Swedish media about US Iraqi casualties

[SerbPVO]

One of major Swedish newspapers, Aftonbladed, says:

Hårda och blodiga strider i Irak
Enligt obekräftade uppgifter till den brittiska tv-kanalen Sky News ska upp till 130 soldater ha dödats i de senaste dagarnas hårda strider.

En amerikansk militärtalesman uppgav på tisdagskvällen att "ett dussin" soldater ur den amerikanska marinkåren dödats vid en attack i Ramadi, nära den oroliga staden al-Falluja. Den anonyme talesmannen sade till ******* att soldaternas ställningar nära guvernörspalatset angripits av irakier.

Publicerad: 2004-04-07
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Anybody speak Swedish?:)

[SerbPVO]

Basically, according to unconfirmed SkyNews reports, over 130 coalition soldiers have been killed over the last few days.
A few dozen Marines were killed in Ramadi(sp?) , a town near Fallujah, admitted one senior US military official.

[Tributal]

Nothing in the quote you posted said anything about coalition forces - it said 130 soldiers, but that's it.

You work for the media or something, or do you just have a natural talent for adding your own spin to things? ;)

[Ichhabe]

They are using the un-comfirmed news fromSky News that 130 soldiers are killed in fierce battles in Iraq.

Then a US-military spokesman says that there are "a dozen" soldiers from US. Marines that was killed in a fight in Ramadi, near al-Falluja.

The anonymous source also said to Reuter that the Coalitions positions at the Guvernours palace is being attacked by Iraqi's.

[SerbPVO]

Probably...

though, I bet the real Coalition casualty figure in Iraq, in these last few days, is something between these "unconfirmed" reports and "official" word from the Pentagon;)

[Truthsayer]

They could have meant 130 'soldiers' of the 'resistence'?

Have no idea, don't read that paper, since it's a POS.

[hood]

I think they're referring to the number of injured/killed in total, which sounds about right when you compare it to the other US based media outlets. One US military person mentioned dozens injured.

[TriggerPuller]

Basically, according to unconfirmed SkyNews reports, over 130 coalition soldiers have been killed over the last few days.
A few dozen Marines were killed in Ramadi(sp?) , a town near Fallujah, admitted one senior US military official. A few dozen? 12 is the last count I heard. Who is this US military official? Nameless Iam sure!

TP

[Truthsayer]

Btw, I think is was established in another thread that the news-telex contained a typo - it was supposed to be 13 not 130.

[scm77]

I heard around a dozen (13 is close to a dozen) americans may have been killed. I also heard approx 130 iraqis had been killed in the last battles.

[Garibaldi]

One of major Swedish newspapers, Aftonbladed, says:

Hårda och blodiga strider i Irak
Enligt obekräftade uppgifter till den brittiska tv-kanalen Sky News ska upp till 130 soldater ha dödats i de senaste dagarnas hårda strider.

En amerikansk militärtalesman uppgav på tisdagskvällen att "ett dussin" soldater ur den amerikanska marinkåren dödats vid en attack i Ramadi, nära den oroliga staden al-Falluja. Den anonyme talesmannen sade till ******* att soldaternas ställningar nära guvernörspalatset angripits av irakier.

Publicerad: 2004-04-07
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Anybody speak Swedish?:)

I speak Danish (lived for a year in Denmark) and I understand a good deal of swedish, which are as similar as Italian is to spanish. I´ll do my best.

"Hard and bloody fights in Iraq
News flash from english tv channel Skynews said that up to 130 soldiers died in the last days hard fighting.
An american military spokesman reported that "a dozen" soldiers beloning to the american marines died at an attack in Ramadi, close to the unrest town of Falluja. The anonymous spokesman said to ******* the slodiers were positioned near a governement building attacked by the iraquis"
Hope you find it useful.

[Hullebullen]

I think the main word here is "obekräftade", unconfirmed...


...coupled with the fact that Aftonbladet is the kind of newspaper which devotes more space for articles about who had *** with who in "Big Brother" than real news...

[Garibaldi]

Sorry, Hullebullen, I did not mean to dishonnor your language. I was just trying to help! :D

[Hullebullen]

Sorry, Hullebullen, I did not mean to dishonnor your language. I was just trying to help! :D

No, bro :D ...I'd say that by just staying 1 year in Denmark understanding a language that well AND be able to translate a swedish article 95% correctly you should feel damn good about yourself.

Myself, I studied spanish for like 2 years and all I can say is Me Llamo Fredrik and if you showed me an article in italian I'd probably only understand stuff like "pasta"...

[Tributal]

Sorry, Hullebullen, I did not mean to dishonnor your language. I was just trying to help! :D

No, bro :D ...I'd say that by just staying 1 year in Denmark understanding a language that well AND be able to translate a swedish article 95% correctly you should feel damn good about yourself.

Myself, I studied spanish for like 2 years and all I can say is Me Llamo Fredrik and if you showed me an article in italian I'd probably only understand stuff like "pasta"...I'm Swedish and I took Spanish for two years as well - I can order beer in Spanish and I can cuzz you out (both in Spanish Spanish and in Mexican Spanish ;) ), that's all the Spanish you need to know! rofl