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2006-08-23 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2006-08-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Has there ever been a statistical tally of the violence? It seems Coalition deaths are way down in August, and Iraqi deaths are off lately, too.

The MSM is on high alert, waiting for the "Tet Offensive" that will "prove, once and for all" that the war is lost.

Posted by Bobby 2006-08-23 06:13|| 2006-08-23 06:13|| Front Page Top

#2 "the murder victims were young Shia men "

Pilgrims? Work party? Something less innocent? Half the young Shia men may not be death squads but half the death squads are young Shia men.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-08-23 07:18|| 2006-08-23 07:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Coalition Average KIA Per Day
Time Periods:
Period 5: December 15, 2005 (the day after Iraq general elections) through todays date. 1.95 KIA per/day

Period 4: January 31, 2005 (the day after Iraq Elections) through December 14, 2005. 2.35 KIA per/day

Period 3: June 29, 2004 (the day after the official turnover of sovereignty to Iraq) through January 30, 2005 (Iraq Elections). 2.92 KIA per/day

Period 2: May 2, 2003 through June 28, 2004 (the day of the official turnover of sovereignty to Iraq). 1.89 KIA per/day

Period 1: March 20, 2003 through May 1, 2003 (the end of major combat). 4.02 KIA per/day

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-08-23 11:52|| 2006-08-23 11:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Interresting presentation of stats there GolfBravo. Care to share sources? I wonder how this compares to say Baltimore, MD or Washington DC during the same time frame. Or some other US City the size of Baghdad? I suspect they would not be to far off.

Posted by TomAnon 2006-08-23 12:17|| 2006-08-23 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 TomAnon Try: HERE

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-08-23 12:43|| 2006-08-23 12:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Try to put the Iraq US KIAs in perspective. During WWII in the battles of:
Tarawa - 3 days - 366.1 KIA per day
Iwo Jima - 36 days - 188.9 KIA per day
Okinawa - 84 days - 150.0 KIA per day*
This was with a US population of only 138 million.

*Includes Navy loses aboard ships.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-08-23 13:45|| 2006-08-23 13:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Not exactly ~~Antietam~~ Sharpsburg numbers.

Posted by 6 2006-08-23 16:49|| 2006-08-23 16:49|| Front Page Top

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