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| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 22:55:05
Can anyone find the number of American casualties suffered thus far in Iraq?
I'm searching, but having no luck.
Apples? I know you have that information.
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| Newo |
Posted - 10/31/2004 : 03:38:29
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece.
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| astrology |
Posted - 10/31/2004 : 01:04:01
hi dudes
sorry for u but u are being screwed by ur govmnt and media
http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=28773
this is only for 3 days
go to index and take a look. worse than vietnam
i am very sorry bor those boys but thats the way war is
but i feel worse for these children
http://www.einswine.com/atrocities/du/
and the ones that will be born in USA sons and daoughters of irak vets.. because they'll take this thing home as they did in 1991
regards
david
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
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| apl4eris |
Posted - 10/30/2004 : 06:20:32
You're correct about the contractors/mercenaries - they don't have to report casualties.
There is a very informative and interesting radio segment and interview from This American Life about corporate mercenaries in Iraq. It's very illuminating:
http://207.70.82.73/pages/descriptions/04/266.html
There is a link to the uncut version just below the radio version link. Real Audio required.
Description:
"Today's show is devoted to just one story. Contributing Editor Nancy Updike went to Iraq to try to figure out what it's like to be a private citizen working in the middle of a war zone. Private contractors are a part of this war in unprecedented numbers, but we don't know that much about the people doing these jobs – why they chose to come to Iraq, and what they're seeing that we can't.
Prologue. This American Life host Ira Glass talks about one thing you probably haven't heard about the occupational hazards of working in Iraq: since you work every single day, you never know what day of the week it actually is. (3 minutes)
Act One. Airport. The private security guys (from a company called Custer Battles) who guard Baghdad International Airport usually get along fine with the U.S. military personnel stationed there – except when Nancy happened to be taping, and a huge fight broke out. (6 minutes)
Act Two. Hank. Hank, a former military man, was hired by Custer Battles to clean up one of its other Iraq operations, guarding businessmen. He has a very clear idea of who he wants working for him: "flat-bellied, steely-eyed professionals." Instead, he's trying to tighten up a outfit whose workers once engaged in an extended firefight at a Baghdad hotel – against each other. (17 minutes)
Act Three. Green Zone. The Green Zone is where the Coalition Provisional Authority has set up its headquarters, and the former seat of Saddam Hussein's government. Nancy ends up at a hidden restaurant by a helipad, with workers for Fluor Corporation, who have just arrived in Iraq to fix power plants. (4 minutes)
Act Four. Electricity. On their way out to a power plant, Nancy and Lee, a supervisor for Fluor in Iraq, get shot at by men in a BMW. When they finally get to the plant, Nancy learns why it's been so difficult to get power plants running again in the country. (8 minutes)
Act Five. Karen. Karen Hahn, who works for Custer Battles at the airport, started out there screening women passengers – and learned a lot from their handbags. Unlike most people Nancy met in Iraq, Karen is not a former military person, she doesn't work with guns or big machines, and she's never been happier in her life. (4 minutes)
Act Six. Cops. Hundred of Iraqi police officers have been killed since the United States invaded Iraq. One Boston cop, Jerry Burke, is trying to keep them on the job, and train them in Western police practices. Besides rogue officers, not having enough guns and bullet-proof vests, and men refusing to go on patrols, it's going OK. He's also having a hard time setting up his driver with his translator. (11 minutes)
Act Seven. Hank Redux Nancy finally gets Hank, the Custer Battles employee, to answer the question of whether he ever has any reservations about his mission – or the country's mission – in Iraq. (3 minutes)" |
| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 10/30/2004 : 01:43:47
Saw this posted in a book store window tonight.
American Injured as of 10/28 is 8150.
That's not counting the contracted militia. They don't have to report those if i understand it correctly.
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| El Barto |
Posted - 10/29/2004 : 19:27:31
Somewhat related:
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
I guess I just wasn't made for these times. |
| hammerhands |
Posted - 10/29/2004 : 15:23:46
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ |
| LBF1976 |
Posted - 10/29/2004 : 14:47:58
According to U.S. Central Command 1,251 troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since the onset of hostilities in late March. More than half of the injuries, 699, occurred after May 1, when President Bush declared major combat over.
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2003/09/19_zdechlikm_injuries/
I don't know, I looked around but things don't seem to add up.
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronken. |
| The King Of Karaoke |
Posted - 10/29/2004 : 08:52:20
I mean injured actually. I think it's in the tens of thousands. We are not hearing that information anywhere.
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| BLT |
Posted - 10/29/2004 : 08:29:44
I'm pretty sure it passed 1000 about three or four weeks ago. |
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