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To: GST who wrote (154459)	3/19/2003 5:54:07 PM
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"Historically, civilians have the greatest number of casualties than anyone else," said Russell Glenn, a Rand Corp. urban warfare analyst who served with the U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Division in the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites). Nowhere is the danger greater than in urban areas, and this time the target is Baghdad, a city of 5 million. The list of lopsided casualty counts in urban areas is legion. When the Allies recaptured the Philippines city of Manila in 1945, for example, slightly more than 1,000 Americans were killed, compared to 16,665 Japanese. Civilian deaths? Roughly 100,000, or one of every 10 residents. The invasion to oust Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega in 1989 killed 26 American soldiers and 202 noncombatants. Despite the greater accuracy of today's bombs, Iraqi civilians are still at risk in urban areas, where city living combined with the hunger and disease caused by the last war have left a weaker population. "We've got the potential for a lot more noncombatants doing the suffering than either (military) side," Glenn said. "Eisenhower did not want to take Paris in 1944 because he did not want to use his resources to support the population. The allies did take Paris and as a result there was a reorientation of the resources." story.news.yahoo.com