Saturday, January 21, 2012

More Civilians Were Killed In One Mexican State Than All Of Afghanistan Last Year


One Mexican State Bordering The US Was Deadlier Than All of Afghanistan Last Year -- CNS News

CNSNews.com) – Organized crime-related deaths in one Mexican border state during the first nine months of 2011 exceed the number of Afghan civilians killed in roughly the same period in all of war-torn Afghanistan.

According to the Mexican government, from January through September 2011 2,276 deaths were recorded in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, which borders Texas and New Mexico.

A Nov. 2011 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report states that over nearly the same period – January through October 2011 – 2,177 civilians were killed in Afghanistan, where a U.S.-led war against the Taliban is underway. It did not provide a breakdown of responsibility for that period, but said that in 2010, 75 percent of civilian deaths were attributed to the Taliban and other “anti-government elements.”

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My Comment: Puts everything into perspective .... it also makes one wonder if our troops should be on the U.S.-Mexico border instead of Afghanistan.

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