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DoD Still Undercounting Iraq Violence
Over at his new Iraqslogger.com blog, ex-CNNer Eason Jordan raps the Pentagon for refusing to heed experts' advice and reform its reporting of violence in Iraq.
As the Iraq Study Group noted in its recent report, the Pentagon does not include incidents of sectarian violence in its reports. As the country falls into civil chaos, attacks by Iraqis against other non-military, non-official Iraqis are probably the fastest-growing type of violence in the country.
Yet in the Pentagon's newest report on the state of Iraq, that violence does not exist.
"Thus, the total number of attacks in Iraq remains much higher than is reflected in the U.S. military's qualified tally," Jordan finds.
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Comments (4)
Rob Anderson wrote on December 19, 2006 6:20 PM:This is surprising? I hope not.
cwazycajun wrote on December 19, 2006 7:36 PM:wow they dont seem to have a prob with numbers when cuttin those checks to halliburton and parsons
Noremac wrote on December 20, 2006 1:13 AM:Wouldn't be in the Military's interest to not keep the public in dark? maybe counter-balance delusional politicians with enlightened voters?
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