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2008-02-04 India-Pakistan

Swat fighting more deadly than Iraqi insurgency

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Posted by lotp 2008-02-04 08:57|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 The cancer that lives in the brains of the great unwashed. The cure ? Cut off it's head.

Posted by wxjames 2008-02-04 11:23|| 2008-02-04 11:23|| Front Page Top

#2 This is simply untrue. The original article (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008story_3-2-2008_pg1_2) states the these casualties were from JAN 07-08. 13 months, not one.

The US Military suffered 941 KIA and 6100 WIA in the same time frame.
Iraqi Army and Security forces - over 1500 KIA.
(globalsecurity and icasualties.org)

The statement, "The Pakistani military and police have taken casualties far greater the combined US and Iraqi forces have fighting the insurgency in Iraq" is false by a vast margin. The headline - while I'm sure unintented as such - is misleading.

A much more appropriate comparison would be the Swat and the Diyala Province (6800 sq mi / Pop of 1.27 million), home to 128 US (not including Iraqi ISF) casualties in the same time frame.

Although I agree the region IS important and dangerous, I thought it was necessary to offer some persepctive - The stats don't back up the claim.

Posted by SamD">SamD 2008-02-04 16:47|| 2008-02-04 16:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Also neglected to be mentioned in the article -

Our military is afforded the best available training, protection, medical evacuation, and treatment on earth...We enjoy the advantages of 24/7 aerial recon and air/fire support. Wounded soldiers have >90% survival rate and get to a hospital in 30-60 minutes.

KIA rates don't prove anything - more people will die in motorcycle crashes if they don't wear a good helmet...it doesn't make their highway more dangerous!

Posted by SamD">SamD 2008-02-04 17:04|| 2008-02-04 17:04|| Front Page Top

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