The casualties of this battle will not be added to Sept. body count!

[Worst Username Ever]

I believe it is October over there, so the casaulties will not be added to an already horrid body count in September. Nice timing.

[alittlelark]

1. What a sick thought.

but I'm afraid you are right....good planning all around for the Rovenator

[Dark]

2. Which one?

You mean the one where all those children were slaughtered? Or the one where the Iraqis were killed by drowning? I don't think any americans died in either of those horrid events, did they?

[DrWeird]

5. I believe it's the one in Samarra, the major offensive.

As opposed to the one where US troops used children as human shields.*

*turnabout is fair play.

[Dark]

7. Link, please.

[DrWeird]

9. Breaking

www.cnn.com

[DrWeird]

3. So they'll be added to the October body counter.

15 years from now when 60 troops are dying a month in Iraq it probably won't matter which month they were counted in.

[Worst Username Ever]

6. In 15 year it will not matter, but in 30 days it will matter

if any month hits an exorbinately high number. Hence, spread them out.

[mctrotter5]

4. That is too awful to think about, a huge battle for political reasons

and play with the numbers. Of course, Bushco has been doing this since the start of the Iraqi war.

[AlCzervik]

8. thats right, what are they about 8 hours ahead?

[whistle]

10. Doesn't matter, September has been the 4th bloodiest...

...month for U.S in the Iraq war:

Military Fatalities: By Time Period News

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
3 200 8 13 221 2.35 94
2 715 27 58 800 1.89 424
1 139 33 0 172 4 43
Total 1054 68 71 1193 2.13 561

To View Period Details Click The Period Number
Time Periods Defined
Latest Fatality: Sep 30, 2004
Correction: Fatality from 2004-09-23 deleted


An Incomplete List of Contractors Killed or Missing in Iraq
Military Fatalities: By Month

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
9-2004* 76 3 5 84 2.8 30
8-2004 66 4 5 75 2.42 31
7-2004 54 1 3 58 1.87 31
6-2004 42 1 7 50 1.67 30
5-2004* 80 0 4 84 2.71 31
4-2004* 135 0 5 140 4.67 30
3-2004 52 0 0 52 1.68 31
2-2004 20 1 2 23 0.79 29
1-2004 47 5 0 52 1.68 31
12-2003 40 0 8 48 1.55 31
11-2003* 82 1 27 110 3.67 30
10-2003 43 1 2 46 1.48 31
9-2003 30 1 1 32 1.07 30
8-2003 35 6 2 43 1.39 31
7-2003 47 1 0 48 1.55 31
6-2003 30 6 0 36 1.2 30
5-2003 37 4 0 41 1.32 31
4-2003 73 6 0 79 2.63 30
3-2003 65 27 0 92 7.67 12
Total 1054 68 71 1193 2.13 561


<link> http://icasualties.org/oif/

[Worst Username Ever]

11. Better for Bush that it be the 4rd bloodiest than the 1st, 2nd or 3rd n/t

[Javaman]

12. Odd, how this new offensive started right after the debate....

If moron won, it would look like he's still a powerful leader, but thank god he lost, because it now looks like a debate distractor from his truly horrible performance.