Comments on: Civil War in Iraq http://democraticSPACE.com/blog/2006/07/civil-war-in-iraq/ DemocraticSPACE is one of North America's leading non-partisan political websites. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Iraqi Civilian Deaths http://democraticSPACE.com/blog/2006/07/civil-war-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-12493 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Iraqi Civilian Deaths Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:42:46 +0000 http://democraticSPACE.com/blog/2006/07/civil-war-in-iraq/#comment-12493 [...] DemocraticSpace.com puts the numbers of Iraqi civilian deaths in perspective. The result is profoundly disturbing, and throws the mainstream media’s disinterest in this aspect of the Iraq War in particularly sharp and troubling relief. Related Posts [...] [...] DemocraticSpace.com puts the numbers of Iraqi civilian deaths in perspective. The result is profoundly disturbing, and throws the mainstream media’s disinterest in this aspect of the Iraq War in particularly sharp and troubling relief. Related Posts [...]

]]> By: Idealistic Pragmatist http://democraticSPACE.com/blog/2006/07/civil-war-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-12487 Idealistic Pragmatist Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:37:31 +0000 http://democraticSPACE.com/blog/2006/07/civil-war-in-iraq/#comment-12487 Okay, here are a couple of links, anyway: <a href="http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/06/11/body_counts/index.html" rel="nofollow">a Salon piece</a> that discusses the issue <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/iraq/casualties.html" rel="nofollow">a CBC backgrounder</a> on the issue Okay, here are a couple of links, anyway:

a Salon piece that discusses the issue

a CBC backgrounder on the issue

]]> By: Idealistic Pragmatist http://democraticSPACE.com/blog/2006/07/civil-war-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-12486 Idealistic Pragmatist Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:03:06 +0000 http://democraticSPACE.com/blog/2006/07/civil-war-in-iraq/#comment-12486 I have no citation for this because I heard it on a National Public Radio broadcast once. But the story I know says that during the Vietnam War, the media used to report on Vietnamese "body counts," which unfortunately came to be thought of by the American public as a sort of trophy listing. They stopped reporting them once this got out of hand, and ever since then it has been frowned upon. I have no citation for this because I heard it on a National Public Radio broadcast once. But the story I know says that during the Vietnam War, the media used to report on Vietnamese “body counts,” which unfortunately came to be thought of by the American public as a sort of trophy listing. They stopped reporting them once this got out of hand, and ever since then it has been frowned upon.

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