{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"American Military Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan  Now Exceed 500,000 (Part 1 of 2)","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article15450.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article15450.html'\u003EAmerican Military Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan  Now Exceed 500,000 (Part 1 of 2)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2001, the Pentagon has sought to downplay overall U.S. military losses by artfully redefining what is a combat-related \u201ccasualty.\u201d  It has published and then changed the rules several times regarding the reporting of casualties.  Currently the Pentagon uses DoD Instruction 1300.18 to arbitrarily separate out \u201cwounded in action\u201d from non-battle injuries.  Wounded in action is narrowly defined to essentially be an injury directly caused by an adversary.  So called \u201cfriendly fire\u201d (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}