July was a good month according to military officials by Ana Maria Ciobanu

After there's been a drop in the American deaths last month, extremists seem to be regrouping. Four more U.S. troops and a British soldier have died in attacks, according to the military officials statements on Tuesday. U.S. deaths had dropped slightly in July to 79. This was the lowest monthly report since November when 70 U.S. deaths were registered. The Pentagon said the overall number of U.S. troops in Iraq has temporarily peaked at its all-time high -about 162.000- because new units arrive to replace those on the way out. Since the war began (3/19/03), 3680 U.S. soldiers have died. Since Election (1/31/05), 2243 have left this violent world. The official number of wounded U.S. soldiers is 27104, but several organizations estimate the number is way higher. An odd thing is that USA keeps doing the same mistakes. The officials aren't keeping a right track of the wounded and many data isn't released to the public. Between 8 and 10 percent of nearly 12,000 soldiers from the war on terror treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany had "psychiatric or behavioral health issues," according to the commander of the hospital, Col. Rhonda Cornum. What's happening out there is absolutely incredible. Doesn't anyone remember the Vietnam War? Does America really need a psychiatrically challenged population? Do they need the protests, the tears of thousands of families? My guess is and I'm sure a lot of you out there agree, they don't care about individuals, they care about reporting what a good month July was because only 79 soldiers died.

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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