The unseen cost of the war in Iraq Iraq

The unseen cost of the war in Iraq Iraq
Published: 10-Feb-2004
By: Jonathan Miller

The true extent of US casualties in Iraq are still unknown. This has fuelled suspicion that the administration may be hiding the true human cost of the war and its aftermath. Channel Four News has been allowed a rare opportunity to meet some of America's wounded soldiers.
In a dark corner of Andrews Air Force base on the outskirts of Washington DC, America's war-wounded come home.
The human cost of humbling tyrants.
No ceremony, no big welcome.
More than 11,000 medical evacuees have come through Andrews in the past nine months, the Air Force says.


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