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Thread #116878 Message #2512830
Posted By: pdq
11-Dec-08 - 02:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: U.S. Sec of Defense Gates on Canada
Subject: RE: BS: U.S. Sec of Defense Gates on Canada
...numbers are from earlier this year:
Troops currently in Afghanistan
United States: 29,000, with about 19,000 serving in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) effort and the rest serving under U.S. command Fatalities: 419 (includes deaths in Pakistan and Uzbekistan) Britain: 7,800 Fatalities: 89 (includes civilians from the Ministry of Defense) Germany: 3,210 Fatalities: 26 Italy: 2,880 Fatalities: 12 Canada: 2,500 Fatalities: 81 Australia: 1,000 (not a NATO member)
{note: the high death count among Canadians is due to the dangerous assignments they are given}