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| Saudi deaths in fight with Yemen rebels reach 113 |
| 2010-01-21 |
| The Saudi army has lost 113 troops since the kingdom launched a sweeping offensive against neighboring Yemen's Shiite rebels in early November, a military commander said in comments published Thursday. The latest toll is a significant jump from last week, when assistant defense minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said the Saudis had 82 dead and 470 wounded. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #7 I'm fantasizing 'expontial' casualties for either/both sides. |
| Posted by: Tom- Pa 2010-01-21 19:03 |
| #6 Seems like red on pink to me. who cares how high the casualties go? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-01-21 18:44 |
| #5 Has the US had that many casualties in Iraq or Astan in a month very often? In Iraq, US dead on a monthly basis were greater than or equal to 40 per month roughly 3/4 of the time. 2008 was the first year that monthly US death toll was less than 40 3/4 of the time. The Saudis are not likely to have as much trouble with the Yemeni rebels. At the onset of the invasion of Iraq, Saddam had more ammo cached away than the US, meaning that Iraqi rebels had huge amounts of material with which to make IED's. Ultimately, the absence of Saddam-sized ammo caches in Afghanistan is one reason we are unlikely to take as many casualties there. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2010-01-21 18:27 |
| #4 And I'd bet that even with Western advisors the Saoodi army isn't exactly a top ten in the AP poll ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-01-21 16:37 |
| #3 Richard, it's the Saudi army, not US Special Forces. Those numbers sound about right for hill and desert country, hit and run stuff. Intense Indian-country sort of war. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-01-21 14:36 |
| #2 Perhaps a small popcorn---without butter. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-01-21 13:21 |
| #1 Since "early November" isn't particularly precise, let's say that was 2 1/2 months ago. That's about forty guys a month dead. Has the US had that many casualties in Iraq or Astan in a month very often? This means either horrid SA leadership and tactics, or some fighting whose intensity is unreported. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2010-01-21 13:17 |