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10 Apr 2003, 15:01
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122.
That's the number of Coalition soldiers killed in the Second Gulf war. It was more than twice as long as the last one, yet had only slightly more than the same number of human losses for "our" side.
What I find interesting is the fact that the majority of these deaths went unreported on television. I have been counting - in my typically morbid way - and I have noted about forty reported Coalition fatalities, though I knew there must be more. Then just an hour or so ago I counted the Coalition war dead in the Sunday Times supplement T2 - there were 91 American dead, 31 British. 122 Coalition fatalities, overall. Yet less than a third of them were reported on TV.
Not sure there's anything else I can usefully say about this, or any clever note I can end it on. I just found it interesting. Any views?
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10 Apr 2003, 15:04
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NOT a yuppie....yet
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mebbe cos it would be demoralizing
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10 Apr 2003, 15:05
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Why should every single death be reported on television?
If you've just got this information now, you obviously don't read the Independent like smart kids do.
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10 Apr 2003, 15:16
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if they reported all the Iraqi deaths.......
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10 Apr 2003, 15:21
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I am an idiot
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What the f*cking are you lot talking about?
All of the coalition soldiers have been destroyed with only a single Iraqi peasant killed in the process.
Everyone knows that.
The Information Minister said so, ffs.
Now shut up.
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10 Apr 2003, 15:21
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Dirte
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Quote:
Originally posted by Radical Edward
if they reported all the Iraqi deaths.......
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True, so true. (If i got your meaning, that is!)
Anyways, i would not count on this war to be over, at all. If I had been Saddam, i would do exactly as he has done now, and then, when they dont expect any major resistance, do something extreme.
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10 Apr 2003, 15:24
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possibly... gassing the new government would go down nicely I bet. still we'll see.. it all depends on what those around him think, assuming he is still alive.
I wonder what the US will do if they don't find him.. heh.
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10 Apr 2003, 15:32
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Quote:
Originally posted by Radical Edward
possibly... gassing the new government would go down nicely I bet. still we'll see.. it all depends on what those around him think, assuming he is still alive.
I wonder what the US will do if they don't find him.. heh.
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From what I hear, the CIA believes we nailed him in that resturant.
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10 Apr 2003, 15:35
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Quote:
Originally posted by Snurx
If I had been Saddam, i would do exactly as he has done now, and then, when they dont expect any major resistance, do something extreme.
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Yeah, like a double frontside ollie 180 combo with a backside 50-50 on transition.
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10 Apr 2003, 17:05
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: 122.
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Originally posted by General Geiger
That's the number of Coalition soldiers killed in the Second Gulf war. It was more than twice as long as the last one, yet had only slightly more than the same number of human losses for "our" side.
What I find interesting is the fact that the majority of these deaths went unreported on television. I have been counting - in my typically morbid way - and I have noted about forty reported Coalition fatalities, though I knew there must be more. Then just an hour or so ago I counted the Coalition war dead in the Sunday Times supplement T2 - there were 91 American dead, 31 British. 122 Coalition fatalities, overall. Yet less than a third of them were reported on TV.
Not sure there's anything else I can usefully say about this, or any clever note I can end it on. I just found it interesting. Any views?
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any bet the 'coalition deathtoll' is at approx 350-400 minimum
but ofc we wont be told that till a few decades later
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