aboomohammad
15-11-2004, 11:13 PM
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Where are the injured "Iraqi forces?"
The AP reports that 412 new patients, nearly all injured in Fallujah have arrived at the U.S. military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this week. The U.S. military released casualty numbers today claiming 38 U.S. soldiers have died in the Fallujah offensive and 275 had been wounded. Those numbers don't add up, but what's really odd is that although 6 "Iraqi Forces" (those are the ones fight with the Americans instead of against them) have been reported killed, there are no numbers for wounded. Are injured Iraqis going to Landstuhl, also? Is that what accounts for the discrepancy between the military's numbers and the hospital's numbers? Where are the numbers for injured Iraqis and where are they being treated?
UPDATE: Cornum said 419 patients, including one American civilian, have been flown for treatment to Landstuhl since Nov. 8, the day after the offensive began against militants in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad. (Related item: Troops target insurgent holdouts in Fallujah)
She said 95% of those patients have come from Iraq, and 5% from Afghanistan. Most of those from Iraq were wounded in Fallujah, but Cornum could not say exactly how many.
There have been two peaks in the patient load: 98 arrived Thursday, 44 on Friday, 94 on Saturday, and 49 on Sunday, Cornum said. All of the patients have been U.S. citizens.
Where are the injured "Iraqi forces?"
The AP reports that 412 new patients, nearly all injured in Fallujah have arrived at the U.S. military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this week. The U.S. military released casualty numbers today claiming 38 U.S. soldiers have died in the Fallujah offensive and 275 had been wounded. Those numbers don't add up, but what's really odd is that although 6 "Iraqi Forces" (those are the ones fight with the Americans instead of against them) have been reported killed, there are no numbers for wounded. Are injured Iraqis going to Landstuhl, also? Is that what accounts for the discrepancy between the military's numbers and the hospital's numbers? Where are the numbers for injured Iraqis and where are they being treated?
UPDATE: Cornum said 419 patients, including one American civilian, have been flown for treatment to Landstuhl since Nov. 8, the day after the offensive began against militants in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad. (Related item: Troops target insurgent holdouts in Fallujah)
She said 95% of those patients have come from Iraq, and 5% from Afghanistan. Most of those from Iraq were wounded in Fallujah, but Cornum could not say exactly how many.
There have been two peaks in the patient load: 98 arrived Thursday, 44 on Friday, 94 on Saturday, and 49 on Sunday, Cornum said. All of the patients have been U.S. citizens.