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2008-08-28 Afghanistan

US says UN overstated civilian deaths in Afghanistan

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-28 17:59|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 How about telling the UN that we will cut our funding to them as long as they lie and propagandize against us. Then shut off payments. Totally. Draw a line in the sand and when they sueal and bitch, break out the UN scandal docs we've been burying

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-28 21:03|| 2008-08-28 21:03|| Front Page Top

#2 I find the above Afghan claims quite modest - in my opinion it should be at least a few thousand.

Nine years ago, a certain David Sheffer, the US ambassador-at-large for war crimes
announced that as much as" 225.000 Kosovar men may hae been killed" by bloodthirsty Serbs.

Blatant lie - according to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia the total number of victims was just ... 2788 (both fighting sides), i.e. about 80 (eighty) times less.

I wonder how and when did USA acquire the patent to inflate numbers?

Posted by Matt K. 2008-08-28 23:51|| 2008-08-28 23:51|| Front Page Top

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