[lbo-talk] Re: stats

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

Doug Henwood writes:
>Independent (London) - April 5, 2003
>
>...There have been an estimated 1,252
>Iraqi civilian deaths, 57 Kurdish deaths and 5,103 civilian injuries. 88
>Allied troops have been killed in the conflict, 27 of whom are British.
>At least 12 Allied soldiers are missing, 34 Allied soldiers have been killed
>in 'friendly fire' incidents or battlefield accidents.  9 journalists have
>been killed or are unaccounted for.  There have been 2 suicide attacks
>on US troops, killing 7 soldiers. 8,023 Iraqi combatants have been taken
>prisoner of war.  ...

And the missing stat is ... Iraqi combatant casualties.  Because neither side 
has an incentive to report them?

Jenny Brown