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| Iraqi diplomat puts enemy fatalities at 700 |
| 2003-03-31 |
| Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Abbas Khalaf said on Monday that 700 US and British servicemen have been killed and more than a 1,000 have been injured in Iraq since the beginning of war on his country on Thursday March 20. Khalaf said at a press conference that the invading forces have lost five warplanes, six pilotless aircraft and six combat helicopters. He said that Iraqis had also managed to capture a helicopter, 74 tanks, 35 armored vehicles and 20 various combat vehicles of the US and British forces. Why, they're beating the hell out of us! Who knew? Pentagon reports that 37 US marines and 23 British servicemen have been killed. Fourteen US and two British servicemen are missing. Apparenlty we don't know... The diplomat said Iraqis have begun to bury US and British soldiers killed in southern Iraq because of the shortage of electricity and refrigerators to freeze the bodies. He said that definitely, after the combat actions end, the remains of servicemen will be handed over to the United States and United Kingdom. Khalaf said that the toll among Iraqis, on the lists of killed people are only civilians — 589 are killed and 4,500 are wounded. And most of them are babies... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #12 They forgot. One Sammy dead One jr Sammy dead One jr Sammy with speech impediment dead. |
| Posted by: Brew 2003-04-01 00:47:07 |
| #11 The dichotomy between the counts are those Iraqi soldiers who were dressed in British and American uniforms. Expect that the dichotomy is going to grow geometrically over the next seveal weeks. V |
| Posted by: Timmy the Wonder Dog 2003-03-31 16:38:24 |
| #10 Wouldn't you love to see them try to fly the "captured helicopter"? |
| Posted by: Hermetic 2003-03-31 15:36:05 |
| #9 Arabs claim they invented algebra. Clearly they jumped right past addition and subtraction then. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-03-31 13:49:31 |
| #8 Fred is right. This type of propaganda is never reconciled afterward. They just pick up their gear and move on to the next lie. |
| Posted by: Spot 2003-03-31 12:45:56 |
| #7 I think they might be counting 82 year old WWII vets who have passed away from old age since the beginning of March as "coalition forces". |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2003-03-31 11:04:58 |
| #6 With regard to casualties in Afghanistan, there was an article in one of the Pak papers yesterday or Saturday that there are 500 U.S. deaders in cold storage in Jacobabad that the Merkins are afraid to do anything with. When this is over, the ArabMedia will move on to the next confrontation, keeping all the rumors from this one and the one before. Truth is a flexible concept, a resource available to the state, rather than something that stands on its own. Remember, Sammy sez he won Gulf War I. When we win, it will have been with the help of Zionists, or space aliens, or something. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-03-31 11:01:04 |
| #5 1. I wonder how many US fatalies they think there were in Afghanistan. 2. I wonder what they will think of their Arabmedia types when the war ends in Iraq. 3. I think I recall that during the 1972 arab-israeli war, the Arabmedia told there people about immiment Israeli surrender many times and when the Israelis won, it discredited the Arabmedia for about a half decade. Of course the psychosis may be heavier now. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-03-31 10:53:19 |
| #4 Unfortunately, this is often the only "information" the "Arab street" gets, and they believe it. It's time to create an Arabic "Voice of Freedom" radio/television capability, and start beaming reality to these folks. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-03-31 10:42:34 |
| #3 Who does he expect to believe him? *Mental note: Must check Pravda later* Re. the US PoWs: Telegraph print edition reports four bodies found in shallow graves are believed to be those of PoWs sown on Iraqi TV last week. Anyone found this story online? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-03-31 10:27:19 |
| #2 Or vice versa... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-03-31 10:23:34 |
| #1 Must be getting his info from Murat... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-31 10:17:45 |