Saturday, November 12, 2005

What the MNF publications said

MNF Iraq Operations from their publication


Summary October 22-28, 2005

Combined operations: 220
IEDs found and cleared: 144
Anti-Iraqi forces detained: 485
Foreign fighters captured or killed: 29
Weapons caches found and cleared: 53


From Iraq Coalition Casualties website, same dates.

US and Coalition Fatalities: 17 (Fatalities from IEDs: 8)
Iraqis civilians killed: 168
Iraqi police and military killed: 191


I feel this rather shows that they are losing a lot to IEDs, in spite of the number found. It shows that most of the forces fighting them are Iraqis, not foreigners. It also shows that the Iraqi police and military, and the Iraqi civilians, are taking a much, much higher toll than the US forces.

As always, the civilians and native populations pay a heavier price for war.

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