claim: "more than 1,000 american soldiers have lost their lives in afghanistan in the last 27 months. this is more than the combined total of the nine years before."
author: chain email
evidence_1: during the war in afghanistan (2001–present), over 31,000 civilian deaths due to  war-related violence have been documented; 29,900 civilians have been  wounded. over 111,000 afghans, including civilians, soldiers and militants, are  estimated to have been killed in the conflict. the cost of war project estimated  that the ...
evidence_2: this was once accurate, but deaths have fallen for four years now. chain email · " more than 1,000 american soldiers have lost their lives in afghanistan in the last  27 months. this is more than the combined total of the nine years before." —  politifact national on thursday, april 24th, 2014. false. despite dark hints in  email, ...
evidence_3: "deaths per day" is the total number of americans killed in military service,  divided by the number of days between the dates of the commencement and end  of hostilities. "deaths per population" is the total number of deaths in military  service, divided by the u.s. population of the year indicated.
evidence_4: jul 30, 2014 ... more than 1,000 american soldiers have lost their lives in afghanistan in the last  27 months. this is more than the combined total of the nine years before. thirty  have died in august. during the last month, over 50 additional nato and us  servicemen have been murdered, inside jobs by those who are hired ...
evidence_5: more than 1,000 american soldiers have lost their lives in afghanistan in the last  27 months. this is more than the combined total of the nine years before. thirty  have died in august. the commander in chief is awol. not a peep, although he  ordered the white house flag flown at half mast for the sikhs that were killed.