Publish to Newswire
Add an EventFrom the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
And they say it not like Viet Nam!
Viet Nam they relied on body counts to show we were winning, these usually didn't have any relation to reality, the body counts in Iraq seem to be following this same pattern.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030614/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fighting&cid=540&ncid=716
"At the end of the battle, Fowler said seven bodies had been recovered, but the figure of 27 dead was "based on casualty reports from my men." Another officer who did not want to be named said the total dead did not exceed five.
Lt. Col. Greg Julian, a U.S. military spokesman in Kuwait, said figures on Iraqi dead are not supposed to be released at all.
"We're not going to make comparisons of various reports," he said."
Yeh right, sounds like light at the end of the tunnel to me!
"At the end of the battle, Fowler said seven bodies had been recovered, but the figure of 27 dead was "based on casualty reports from my men." Another officer who did not want to be named said the total dead did not exceed five.
Lt. Col. Greg Julian, a U.S. military spokesman in Kuwait, said figures on Iraqi dead are not supposed to be released at all.
"We're not going to make comparisons of various reports," he said."
Yeh right, sounds like light at the end of the tunnel to me!
Add Your Comments
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!
Donate
$135.00 donated
in the past month
Get Involved
If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.
Publish
Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.
Topics
More
Search Indybay's Archives
Advanced Search
►
▼
IMC Network