From Gateway Pundit:Allied Troop Deaths in Iraq Drop Below Those
in Afghanistan For Second Straight Month
in Afghanistan For Second Straight Month
You may not get this sense from the doom and gloom media but the coalition deaths in Afghanistan are on pace to equal the number lost last year.
The last 6 months in Iraq saw the lowest number of fatalities in a 6 month stretch since the start of the war in 2003.
And, for the second month in a row the number of troops killed in Iraq was lower than the number of coalition troops lost in Afghanistan.The AP, of course, reported this as if it were bad news:
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More News On Causalities in Iraq And Afghanistan:
Female U.S. Casualties More Common in Iraq War -- CSSN News
Iraq by the numbers: key figures in the war -- AP
US casualties point to Taliban resurgence -- The Age
Western forces' latest Afghanistan losses overtake Iraq death toll -- Times Online
NATO, US forces suffer deadliest month in Afghanistan: figures -- AFP/Yahoo News
My Comment: Iraq will probably go down, but Afghanistan is clearly increasing.
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