This Speaks for Itself.

April 13, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- For American forces in Iraq, these are the deadliest days of the war. At least 83 U.S. troops were killed in action in the first 12 days of April, with the most recent death on Tuesday. Also this month, more than 560 were wounded and two soldiers were declared missing. At least four American civilians were killed, one contractor was captured by gunmen and six others are missing and feared abducted.

The number wounded so far in April exceeds the total for any other full month of the war by more than 220.

Among the captured civilians is Tommy Hamill of Macon, MS. he was a farmer in East Mississippi who lost everything in the current economy. in order to avoid bankrupcy, he decided to drive a Truck in Iraq for a much larger wage than he could get in the states. His family has been told he'll be dismembered and killed if the US does not leave. Let's hope that whatever happens on June 30th is enough for them.