (962 in Iraq, 407 in Afghanistan) who died from those same “non hostile” causes, including 312 suicides (as of April 2) and at least 18 in Iraq from faulty KBR electrical work.

*LIBYA :Operation “Odyessy Dawn” launched in March, officially ended Oct 31, 2011 with no reported US casualties.

WIA are usually updated on Tuesday at www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Non combat casualties are usually reported monthly at http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm

The above report is published by Michael Munk via his email list.