Posted on 12/15/2006 7:04:39 AM PST by MurryMom
The total number of non-mortal coalition casualties in Iraq is 46,880. Link here:
http://icasualties.org/oif/
Yes, that is correct. These numbers are based upon a statistical analysis of deaths supported by death certificates in Iraq over the past 3 years. The study was published in Nature magazine as stated earlier in this thread.
Can you tell me which issue? I'll grab it from our library.
I find it interesting that you put the word coalition in quotes. Can you give me a definition of the word coalition, from a dictionary, that justifies such a treatment of the wordwhen applied to the alliance that deposed Hussein?
Even the link (found on the bottom left of that page) to the Lancet article only quotes "estimated numbers" of "up to 100,000 deaths". When did the other half-million arrive?
Ah yes, the myth of teh inflated numbers.
How many people did SADDAM and his demonic brood murder in their entire time in Iraq?
And, by the by, how many 'casualties' did the allies suffer in the entire Second World War?
Troll, shut your piehole.
Perhaps if they didn't include the dead Iranians, Syrians, Jordanians, so-called-Palestinians, Suadis, et al who came to fight for the terror cause....
She claimed she got it from nature magazine.
She made that claim in post 10.
The numbers come from some libtards methane inhalation induced hallucinations.
There's no Civil War in Iraq. Juan Cole loses.
The "coalition" includes the U.S., Britain, and a bunch of smaller countries whose members make prosecution of the occupation more difficult because U.S. and British troops must protect them.
Wrong answer on two levels.
First, according to troops I've talked to (and embedded journalist accounts) these troops have been invaluable precisely because they free up U.S. troops. For example, Army and Marine troops who are trained for combat have been freed up by El Salvadorans who handled medical duties and mine clearing/UXO duties. BTW, I'll be sure to tell my nephew that the Aussies he worked with killing Al Qaeda needed to be protected. He is going to laugh so hard he'll pee his pants. Can you cite me a source for your assertion?
Second, you are dodging the question. Show me a definition of the word coalition that would allow you to put it in quotes when describing the OIF allies.
That is an interesting question, but Murrymom obviously won't answer.
And cannot since there haven't been such high numbers at all.
Of course, it is an interesting insight as to the reason why we have the right to question the patriotuism of Dems.
They're busy being a propaganda arm for the enemy.
You must be recently returned from the Holocaust Denial Conference hosted by your friend Ahmadinejad in Tehran where it was reported that the total number of dead Jews in WWII was only about 2,005 or so. Is your argument that since you haven't seen any of the Holocaust bodies not very many Jews died in WWII?
Is your argument that since you haven't seen any of the Holocaust bodies not very many Jews died in WWII?
No, O great double bacon genius burger. We know those bodies were burned because we found the ashes, we have the eyewitnesses and we have the camp records kept by the Nazis. Even if we didn't know where they went, we'd need an explanation for why camps recorded such a large number of Jews coming in and our GIs found so few. And hey, nice try treating the Lancet study like it's a solid number. Did you read the article I linked to that debunked it, or are you still operating on "facts" you pick and choose to support your delusions?
Now, is it your argument that the reason neither the media or the the Iraqi governments know about the 14,000 bodies a month is because there are crematoria all over Iraq turning them into ashes? Where are the bodies? And why didn't you answer my Al Gore question in the Baker thread?
1. Give me a citation to back up your assertion that coalition forces from small countries are damaging our war effort by pulling American and British troops away from other missions.
2. Give me a dictionary definition of the word coalition that would allow you to put it in quotes when describing the alliance that deposed Hussein.
3. Tell me where the 14,000+ bodies per month are and why the Iraqi government, the U.S. government and the Western media have no idea these people died.
4. Tell me whether you believe the list of fourteen items in the "Ballot Counting Coup" column posted here.
You haven't answered even one of these, but have merely suggested I'm a Holocaust denier because I don't side with the ever-wise Murry Mom in believing a study that was roundly debunked. Well, evidence talks and BS walks, so let's see what you've got. Bring it.
She's obviously gotten a nerve pinched there somewhere.
I like how she tried to link Holocaust deniers to the outrageously inflated numbers of supposed dead Iraqis.
She also forgets that her side is tallying up dead terrorists in their 'figures', quite dishonest to say the least.
Now if her side would stop rooting for the terrorists, we wouldn't have grounds to question their patriotism.
To use the Holocaust analogy, this situation is not like the Holocaust deniers, it's as if the Germans said "Hey, not only did we not kill the Jews (it was those dirty scumbag Russians!) but they didn't kill six million, thay killed 80 million! We have the interviews to prove it, so don't let the fact that it's impossible get in the way of believing it."
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