Grim Milestone...
"Three years and nine months after the U.S.-led Coalition began its war against Saddam Hussein, researchers have quietly recorded another grim milestone in the cost of the conflict. American military casualties have now exceeded 25,000. Almost 3,000 U.S. soldiers are dead; 22,000 are injured. Some 245 other Coalition soldiers--mostly Brits--have also died, as well as at least 50,000 Iraqi civilians. Glenn Kutler, a researcher for the non-partisan iCasualties.org, has analyzed the patterns behind the numbers--and says he sees a conflict of gruesome logic and distinct phases." <more>Newsweek's number are low. Mark this important date.
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 12/12/2006
10 Comments:
SO when is the Bush team moving to Paraguay? They visited Brazil last summer in secret, Condi and Cheney went along for the ride.
If people didn't want war, they could've voted for a peace-loving candidate like Dennis Kucinich. But they didn't, and now we can't complain about the consequnces. A hard lesson to learn though.
D
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/
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What a fumb-duck.
http://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.
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WORLD Bank president Paul Wolfowitz faces mounting criticism from directors of the international lending organisation who say he relies on political advisers with little expertise in development while driving away seasoned managers.
Half of the bank's 29 highest-level executives have left since Mr Wolfowitz, the former US deputy defence secretary and an architect of President George Bush's invasion of Iraq, took office in June last year. Among them is Christiaan Poortman, vice-president for the Middle East and a 30-year veteran, who left in September after resisting pressure to speed up lending and adding staff in Iraq.
Mr Bush's nomination of Mr Wolfowitz last year raised concern among employees that he would use his position to promote US-Iraq policies. His plan to step up activities in Baghdad "exposes him to charges of attempting to provide political cover for the White House", said Nancy Birdsall, a former director of the bank's policy research department and president of the Centre for Global Development.
Truth is coming out everywhere, FINALLY. Thank you!
Roger is in stealth mode
Now we know who's running the Iraq chaos it's the Saudis. Bush is now in trouble because he has his orders for the Saudi King yet the American people want out of Iraq. I notice the Saudi King summoned Cheney not Bush. Now lets see Bush tell American families that their children are fighting for the Sunnis to control Iraq. I feel bad for the families that say they want the US to win so their dead sons/daughters lives will be for something. Now our troops even asked what they were doing in Iraq as they were just stuck in the middle as both side killed each other and the Iraq people told Americans to go home. Nothing good comes from lying and stealiing. Daddy Bush will be crying some more for his idiot son. Bush will announce in January they our troops will stay in Iraq and stay the course no matter how many soldiers die like sitting ducks. Let's see what the American people say about that.
Roger Rancourt, the cult of personality.
I'm afraid we will not survive 768 days more!
I feel so physically sick and saddened every day this war continues and I see innocent troops and Iraqis slaughtered and maimed. We need to stop the bloodshed now!
And what is tragedy is when the soldiers come home, they will never be the same because psychologically the war will have changed them forever.. The President robbed all of them: the dead, wounded, and the soldier who survive the war...
And what are the losses suffered by the Coalition? The only thing we hear about the Coalition is when they are packing it up and going home.
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