(h/t DavidE @ VideoCafe) This Week with Christiane Amanpour marks the passings of television producer Sherwood Schwartz, singer Jimmy Roselli, homeless advocate Kip Tiernan. In addition, the Pentagon has released the names of eight service
July 17, 2011

(h/t DavidE @ VideoCafe)

This Week with Christiane Amanpour marks the passings of television producer Sherwood Schwartz, singer Jimmy Roselli, homeless advocate Kip Tiernan. In addition, the Pentagon has released the names of eight service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US Army SFC Terryl L Pasker, 39, Cedar Rapids, IA
US Army SGT Steven L Talamantez, 34, Laredo, TX
US Army SPC Rafael A Nieves Jr, 22, Albany, NY
US Army SGT Christopher P Soderlund, 23, Pineville, LA
US Marines LCpl Norberto Mendez Hernandez, 22, Logan, UT
US Marines LCpl Robert S Greniger, 21, Greenfield, MN
US Navy SN Aaron D Ullom, 20, Midland, MI
US Army SGT Jeremy R Summers, 27, Mount Olivet, KY

According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is now 4,791; in Afghanistan, 2,594, of which 157 are Canadian. During this same period, Iraq Body Count enumerates 71 Iraqi civilian casualties.

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