Politics > Politics-USA > "My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended." 11.01.2003 #2
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"Tom Jefferson" |
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"My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended." 11.01.2003 #2 |
Double the number of deaths and injuries in Iraq and you will have a close
estimate of the true carnage.
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Admiral Kelly, Captain Card (ph), officers and sailors of the USS Abraham
Lincoln, my fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In
the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.
http://www.milparts.net/bush-on-uss-lincoln.html
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OCTOBER 30, 2003
U.S. Deaths in Iraq Not Fully Reported
What's the Real Number: 115 or 218?
By Seth Porges
NEW YORK -- On Wednesday and Thursday, newspapers around the country have
reported that the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq following the
official end of major combat has exceeded the number killed during the war.
This, however, continues the pervasive pattern of downplaying U.S. deaths
from all causes in Iraq, many related to official duties and the stress of
combat.
USA Today's report is typical: "the 115 American troops killed in combat in
Iraq since May 1 -- the day Bush declared major combat operations over --
exceeds the 114 killed by hostile fire during the war itself." But these
reports continue to ignore the total death count.
In fact, 218 troops have been killed since May 1 from all causes (nearly
doubling the combat-only count), and a total of 139 before May 1. This
includes suicides, drownings, and the many military vehicle accidents.
In addition, the toll of injured U.S. soldiers has now reached 2,084,
including well over 1,000 since May 1. In his New York Times column
Thursday, Thomas L. Friedman corrected his column of Oct. 23 when he cited a
figure of 900 wounded in Iraq since May 1.
http://www.mediainfo.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vn
u_content_id=2013954
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A hard truth appears to have escaped the notice of the public and received
scant attention from the media: Bush is the first president in American
history to use deceptive propaganda as his main means of communications in
selling his policies. His pattern of deception continues unabated and in
direct conflict with the notion of the public's informed consent that is
central to American democracy.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/6378746.htm
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