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Since the "War on Terror Progress" thread has started to leak into civilian casualties in the war on terror debate, i am starting a new topic just for civilian casualties in the war.

So, starting from Page 7 of that thread, we will start where we all left off:

War On Terror Progress: Page 7
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Alan Wood
It would be interesting to know the estimates of American civillian casualties expected during this forthcoming war.
Including the pre-emptive 9/11 attack.

Regards.....Alan
Dontreadonme
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And from which reliable source did we get this little gem from?.


I believe Goamerica is referring to the Al-firdi bunker.
Source: Bruce W. Nelan, "The Air War: How Targets are Chosen," Time Magazine, February 25, 1991, p. 27.
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Satellite photographs of the building showed at least two additions: a newly hardened roof and communications equipment that was protected against electromagnetic effects of nuclear blasts. The satellites also snapped pictures of military vehicles parked outside and men in uniform entering and exiting the building. A wire-mesh fence surrounded the bunker; its roof had been painted with camouflage and fake bomb holes.

The clincher came last month, when U.S. intelligence satellites picked up radio transmissions from the bunker, sending orders to Iraqi military units in the Kuwait theater of operations. Missing from the accumulated evidence were any photos of civilians entering the bunker at night in search of safety. American officers say they assumed that civilians were being kept out because it was a military security area and the wire-mesh fence was there for that purpose.
Alan Wood
Ta DT.

Although it is still a little obscure that they were deliberately put there.

Regards........Alan
Digital Patriot
QUOTE(Alan Wood @ Feb 2 2003, 07:20 PM)
It would be interesting to know the estimates of American civillian casualties expected during this forthcoming war.

American civilians are pretty smart. Their fleeing the area.

For their own protection, if I were an Iraqi civilian, I'd be fleeing too.... to return after the war of course...

--cheers
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