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Re: From Reason: "It's all bad news - Chaos in occupied Iraq"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:54:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello wrote:
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Is Bush afraid to use “lethal violence”? Over 10,000 civilians have now
been killed; the deatils of around 700 may be found
here. At the start of the week he
deployed helicopter gunships in an urban area!
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I heard a radio interview with the creators of Iraqbodycount.net, they are a
clearly partisan group, whose research methods are suspect at best. Basically
they look at all news sources for any mention of civilian casualties. They
make no attempt to verify the numbers, nor to ensure that they are not double
or triple counting the same casualties. They are simply morbid hearse
chasers, using the event of accidental collateral damage to further their
cause, truly despicable.
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If I could stop the murder of Iraqi civilians simply by over-estimating the
number of deaths, I would certainly do so. Wouldn’t you?
Anyway, do you have documentation for your rebuttal of Iraqbodycount’s
methodology? If you’re correct, then their methods could certainly be improved,
but you seem to suggest that the goal is inherently foolish.
Here’s something worth
reading. It discusses the ways in which the US military actually does keep
track of Iraqi civilian deaths.
Dave!
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