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ECH1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:56 PM Original message |
Pentagon: 26,000 Iraqi casualties |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. anyone else thinks this is low |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's the number they're blaming on "insurgents." |
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zbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Looks like that's the number killed by the "insurgents"... |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Judging from past "down-sizing" of casualties, I'd say add a zero |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. lowballing is apparently all the rage. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow, they're about 2,000 behind the US |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Notice how it says "Killed or wounded BY INSURGENTS" |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Scientists: 100,000 Iraqis have died since war (Lancet Report) |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I would like to point out |
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jseankil (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The methology of the 100,000 is very weak, wouldn't go around quoting that |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. and you choose to believe the Pentagon? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Go ahead and post more reliable numbers. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 06:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. But you would go around quoting |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Actually it's not weak except to those who want to call it weak |
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justjones (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I heard that story on NPR too.... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. And exactly WHO are insurgents? General Karpinski said 90% of the |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Number killed by coalition: >100,000 |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. *cough cough* CRAP *cough* |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. Why did we kill these people? |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. extrapolating from the numbers, be they 26,000 or 100,000 . . . |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. and don't forget the family branches obliterated entirely by |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. US military estimates Iraqi toll from insurgency (Reuters) |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Army admits keeping eye on rising Iraqi toll (SMH) |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. kick |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
26. Pentagon Admits 26,000 Iraqi Casualties since Jan. 2004 |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Casualties ... |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Correct but... |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I agree, but... |
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AKing (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Sorta takes the wind out of the claims of right-wing nuts.... |
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