Message 19/96
Date: 07-May-03 @ 12:58 AM -
RE: So, where's the crispy children...
The coalition counts 125 dead and three missing among the U.S. troops, and 31 dead among the British.
After the first U.S. incursion into the Iraqi capital April 5, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said between 2,000 and 3,000 Iraqi fighters were believed to have been killed. At least 100 Iraqis were killed in the battle for the Baghdad International Airport.
Before the war began, government officials and independent military think tanks estimated the Iraqi military had 389,000 in active-duty, including about 80,000 members of the Republican Guard. Iraq also was believed to have 650,000 reserve troops and 44,000 to 60,000 paramilitary forces.
Central Command says more than 7,000 Iraqi fighters have been taken prisoner and a similar number is estimated to have deserted. What happened to the rest is pure guesswork.
accrording to www.iraqbodycount.net 2 to 2.5 thousand civilians have been killed so far..
so you can guess that around 1000 children were killed, god knows how many lost limbs, or were otherwise mutilated..
thank god it wasn't my own kids and here's hoping that the Iraqis can find some peace in this world..