...they are killing anyone

[picoico]

Re: …they are killing anyone

@Ohioguy

In fact, a much fairer rendering of IBC’s own statistics would suggest that at worst 9.8 percent of these fatalities could be attributed to U.S.-led forces, another 32.5 percent to the fog of war, crossfires and the like, and the remaining 42.3 percent to insurgents and terrorists. And even that assumes, falsely, that all of these civilians were really civilians.

Who is this newsweek guy trying to kid? “Fog of war”? Those deaths ARE directly attributable to the US forces. Bottom line is, in those cases it’s an American bullet, bomblet shrapnel, or whatever embedded in some poor Iraqi civilian’s skull.

42.3% for insurgents and terrorists? What? What the heck happened to the crimnal element, who are neither? The fact is, the terrorist attacks are spectacular, but not a daily event. We hear about ALL terrorist attacks, but nothing about “collateral damage” or criminal activity.

The fact is, iraqbodycount’s estimates are conservative as they follow media reports. Media reports tend to cover one kind of incident much more than the other. Lies and damn lies indeed…