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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Neutrino 123: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [qb] If you add in the casualties from [URL=http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/]Afghanistan[/URL] you go over the 1000 mark. U.S. casualties in Iraq currently stands at 970 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan currently stands at 132 For a current total of 1102 Non U.S. casualties in Iraq stands at 131 [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes, if you add other things the total casulties go over 1000, but this is the media we are taking about here. They may make a big deal over 1000 U.S. deaths in Iraq. Also, casualties is defined as wounded/killed/missing/captured, not just dead, so total casulties are 4000 something (very roughly). [QUOTE]Originally posted by Cartman: [qb]"Noting this, it would be more informative to count only those that died after major combat operations..." More informative how? The number of deaths due to terrorist actions is an indicator of Iraq's purported stability (or lack of it), not just a symbolic value to score higher Nielsons with. [/qb] [/QUOTE]Well, the initial deaths were largely due to combat with Iraq's pre-existing military/paramilitary force, so those deaths should not be counted when examining the evolution of the current insurgency/terrorism. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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