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[casi] Are they telling us half the truth



Dear Casi

The BBC has two figures for American casualties in Iraq. They tell us
“Fifty-five Americans have died in such attacks since President George W
Bush declared hostilities in Iraq largely over on 1 May.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3135747.stm.
Then they tell us “US Central Command has reported the deaths of 101
American service personnel in Iraq since 1 May when President Bush declared
that major combat was over.” Adding “The following entries are based on
day-to-day Central Command news releases and do not cover war-related
casualties outside Iraq or the possible deaths of soldiers succumbing to
their wounds at a later stage.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3019552.stm.

Are they telling us half the truth? How many American soldiers died
“succumbing to their wounds at a later stage”? Are those casualties or not?


Ghazwan Al-Mukhtar
Baghdad, Occupied Iraq

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