Wednesday, October 19, 2005
War, Crimes
The trials of Saddam Hussein, charged with crimes against humanity, began today.
There have been 2,177 coalition troop deaths (1,979 Americans, 98 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, two Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 26 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians) in the war in Iraq as of today, and at least 14,362 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon as reported by CNN.com.
There have been 306 coalition deaths (249 Americans, one Australian, four Britons, seven Canadians, three Danes, three French, 17 Germans, two Italians, one Norwegian, three Romanians and 17 Spaniards) in the war in Afghanistan as of today. At least 616 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon as reported by CNN.com.
As far as I can discern, no-one has any real count of the Iraqi and Afghani dead, injured and displaced as of today. As of today, it seems that neither state is close to functioning as a self-sufficient democracy.
President Bush's approval rating today is no higher than 45% , as measured by several polls.
The Secretary of State, appearing today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committe, today refused to "speculate" about timetables for completion of the mission in Iraq and withdrawl of US forces, saying such speculation would give a "strategic advantage" to the insurgents.
Usama bin Laden remains at liberty today.
There have been 2,177 coalition troop deaths (1,979 Americans, 98 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, two Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 26 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians) in the war in Iraq as of today, and at least 14,362 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon as reported by CNN.com.
There have been 306 coalition deaths (249 Americans, one Australian, four Britons, seven Canadians, three Danes, three French, 17 Germans, two Italians, one Norwegian, three Romanians and 17 Spaniards) in the war in Afghanistan as of today. At least 616 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon as reported by CNN.com.
As far as I can discern, no-one has any real count of the Iraqi and Afghani dead, injured and displaced as of today. As of today, it seems that neither state is close to functioning as a self-sufficient democracy.
President Bush's approval rating today is no higher than 45% , as measured by several polls.
The Secretary of State, appearing today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committe, today refused to "speculate" about timetables for completion of the mission in Iraq and withdrawl of US forces, saying such speculation would give a "strategic advantage" to the insurgents.
Usama bin Laden remains at liberty today.
