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2007-01-02 Iraq

16, 273 Deaths Reported in Iraq in 2006

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-02 00:47|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And academic morons like Juan Cole, who learned Arabic during his 6 years in Cairo, continue to spread atrocity propaganda that runs counter to what they read in the Iraq media.

I would strip tenure from any professor who uses acadmic title in order to advance a terrorist agenda. And people like Cole are brain dead if they think that their Marxist agenda would be advanced in an Islamofascist Iraq.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2007-01-02 01:19|| 2007-01-02 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 So does this mean the AP accepts the 16,273? Or that they reject the 600,000?

Or how 'bout this conclusion: The 600,000 is accurate, which means 2006 was waaaay below average and a huge improvement.

Posted by Bobby 2007-01-02 06:17|| 2007-01-02 06:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Hmph. The late, unlamented butcher of Baghdad generated 3,000 dead people a month, and this flunkies contribute a great deal to that number.

AP shows their innumeracy by taking a PEAK number ("as many as 100 Iraqis die violently each day") and treating it as an AVERAGE. The AVERAGE is 44-45 per day.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-01-02 08:16|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-01-02 08:16|| Front Page Top

#4 And of the 16,000 dead, the terrorist insurgents are responsible for about 95%.

The remaining dead are dead terrs. Throw in the occasional innocent bystanders to round out the remaining, what, 2 percent?

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2007-01-02 09:52|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2007-01-02 09:52|| Front Page Top

#5 This figure doesn't seem to include those the Coalition and Iraqi military kills. Just the US military has been reported to have killed over 50,000 in 3 years and their relatives are unlikely to report it and attract governmental attention. That's greater than the total civilians, police and soldiers reported by the Iraqi government.

Posted by ed 2007-01-02 12:55|| 2007-01-02 12:55|| Front Page Top

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