to substantiate the increasing carnage in the mainstream media declared civil war in Iraq:
To gauge the progress of the newly declared civil war in Iraq, I computed some relevant statistics from the latest report by the Brookings Institution (pdf). The statistics I computed compare the last three months of 2005 (prior to the onset of "civil war") with the first 3 months of 2006 (a period during which the media declared that Iraq's civil war had finally begun).
US troop fatalities:
Last 3 months of 2005: 233
First 3 months of 2006: 152 (down 35%)
US troops wounded:
Last 3 months of 2005: 1492
First 3 months of 2006: 1092 (down 27%)
Iraqi military and police fatalities:
Last 3 months of 2005: 584
First 3 months of 2006: 537 (down 8%)
Iraqi civilian fatalities (upper estimate):
Last 3 months of 2005: 2003
First 3 months of 2006: 2058 (up 2.7%)
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It seems whenever you guys start crowing about drops in US troop casualties the number suddenly spikes.
14 dead in last three days.
http://icasualties.org/oif/
If you cared about the troops I would suggest keeping it shut.
Posted by: Sonic at April 03, 2006 05:03 PM (Gsn6c)
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I think that even though the absolute number being killed in Iraq is the same in the first 3 months of this year and the first 3 months of last, there has been a definite change in the way that they have been killed. Last year most of the civilian casualties were from terrorist bombs. This year they seem to be more of the abduction followed by torture/murder type.
Posted by: john Ryan at April 03, 2006 05:13 PM (TcoRJ)
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Sonic, this is about deliberate misreporting by the mainstream media, not "crowing". I have to say, you are one of the stupidest sacks of shit I've ever seen post on Jawa, and it disgusts me to see people actually cheering for the terrorist insurgency, as you quite obviously are doing. You should get yourself a short rope and do the right thing.
john ryan, all the people you mention were killed by terrorists. I fail to see the significance of the tactics and methods of murder. With the MSM declaring a civil war in progress, it's interesting to note that the Brookings statistics do not bear out the hysterical reproting.
Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 03, 2006 05:37 PM (RHG+K)
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Pointing out casualties=cheering on the insurgency. Hmm
Perhaps if we all kept quiet about the dead they would pop back to life?
Posted by: Sonic at April 03, 2006 07:22 PM (Gsn6c)
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So Sonic, now you know what it's like to have someone deliberately and maliciously misconstrue something you wrote. Did you learn anything?
Stupid effing Kiwi.
Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 03, 2006 07:26 PM (RHG+K)
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THE DOVE WILL FLY THE VULTURES WILL LIE
Posted by: sandpiper at April 03, 2006 09:41 PM (uTBPj)
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Perhaps if we all just hanged one idiot liberal every day pretty soon the world would be a better place.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 04, 2006 06:30 AM (0yYS2)
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The dove may fly, but in the end it's eaten by a vulture or a hawk.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at April 04, 2006 02:04 PM (GyNTD)
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Ve have vays of making you squawk
Posted by: sandpiper at April 04, 2006 08:29 PM (PObDu)
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