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| StrategyPage: Patterns of Death in Iraq |
| 2006-11-29 |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Hey, Sy Hersh said that this is the most brutal US army in history, so it's just got to be true. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-11-29 13:26 |
| #1 Money quotes: "Only about ten percent of the deaths have been caused by U.S. troops. All the rest have been the result of terrorists, common criminals or Iraqi security forces. The number of civilians killed by U.S. troops is at a historical low." "Death rates in the Kurdish north and Shia south have been at peacetime levels." It goes on to explain that violent deaths in Iraq/per capita are approximately 1/3 that of Viet Nam. Al |
| Posted by: frozen Al 2006-11-29 13:14 |