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Thursday, April 29, 2004  Pentagon's
No. 2 Flubs Iraq Casualties
WASHINGTON - Asked how many
American troops have died in Iraq, the Pentagon's
No. 2 civilian estimated Thursday the total was
about 500 -- more than 200 soldiers short.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz
was asked about the toll at a hearing of a House
Appropriations subcommittee. "It's approximately
500, of which -- I can get the exact numbers --
approximately 350 are combat deaths," he
responded "He misspoke," spokesman Charley Cooper
said later. "That's all." American deaths Thursday were at 722 -- 521 of
them from combat -- since the start of military
operations in Iraq last year, according to the
Department of Defense.  Wolfowitz,
an architect of the military
campaign in Iraq, was responding to
questions from Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, on
the costs of the war.
Since President Bush declared an end to
major combat last May 1, 582 U.S. soldiers have
died -- 410 as a result of hostile action. April has been the deadliest month so far, with
more than 100 killed and some 900 wounded amid a
sharp rise in violence. Kaptur asked Wolfowitz the question after he
told the committee that U.S. authorities were
working to train and equip Iraqi forces so they can
one day take over their own security. 
The
unbearable murkiness of Paul Wolfowitz-
AFTER
six Iraqi RPG grenades slammed into the Hotel
el-Rashid a visibly shaken Paul 'Twister'
Wolfowitz, made impromptu statement to the
cameras
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The
hunt for weapons of mass destruction yields -
nothing
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Official
Is Prepared To Address Issue Of Iraqi
Deception
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CURRENT
DEATHTOLL IN
IRAQ
and COST
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