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roachboy · 03-25-2008, 03:15 PM

we are passing the fifth anniversary of this debacle.
american deaths: 4000
iraqi deaths: between 82, 408 and 89,928
according to iraqi body count today
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/?
a more comprehensive source:
http://www.casualty-monitor.org/2007...y-monitor.html
which estimates up to 1.1 million deaths as of 2007.

the official number of american wounded in iraq is 29,395.
because the us does not track this casualty rate systematically and because of other problems (including defintion of the terms)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualt...raq_since_2003
some estimates run as high as 100,000.

i am agnostic about this number. it is alot.

but there appears to be no coherent estimate of the number of iraqis wounded or injured.

the cost of this war, which was supposed to be short and glorious despite having been launched under false pretenses, has passed one trillion dollars.

it is perhaps useful to remember what we were told.

this piece by eliot weinberger--"what i heard about the iraq war" is the 2005 segment of what has since become a book.
it is powerful.
it is too long to paste here.
read it.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n03/wein01_.html

maybe your post responses.

caveat:
please do not bother to post to the thread if you're not going to bother to read the piece. it is fine to not enjoy or like the piece--but at least read it before you make up your mind.

03-25-2008, 03:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	weinberger's "what i heard about iraq" 2005 we are passing the fifth anniversary of this debacle. american deaths: 4000 iraqi deaths: between 82, 408 and 89,928 according to iraqi body count today http://www.iraqbodycount.org/? a more comprehensive source: http://www.casualty-monitor.org/2007...y-monitor.html which estimates up to 1.1 million deaths as of 2007. the official number of american wounded in iraq is 29,395. because the us does not track this casualty rate systematically and because of other problems (including defintion of the terms) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualt...raq_since_2003 some estimates run as high as 100,000. i am agnostic about this number. it is alot. but there appears to be no coherent estimate of the number of iraqis wounded or injured. the cost of this war, which was supposed to be short and glorious despite having been launched under false pretenses, has passed one trillion dollars. it is perhaps useful to remember what we were told. this piece by eliot weinberger--"what i heard about the iraq war" is the 2005 segment of what has since become a book. it is powerful. it is too long to paste here. read it. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n03/wein01_.html maybe your post responses. caveat: please do not bother to post to the thread if you're not going to bother to read the piece. it is fine to not enjoy or like the piece--but at least read it before you make up your mind. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 03-25-2008 at 03:26 PM..