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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- How many have died so far? 1. The Project on Defense Alternatives estimates 2. There are no accidents==== From: Charles Knight Date: Sun Oct 19, 2003 Subject: Project on Defense Alternatives estimates total Iraqis killed in war * How many Iraqis died in the 2003 Iraq war? * What are the implications for stability in Iraq, the "war on terrorism", and the "new warfare"? A new study from the Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA) estimates the total number of Iraqis killed in the 2003 war, based on hospital and burial reports, combat statistics, and battlefield testimony from both sides in the conflict. Uniquely, the report also distinguishes between noncombatant and combatant civilians (non-uniformed fighters.) And it compares the experience of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Desert Storm. "The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict" by Carl Conetta. PDA Research Monograph #8, 20 October 2003. http://www.comw.org/pda/0310rm8.html With two appendices: Appendix 1. "Survey and assessment of reported Iraqi combatant fatalities in the 2003 War" (.pdf file) -- http://www.comw.org/pda/fulltext/0310rm8ap1.pdf Appendix 2. "Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 1991 Gulf War" (.pdf file). -- http://www.comw.org/pda/fulltext/0310rm8ap2.pdf * Is an all European armed force a feasible option in the future? * What should it be like and how different from U.S. forces? A new PDA guest publication models an integrated European Armed Forces. It addresses the conceptual framework, strategic orientation, key functions, posture, resources, personnel, and budget. "European Armed Forces of Tomorrow: A New Perspective" by Lutz Unterseher. PDA Guest Publication, 20 October 2003 (.pdf file). http://www.comw.org/pda/fulltext/0310unterseher.pdf Project on Defense Alternatives Commonwealth Institute Cambridge, MA USA http://www.comw.org/pda/ === From: Jim Bush Date: Sun Oct 19, 2003 Subject: There Are No Accidents There Are No Accidents by Jim Bush One of my favorite gurus once said, "There are no accidents, only karmic chains of events." I would take this statement and say it a little differently: There are no accidents; there are always reasons for every event, and every event is the result of intentional acts -- whether we see them or not. This morning, I perused the Internet looking for an exact count of Coalition casualties in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and found none. I also attempted to find some semblance of an accounting of enemy combatant casualties and, once again, found none. I then searched for a general accounting of civilian casualties, and also found none. Though it is, admittedly, difficult to keep track of the casualties in this war between the Bush and Bin Laden crews, I believe it's no accident that a closer track of casualties is not being kept. After all, it's not in the interest of the Bush administration to count casualties, and Bin Laden doesn't have as much access to the press. However, by looking at the bits and pieces of half-attempts made by various organizations to garner estimates of casualties, I could guesstimate how many human beings have probably been killed or injured since the US began it's military response to the attack on 9/11. Here is my tally: 1) At least 500 coalition soldiers dead from all causes. 2) At least 2000 coalition soldiers injured. 3) At least 10,000 enemy combatants killed. 4) At least 30,000 enemy combatants injured. 5) At least 5,000 civilians killed. 6) At least 15,000 civilians injured. (Not included in this tally are the casualties from 9/11, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, other areas around the world, or covert operations.) These guesstimats add up to:15,500 human beings dead, and 47,000 human beings injured. And this tally increases daily, with no end in sight. Many will complain that these numbers are either overblown or under guesstimated. Some will say that friends and enemies shouldn't be counted together as if they are of equal value. Others will say that unfortunate "accidents" and intentional killings should not be included together as if they are of equal injustice. My answer is this: The numbers are close enough to give one an idea of how horrendous the war is becoming; and all of the dead and injured are the result of the hatred, anger, and fear that this war has engendered -- regardless of what side anyone was on or whether their deaths and injuries were intentional. When human beings set out to kill each other -- especially when they claim to be killing each other for God -- there are no real differences; there is only death. And an invasion results in the deaths of the innocent as well as the guilty. In an invasion all are at risk, and there is no real difference between an accident and a non-accident. Somewhere someone pulls a trigger, pushes a button, or turns a wheel, and that action results in people dying or being injured. The intentions are to invade and occupy or defend and harass; the outcome is the deaths and injuries of human beings. On top of this, the cavalier attitude with which both sides are killing in this war, and the excuses or reasons that both sides are making or giving for their acts of killing, serve only to confirm that what Bush and Bin Laden have dragged the World into is not about God or doing God's Will -- It's more about the human ego's will to power. God and oil are only smoke screens -- and tools to be used and manipulated -- for this will to power. And the term Collateral Damage is only an excuse for that which is, in fact, the result of intentional actions. God has nothing to do with the "War on Terror" or the "War on the Infidel." God does not take sides with those who kill in his name, God does not care about oil, and God does not believe in Collateral Damage! God -- though always present -- has never been involved in the wars of Mankind (It makes no difference what our religious leaders may have told us)! God -- whatever one conceives He, She, or It to be -- manifests, in fact, through Unconditional Love. The ultimate expression of Unconditional Love is the gift of Free Will. Humankind has had Free Will from the beginning, and, from the beginning, it's choice to go to war has been entirely it's own. By using God's name to justify it's wars, humanity has actually committed a sacrilege, and shamed itself before God and Man. In the end, there are no accidents; there are only actions that lead to outcomes. If Humankind continues on the path of war that it's on today, it will have no one to blame for the bloody outcome but itself. It won't be God's Will that has determined that outcome, but Man's -- and it won't be an accident. Jim Bush 709 SW.16th.Ave,Apt.406 Portland, Or.,97205 503-226-1182 __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, discussion and debate service of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. It aims to provide varied material of interest to people on the left. 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