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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77774)6/30/2006 9:46:32 AM
From: sea_biscuitRespond to of 81568
 
{{YAWN}} You fools were saying the same thing in February 2004, when the US toll reached a low of 20. But all the happy talk ended a month later when the toll hit 50-plus. A year later, Feb 2005, it was 58. This year in Feb, it was 55.

It is silly to think that you can occupy a country and sooner or later, its people will roll over and play dead. Maybe you and your ilk would do it, but most people on this planet won't. And most certainly not in the Arab world.

Btw, Cheney-Rove-Dumbya's toll this month is 59 dead US soldiers, almost twice as much as the figure for June 2003, when that other blithering idiot, Rummy, was blathering about "dead enders".



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77774)6/30/2006 9:52:54 AM
From: sea_biscuitRespond to of 81568
 
Three more to Dumbya's account :

30-Jun-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
29-Jun-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire
28-Jun-2006 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Rex A. Page Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire

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Maybe "not enough" for you. But for me, it is 59 too many US soldiers that fell victim to Dumbya this month.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77774)6/30/2006 9:56:25 AM
From: sea_biscuitRespond to of 81568
 
Your hero Dumbya making "enormous" progress in Iraq :

06/30/06 AFP: Four bullet-riddled bodies found in Al-Rashaad
06/30/06 AFP: Former Baath party member killed in Kut
06/30/06 AP: Rocket-propelled grenade hit a Shiite mosque in Muqdadiyah
06/30/06 AP: Iraqi colonel and two body guards killed
06/30/06 AP: Iraqi forces intervene as sectarian bloodshed worsens in Daliqiya
06/30/06 AP: 3 Die In Clash With Iraq, Coalition Troops
06/30/06 AFP: Iraqi soldier killed and 11 others wounded near Kirkuk
06/30/06 AFP: Three civilians killed by roadside bomb in Kirkuk
06/30/06 DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
--- Pfc. Rex A. Page, 21, of Kirksville, Mo., died June 28 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
06/30/06 AP: 3 Terror Suspects Killed in Iraq Fighting
06/30/06 CBS/AP: String Of Attacks Rattles Iraq
06/30/06 AFP: Sunni rebels reject deal as bin Laden vows jihad in Iraq
06/30/06 Iraqis examine Scottish democracy
06/30/06 KUNA: Iraqi Police confiscates stolen antiquities, arrests smugglers
06/30/06 khqa: Missouri soldier killed in Iraq
06/30/06 AP: U.S. Marine and a soldier died in Iraq
06/29/06 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 1 Iraqi soldier, wounds 7
06/29/06 Reuters: 2 Iraqi soldiers killed in Falluja
06/29/06 Reuters: Sniper kills police commander in Khairnabat
06/29/06 turnto23: Local Marine Shot In Iraq Returns To Bakersfield
06/29/06 AP: Al-Qaida in Iraq role in bombing denied
06/29/06 timesonline: Iraq leader meets rebel groups to talk peace



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77774)6/30/2006 11:16:25 AM
From: CogitoRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 81568
 
>>Interesting post from Strategy Page. Watching numbers of attacks and numbers of casualties is one of the few ways to get a handle on what is going on in a terror war. That's one reason that the MSM is so remiss in not providing these numbers on a regular basis, which they could do easily.<<

Nadine-

So you think this analysis really says something important?

They've chosen an aribtrary period of time, which they haven't even specified, and made the claim that there has been a 15 to 20% drop in terrorist attacks when comparing that period with the "week or so" before Zarqawi was killed.

It goes on to say that American casualties are down due to the fact that American troops are less exposed now. OK, there's at least one thing to feel good about.

I think it would be far more enlightening to know exactly what period of time they chose, why they think this dip is statistically important when the "spike" following Zarqawi's death wasn't, and most importantly, what are the trends for Iraqi civilian deaths? That might give us all a better idea of how the war is really going.

- Allen



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77774)6/30/2006 1:31:36 PM
From: sea_biscuitRespond to of 81568
 
Your heroes Dumbya, Cheney and Rummy take the US death toll in Iraq to 60 for June 2006 - which is DOUBLE the tool for the month of June 2003, the year they began this stupid invasion of theirs.

But then, to your heroes Dumbya, Cheney and Rummy, a dead US soldier is nothing more than a few sheets of toilet paper. So why would they fret if they spent a roll or two every month?


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