US stops giving militant death tolls in Afghanistan

[IDemo]

Source: AFP

Published: Friday July 24, 2009

The US military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing figures showing how many militants have been killed in fighting with US-led forces, officials said Friday.

"Indicating the number of insurgents killed has little relevance to impacting the lives of Afghans," Navy Rear Admiral Gregory Smith said in an email to AFP.

"In fact, if that were the only purpose and metric, you would likely only extend the time it takes to bring about an end to the insurgency," he added.

He confirmed he sent an order last month to NATO and US forces blocking the military from releasing details on militant death tolls and providing estimates instead.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_stops_giving_militant_death_toll_07242009.html

[timeforpeace]

1. And has the added benefit of not providing anti-war types with information.

[CountAllVotes]

2. no reason to feed the negative polls

so don't release these numbers Pres. Obama. What happened to that promise of a transparent government that is working for you, not against you?

:mad:

How many more must die? Maybe I should ask, when will the national service program include enlistment in the military? An attractive option for some perhaps - depending upon how desperate one may be to find a way to keep themselves off the street living in a homeless encampment.

Which is better dare I ask Pres. Obama?

:dem: :kick:

[Downwinder]

3. Why advertise your war crimes?

[jakeXT]

4. What about those Pakistani air strikes, will they be included?

[No Elephants]

5. The US military is now in control of information about troops, wars

("embedding" of journalists), torture by our government, past and current, casualties of "miltants," by which the Army probably means anyone who is not a US troop or citizen, etc. No important First Amendment issues there, none at all. No wonder we don't have overt military coups here. They're already in charge. All anyone has to say is "embolden the enemy," "endanger our troops," or "national security."

Oh, look! Hondouras is soooo shiny! Pretty!

[saigon68]

6. Gates and Henchmen = WAR CRIMINALS

Another shining spot in the present REGIME

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. Maybe that's because many of them are innocent CIVILIANS??

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Running their ground war from the air and desk jockeys behind a keyboard in the USA just ain't working out so good?

The World is not impressed with USAmerican "bravery'

[conspirator]

8. Why would you want to advertise that you are doing an ethnic cleansing nt