Collateral damage.(Iraq Body Count on the actual number of casualties in the Iraq war)(Brief article)Moses, Paul
officials and media tend to report low figures for civilian casualties in the Iraq War. It is mentioned that these entities need to justify the war that they endorsed and that they were influenced by the publicity machinery of former president George W Bush. However, the author perceives that...
However, the same logic can be applied to the question of deaths from the prevention of the spread of WMDs versus deaths from WMDs themselves. By asking that, you are looking at the wrong metric; the real question should be a comparison between “deaths caused by the prevention of the sp...
On 15 March 1951 a seven-ship naval bombardment of the Wonsan district resulted in reported enemy casualties of some 6 000. The following afternoon shore batteries fired at the ships in the harbor and counter battery fire from the destroyers began in a matter of seconds. Gun positions were t...
In a campaign speech in Michigan focused on manufacturing and union support, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden closed out his remarks Wednesday by reading from a list of US troop fatalities. Biden told the audience that he carries an updated list with him of the number of troops lost ...