TROOP CASUALTIES….LET’S GET IT STRAIGHT
I keep reading and hearing how U.S. troops casualties are down since the surge. They are not down. If you compare them to last years numbers, they are WAY not down! Casualties in the summer traditionally go down because it’s so friggin hot. This year they didn’t. They are down from April, May and June of this year, but only because of the summer heat and they go down at this time anyway. Just to set the record straight………
Janurary 2006 62
January 2007 83
February 2006 55
February 2007 81
March 2006 31
March 2007 81
April 2006 76
April 2007 104
May 2006 69
May 2007 126
June 2006 61
June 2007 101
July 2006 43
July 2007 79
August 2006 65
August 2007 81
Iraq Civilian Casualties
Aug-06 2966 Aug-07 1674
July-06 1280 Jul-07 1690
Jun-06 870 Jun-07 1345
May-06 1119 May-07 1980
Apr-06 1009 Apr-07 1821
March-06 1092 Mar-07 2977
Feb-06 846 Feb-07 3014
Jan-06 779 Jan-07 1802
I’m not buying the August-07 number. The bombing of the Yazidi sect in northern Iraq in August had over 500 deaths alone.
A graph from the BBC:
Filed: Iraq
