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Originally posted by v01i0
Being serious, I've heard that in some cases, they don't count victims that die in hospitals later enough being lethally wounded. And somehow I have feeling that UN would be motivated to underestimate the casualties, for the sake of everyone's reputation.
Originally posted by Midav
So now, what does your research say about this incident that two soldiers supposedly kicked a pregnant woman?
"Suddenly, one of the Iraqi soldiers opened fire intentionally and immediately killed two American soldiers," said Brig. Gen. Mutaa Khazraji, commander of the Iraqi army's 2nd Division.
He declined to discuss the soldier's background, but another brigadier general, Noor Din Hussein, told the Reuters news agency that he was an "insurgent infiltrator."
"It was not an accident," Hussein told Reuters. "There is some penetration [by insurgents], and we want to purify the Iraqi army. Our soldiers are good and doing well."
In June 2004, two National Guardsmen from California were killed by Iraqi security forces they were helping train. The U.S. military originally attributed the deaths of National Guard Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr., 34, of Tracy and 1st Lt. Andre D. Tyson, 33, of Riverside to an ambush by insurgents.
"This is not an isolated case," McCaffrey said. "It has happened before; it will happen again if we don't look into it and protect the soldiers."
Originally posted by Midav
Just because a small minority of people have done bad things, does not mean ever bit of news, as well as propaganda, is true.
Originally posted by Midav
My nephew is currently in Iraq as well as several friends.
Originally posted by zerbot565
enlighten me once again as to why i shouldent belive the story to be true when i once again read about a U.s soldier who´s raped an other human and now it even seams he cut her throut and burned her and tried to burie the remains....
Originally posted by zerbot565
the question is how to count the the victims since apparently the lower stats dont contain ppl that have died in hospitals from wounds.
Originally posted by jerico65
Atrocties at Abu Ghraib? Nope, sorry. No atrocites there. Abuse? Yes, the prisoners were abused. That's wrong.
An atrocity is different. A good example would be the US Soldiers that were executed after capture by the Saddam Fedayeen in the beginning of the war. Most people seem to forget about that. Good ol' Al Jazeera had photos of the Soldiers with bullet holes in their heads.
Originally posted by jerico65
And how many Troops are in Iraq? 160,000, give or take a few? And you have that list to show about how horrible we are behaving over there?
Not sure what you mean by "guard company". A company in the US Army is about 200 or so troops, I think.
Originally posted by GT100FV
How is the bad apple analogy wrong in light of that?
Originally posted by GT100FV
America is not trying to invade Iraq, and being fought back by insurgents.
Originally posted by v01i0
Originally posted by GT100FV
How is the bad apple analogy wrong in light of that?
Did I say wrong anywhere? No I didn't. I said it's misleading.
Originally posted by GT100FV
America is not trying to invade Iraq, and being fought back by insurgents.
You're dead right there. It has already invaded Iraq.
Originally posted by v01i0
The number must be something between 100,000 and 1.5 million as stated. Thats why I guessed around 400k in some of my previous posts.
At least 121 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have committed a killing or been charged in one in the United States after returning from combat.
The 121 killings ranged from shootings and stabbings to bathtub drownings and fatal car crashes resulting from drunken driving, the newspaper said. All but one of those implicated was male.
About a third of the victims were girlfriends or relatives, including a 2-year-old girl slain by her 20-year-old father while he was recovering from wounds sustained in Iraq.
A quarter of the victims were military personnel. One was stabbed and set afire by fellow soldiers a day after they all returned from Iraq.