losing the numbers game

just for the record:

2007 has been the deadliest year so far for US forces in Iraq.
2007 has been the deadliest year so far for Coalition forces in Iraq.

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2007 has been the deadliest year so far for US forces in Afghanistan.
2007 has been the deadliest year so far for Coalition forces in Afghanistan.

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US casualties in Afghanistan in 2007 have surpassed the combined casualties from 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Coalition casualties in Afghanistan in 2007 have surpassed the combined casualties from 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

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Since the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in Iraq have been dying of self-inflicted wounds at an average rate of one every 13 days.

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…and there’s still six weeks left in the year.

(all statistics taken fromĀ icasualties.org)

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