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Firetxmi
03-18-2006, 11:16 PM
This is a very interesting way to visualize each country/countries fatalities in Iraq:
http://www.obleek.com/iraq/

Let me know what you think......
SuperShot5000
03-18-2006, 11:34 PM
Incredibly old.
Azide
03-19-2006, 01:43 AM
Notice, most casulaties happen on roads and around Bagdad.
usm2b
03-19-2006, 03:49 AM
yes I did notice the same thing, however, I may be wrong, but aren't those rivers?
KEEPER0311
03-19-2006, 03:57 AM
that was fairly sobering...
theclash
03-19-2006, 04:21 AM
Shows a fairly consistent level of attacks in certain areas around the larger settlements.

Baghdad just stays red.
Roaming East
03-19-2006, 07:37 AM
Baghdad is like the Detroit of Iraq, jeez...
CMNot
03-19-2006, 08:51 AM
Sobering find.


Incredibly old.

As it runs up to Feb 22, 2006, it can't be that old Einstein...
Firetxmi
03-19-2006, 10:29 AM
I thought it was interesting to look at certain days, or periods of time (Like the "Battle for Faluja (sp?) ) and you could see when they started or ended by how many casualties appeared.

A couple of other interesting observations:

Anyone see the "dots" pop up in Kuwait pretty much the day the war started, do you think those where troops lost while staged in Kuwait?

You can see when the insurgancy got on its feet and going through the progression of time.

Yes, it is very sobering.
Red Devil
03-19-2006, 11:26 AM
yes I did notice the same thing, however, I may be wrong, but aren't those rivers?

Ya those are rivers.

edit. And also lots of roads goes among the rivers
JoaMei
03-19-2006, 12:32 PM
Ya those are rivers.

edit. And also lots of roads goes among the rivers

Most towns and Villages are near the rivers too.
Mastermind
03-19-2006, 12:40 PM
Well, it certainly tells you who is carrying the fight to the Wahabbist front powrc for the rest of the world.

But, then the USA are the terrible nazis of the modern world, aren't they?
soprano
03-19-2006, 04:41 PM
Thats pretty intresting never seen it before!!!!!!!!!!!

If you notice most of the incidents occur rather close to the rivers in the west and north leading almost in a trail to baghdad now i know most of the cities are along the river but it almost looks like some kind of supply trail.
khukuri
03-19-2006, 10:18 PM
Thats pretty intresting never seen it before!!!!!!!!!!!

If you notice most of the incidents occur rather close to the rivers in the west and north leading almost in a trail to baghdad now i know most of the cities are along the river but it almost looks like some kind of supply trail.

Attacks dont just happend out in the middle of nowhere. they happen where people are. Ie people are near the rivers, thats were alot of iraqs population lives, Agriculture and supplys
Far
03-19-2006, 11:22 PM
I wonder if that's how God sees it...
shocker1
03-19-2006, 11:33 PM
Someone should "map dot" the enemy deaths to that map. That way we can see that our side does shoot back.
Seraphim
03-19-2006, 11:44 PM
Someone should "map dot" the enemy deaths to that map. That way we can see that our side does shoot back.

We could, but then the map would be all red.
sir-chimp
03-19-2006, 11:45 PM
We could, but then the map would be all red.


yeah but it would only be orphans and old women
Azide
03-19-2006, 11:49 PM
Someone should "map dot" the enemy deaths to that map. That way we can see that our side does shoot back.

The Iraq/insurgent casualtie dots would appear in the same places as coalition casulaties, but at a much accelerated rate per day.
Mastermind
03-20-2006, 08:41 AM
insurgents...freeedom fighters....occupation resistance fighters....words to hide behind.

They are by any definition, terrorists. And I for one would not care if the entire map were red with them.
Firetxmi
03-20-2006, 08:57 AM
insurgents...freeedom fighters....occupation resistance fighters....words to hide behind.

They are by any definition, terrorists. And I for one would not care if the entire map were red with them.

Isn't terrorist another word to hide behind?

Just a thought....:D
Mastermind
03-20-2006, 09:00 AM
Call 'em what ever turns your panties damp...they are the enemy.
Firetxmi
03-20-2006, 09:05 AM
they are the enemy.

Thats more like it.......

Something we agree on.. :D
black mamba
03-20-2006, 09:31 AM
why r there so many deaths in kuwait so late in the war? how did the soldiers die there?
Digital Marine
03-20-2006, 09:58 AM
why r there so many deaths in kuwait so late in the war? how did the soldiers die there?


Accidents, helicopter crashes..
theclash
03-20-2006, 10:05 AM
Originally Posted by Mastermind
they are the enemy.

That's what they think of us. Different sides of the same coin.
Mastermind
03-20-2006, 10:07 AM
I think you may have overstated the obvious there....
theclash
03-20-2006, 10:19 AM
I'll tell it to the judge.
BadKarma26
03-20-2006, 01:25 PM
http://icasualties.org/oif/US_chart.aspx

In the last half year (6 months) US casualties have continued to drop month to month. This month is shaping to be one of the lowest number of US KIA in almost a year.
Rooster_II
03-20-2006, 03:55 PM
I think this month they decided to start killing each other. Cool by me.
Ghetto Defendant
03-20-2006, 04:27 PM
http://icasualties.org/oif/US_chart.aspx

In the last half year (6 months) US casualties have continued to drop month to month. This month is shaping to be one of the lowest number of US KIA in almost a year.

While at the same time, Iraqi security and civilian deaths have increased dramatically.

Don't be deluded into to thinking the insurgency has been weakened in the least...It hasn't.
BadKarma26
03-20-2006, 07:47 PM
While at the same time, Iraqi security and civilian deaths have increased dramatically.

Don't be deluded into to thinking the insurgency has been weakened in the least...It hasn't.

Id rather have insurgents fighting IPs then US soldiers. Isn't that the point? Wasn't that the point in Vietnam?? (not that there are that many paralells, just the fact that both were counterinsurgency campaigns)
Fargin
03-20-2006, 08:17 PM
http://icasualties.org/oif/US_chart.aspx

In the last half year (6 months) US casualties have continued to drop month to month. This month is shaping to be one of the lowest number of US KIA in almost a year.
We're reading this graph differently. It's late, so check up on my adding skills. But I don't see any consistant statistically significant evidence of a fall in casualties.
Mastermind
03-20-2006, 10:17 PM
Well, March marked the sith straigh month of continual decline...that has never happened before since the intial invasion...and March was the lowest number of casualties in two years almost exactly. I would say that is a significant developing trend....statistically, that is.

Let me put it this way...if we were talking about stock prices (on a par with the casualty numbers) we would all be dashing for the "sell" counter cause things are definately going toward a recession.