BBC's puzzling casualty figures
The BBC is reporting that
At least 87 US soldiers have died in action this month while aid agencies counted at least 470 Iraqi dead in the Sunni city of Falluja alone last week, with 243 women and 200 children among them.
This would mean that over 94 percent of the casualties in Falluja are comprised of women and children. If the Beeb is to be believed, the barbarous Yanks are very carefully aiming away from adult males, and actively targeting noncombatant females and kids.
The British state—owned, compulsorily—funded broadcaster does not provide any explanation at all for why Americans would avoid hitting those who are most likely to threaten our troops.
Posted by Thomas 04 14 04
The other plausible explanation is that the BBC has been duped by propagandists, masquerading as aid agencies.