Group Claims 300 U.S. Soldiers Killed Every Month In Iraq

SNIP: http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2003-08/17/article11.shtml

"The occupying forces are about to submit to painful blows," said one of the men in the tape.

DOHA, August 17 Five masked men identifying themselves as Iraqi resistance members vowed on Sunday, August 17, more attacks against U.S.-led occupation forces, claiming 300 soldiers are killed by resistance fighters every month.

"The occupying forces are about to submit to painful blows," said one of the men pictured in a videotape broadcast by Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite news channel.

The spokesman of the group, named the "Islamic patriotic Iraqi resistance movement", said the group would "step up its strikes," as other members appeared carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

"This resistance is born out of our Islamic faith and represents all Iraqis," read the statement, calling on all Muslims to "offer moral support to the Iraqi resistance because it is not lacking in men or weapons."

The spokesman also said that American soldiers are hiding their inflicted casualties” in Iraq for political reasons, saying that 300 American soldiers are killed every month in Iraq – a far large number than that announced by the U.S. military.

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I don't care if you use the extra special tin-foil, KIA's are not something even the Bush Administration would fuck with. Messing with KIAs and their reporting (especially to families) just isn't done.

and boy am I getting tired of all the tinfoil

...kiA's are f'd with all the time.....and some families are DARED to speak.

that's why the media has come up with bullshit terms like "hostile" deaths, "combat" deaths, etc. THey are cooking the books on their own dead already, without this particular news story

that said, I doubt we are losing THAT many

we better not be!

Kia's is to dribble them out over time. In other words, if ten are killed in one day, they may not release this as news, but then they add more on days when few are killed until the numbers add up.

If someone's loved one was a KIA and they were not listed, they would probably get pissed, so I doubt that they could fudge the numbers.

There is no way they could cover up 250+ additional deaths a month, the soldier's families would be on the news exposing this cover-up. I'm sure some military personal would also tip off the press. Remember, the military really does not like it when their own are killed.

to cover it up.

If 2 are announced, then even if you phone 20 families, they won't know about the other 18. They'll just assume they are one of the 2.

Soldiers families are scattered. They don't know how many others were sent home in a box.

And the media isn't allowed anywhere near the planes when they're unloading.

You can't seriously believe that a family wouldn't notice the disappearance of a soldier (especially now that so many are married). Soldiers and families get in touch with each other. News of this would leak in weeks.

nt

at the gates of Baghdad! I'll take you there, one hour!

how many thousands are there.

the "Islamic patriotic Iraqi resistance movement" ?

what an awful name, you'd need a bomb with a very long fuse just to get the name out before you blow yourself up.

:)

places like the Phillipines, and Central America.
No reason to report them to the US Press.

The deal they sign up for is US citizenship for them and their families after their time is up. I saw an estimate of 37,000 US troops fitting this profile. I bet it is double or triple that if the truth is known.

Of course if they end up dead the citizenship deal is off, and their funeral won't be in the US.