Blockbuster: Over 16,000 U.S. War Casualties

PBS News Reports More than 16,000 Wounded and Injured from Iraq War

The national press missed this blockbuster on June 18: the Pentagon confirms more than 16,000 U.S. service members have been wounded or injured in the Iraq War. DoD failed to report on the 11,000 soldiers who were wounded or injured not from enemy action. The TV networks and newspapers failed to follow-up on this major scoop. As Steve Robinson of the National Gulf War Resource Center said, "They [the military] believe that by putting this information out, it's somehow going to affect public opion." Donald Rumsfeld must believe that good public relations is far more important than medical care for our wartime wounded.

From Veterans For Common Sense