tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post7578925628493180305..comments2024-02-29T12:38:32.191-08:00Comments on MUSINGS ON IRAQ: Musings On Iraq Security Report April 2014Joel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-69135819914779942092014-05-07T16:00:16.717-07:002014-05-07T16:00:16.717-07:00Volker
Thanks so much for reading and the kind wo...Volker<br /><br />Thanks so much for reading and the kind wordsJoel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-67711257993328464032014-05-07T15:09:57.893-07:002014-05-07T15:09:57.893-07:00Thanks so much, Joel. Your blog is really the best...Thanks so much, Joel. Your blog is really the best source of information about the situation in Iraq. It is so difficult to find good analysis of the situation (and not only the numbers), so I am on regular basis (3- 4 times a week) on your page. Thanks a lot for your impressive and good work. <br />Berst regards,<br />VolkerVolkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-81751260855257157462014-05-06T16:34:40.567-07:002014-05-06T16:34:40.567-07:00Hi Nicasso,
People are obviously going to come up...Hi Nicasso,<br /><br />People are obviously going to come up with different counts based upon their sources and what they include and don't. For instance if the ISF launch a security campaign and get into a gunfight with insurgents I don't count that as an attack. I do count the government shelling of Anbar's cities that lead to civilian casualties for example. I don't count insurgents either. Iraq Body Count only includes civilians and police, and not soldiers or insurgent. Iraq Body Count by the way is actually starting a project to go through Iraqi papers in Arabic soon, which lead to increases in their counts because they rely upon English language sources right now.Joel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-20374786156961917162014-05-06T16:26:54.566-07:002014-05-06T16:26:54.566-07:00Hi Joel,
Impressive work again. That is a massive...Hi Joel,<br /><br />Impressive work again. That is a massive amount of information to trawl through while working as a teacher (friends of mine working in primary schools usually push out 60 hour weeks).<br />I recorded 1600 deaths in April from about 700 incidents. On the number of incidents I am aware that I am only capturing about half of what goes on, but the high number of fatalities indicates that I am seeing the majority of effective attacks.<br />Your casualty count is similar to mine, which is reassuring as I thought something was seriously amiss when I looked at the UNAMI and IBC numbers, although I note that UNAMI does not include Anbar.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />NicassoNicassonoreply@blogger.com