How does they know how many 'insurgents' were killed?

[cynatnite]

KABUL, Afghanistan - American aircraft bombarded a rebel hideout with missiles and bombs, killing up to 76 insurgents in one of the deadliest battles since the Taliban's ouster more than three years ago, officials said Wednesday.

A dozen Afghan policemen and soldiers also died in fighting Tuesday that left bodies scattered across a southern mountainside and was sure to add to growing anxiety that an Iraq-style conflict is developing here. Five U.S. soldiers were wounded.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050622/ap_on_re_as/afghan_fighting

Everytime I hear or read something like this, I always wonder how they do it. Is someone there counting the bodies or what? There's just something about this that never sets right with me.

[ThomWV]

1. If They're Dead

Then they are an insugent. Makes the math easier if you don't have to deduct innocent civilians.

[Career Prole]

2. They get the number from the "Enemy Dead Dartboard"

which is right next to the "Number of Trained Iraqi Troops Wheel of Fortune" and the "Bin Laden Whereabouts Roulette Wheel". :eyes:

[Call me Deacon Blues]

3. They stack them up like cordwood

then measure the pile rather than counting.

Sorry if that sounds cold; it's just like Viet Nam. The body count became a way of "keeping score" back then, and they're starting to do it now. These fools will never learn. You can expect to see a lot more stories with body counts in the future. Reducing them to just numbers takes away their humanity, you see, and makes the Chimp feel like he's getting somewhere.

[Auntie Bush]

4. Yup, the bigger the body count... the bigger the high! He's addicted!

Takes the place of Cocaine and alcohol. Maybe it even gives him an orgasm! Weirdos and crazies are like that.