[lbo-talk] For your "duly noted" folder

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 20:24:46 PDT 2005


Man said to be Zarqawi's No. 2 killed September 27, 2005 02:41 PM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces said on Tuesday they had shot dead the second-in-command of al Qaeda in Iraq and the American military called the operation a serious blow to the militant group at the heart of Iraq's insurgency.

http://reuters.us.ed10.net/h/FI1Z2/KJG8F/AZ/GEFT2

Harper's Index for August 2005 Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005. [ ] = Sources

Number of new U.S. soldiers the Army would need in 2006 to replenish ranks abroad : 80,000[U.S. Army Recruiting Command (Fort Knox, Ky.)]

Percentage of this goal it expects to meet : 9.9 [U.S. Army Recruiting Command (Fort Knox, Ky.)]

Percentage change since 1996 in the average recruitment cost per new U.S. soldier : +84[U.S. Army Recruiting Command (Fort Knox, Ky.)]

Number of killed or captured suspects reported so far by U.S. media to be Al Qaeda’s “number 3” man : 4 [Harper's research] <...>

http://leighmdotnet.blogspot.com/2005/09/harpers-index-for-august-2005.html

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