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| 150,000 Iraqis Killed by Insurgents | ||
| 2006-11-10 | ||
Iraq's Health Minister Ali al-Shemari said about 150,000 Iraqis have been killed by insurgents since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion. For every person killed about three have been wounded in violence since the war started in March 2003, al-Shemari told reporters during a visit to Vienna. He did not explain how he arrived at the figure, which is three times most other estimates. The health minister, a senior Shiite official linked to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, also said the United States should hand Iraqis full control of its army and police force. Doing so, he said, would allow the Iraqi government to bring the violence under control within six months. ``The army of America didn't do its job ... they tie the hands of my government,'' al-Shemari said. ``They should hand us the power, we are a sovereign country,'' he said, adding that as a first step, U.S. soldiers should leave Iraq's cities.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 Suddenly, the Guardian feels it must be a bit more evenhanded. The world wonders, what changed? right! |
| Posted by: anon 2006-11-10 21:43 |
| #8 Unfortunately that's way above my pay grade yet. If only the Marine Corp consulted Rantburg about promotions, dear Broadhead6. But I've no doubt your abilites and potential are as clear to the key pay grades as they are to us. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-10 17:16 |
| #7 "#5 `The army of America didn't do its job ... they tie the hands of my government,'' al-Shemari said. How so? Have we been too soft? Please, give me your lessons learned, infinite knowledge of SASO, and back brief me on how we can better accomodate more jihadis dying faster deaths. I'm all ears. Oh, I see, what you really want is American muscle to expedite your old scores. Believe me, I'd love to cordon and kill whole tribes loyal to the insurgency, including yours. I'd love to go Machiavellian and pit tribe vs. tribe and eventually break the bedouin corner stone of your disgusting & cowardly culture. I'd love nothing better than to have media black outs and really do the dirty work on your collective asses. I'd love to vindicate more than 3,000 dead of my brothers in my own mind. Unfortunately that's way above my pay grade yet." -- Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-11-10 08:07 DITTO!!!! |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-10 08:59 |
| #6 I found 2 articles both from the AP. Seems like it's a different story depending on who you read Forbes or Military.com |
| Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-11-10 08:16 |
| #5 `The army of America didn't do its job ... they tie the hands of my government,'' al-Shemari said. How so? Have we been too soft? Please, give me your lessons learned, infinite knowledge of SASO, and back brief me on how we can better accomodate more jihadis dying faster deaths. I'm all ears. Oh, I see, what you really want is American muscle to expedite your old scores. Believe me, I'd love to cordon and kill whole tribes loyal to the insurgency, including yours. I'd love to go Machiavellian and pit tribe vs. tribe and eventually break the bedouin corner stone of your disgusting & cowardly culture. I'd love nothing better than to have media black outs and really do the dirty work on your collective asses. I'd love to vindicate more than 3,000 dead of my brothers in my own mind. Unfortunately that's way above my pay grade yet. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-11-10 08:07 |
| #4 What a refreshing change in attitude by the press. Last time the Brit med journal Lancet loudly claimed 600,000 dead, there was not a peep that the concensus was near 50,000 from ALL reported sources (Terrorists and Baathists the military kills sporadically reported). Suddenly, the Guardian feels it must be a bit more evenhanded. The world wonders, what changed? http://www.iraqbodycount.org Min Max 46863 51968 The count includes civilian deaths caused by coalition military action, insurgent and terrorist attacks and criminal action. Casualty figures are derived from a comprehensive survey of online media reports from recognized sources. Where these sources report differing figures, the range (a minimum and a maximum) are given. I'd check how much funds Sadr, Minister Shemari and his relatives are siphoning from the health care system. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-11-10 08:04 |
| #3 Another story destined to fade away in a few hours or less. I give up with this war personally, what ever we do is over hyped and made to look as bad as possible, whatever the savages do is simply brushed under the carpet! Its a no win situation im afraid with our own media against us. |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2006-11-10 05:39 |
| #2 I wonder how the Sadrists will like it when a Kurdish Brigade rolls up on them and wails the piss outta them... |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-11-10 00:54 |
| #1 I note they only started differentiating the source of the casulaties now that the Dems have won the congress. Wanna bet if the Repubs held the congrss, you'd have seen the 150K but not the insurgents tagged for killing them? MSM aint getting away with it again. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-11-10 00:53 |