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2004-09-13 Iraq-Jordan

U.S.-Led Forces Retake Northern Iraqi City

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Posted by Steve White 2004-09-13 12:07:46 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: Officials with Task Force Olympia, which includes the 2nd Infantry Division, have estimated that 67 insurgents were killed in the initial operation to retake Tall Afar. Radie Alkhalil, the health minister for Nineveh province, which includes Tall Afar, said the director of the city's hospital told him that 42 Iraqis had been killed since Thursday, including one who died Sunday. Alkhalil said he did not know how many were civilians.

What the WaPo reporter leaves out is several things. One, US counts of enemy casualties have been pretty accurate in the past, verified by enemy tallies after the end of the conflict. Two, enemy dead and wounded do not show up in morgues and hospitals, because it helps GI's figure out who the bad guys are, which helps lead to other bad guys.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-13 12:17:08 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-13 12:17:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Jihadi casualties would no more show up in morgues and hospitals than would mob figures stateside who have been wounded during heists gone bad.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-13 12:18:43 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-13 12:18:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds sound the legendary Turk genius for defense kinda went south... or north.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-13 7:46:22 AM|| 2004-09-13 7:46:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Time for a few dozen cordon and search raids.

Posted by mhw 2004-09-13 11:11:42 AM|| 2004-09-13 11:11:42 AM|| Front Page Top

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