This Week with Christiane Amanpour marks the passings of radio and TV announcer Fred Foy, Italian finance minister and Euro currency proponent Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, former SC congressman James R Mann and actor Steve Landesberg. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of four service members killed in Afghanistan.
US Marines Cpl Sean A Osterman, 21, Princeton, MN
US Marines Cpl Eric M Torbert Jr., 25, Lancaster, PA
US Army PFC Conrado D Javier Jr., 19, Marina, CA
US Marines LCpl William H Crouse IV, 22, Woodruff, SC
According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is now 4,748; in Afghanistan, 2,275, of which, 154 are Canadian. During this same period, Iraq Body Counts identifies 42 Iraqi civilians killed. A UN report released this week shows that the civilian casualties in Afghanistan have increased by 20% this year over last, although most are being blamed on insurgents. Nearly 5,500 civilians in Afghanistan have been killed this year.
