+6,000 soldiers evacuated from Iraq for medical reasons yet no photos

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

+6,000 soldiers evacuated from Iraq for medical reasons....


Yet no photos ?
or at least very very few photos of sick or wounded soldiers get
shown to the American public.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1041822,00.html

America's hidden battlefield toll

New figures reveal the true number of GIs wounded in Iraq

Jason Burke in London and Paul Harris in New York
Sunday September 14, 2003
The Observer

The true scale of American casualties in Iraq is revealed today by new figures obtained by The Observer, which show that more than 6,000 American servicemen have been evacuated for medical reasons since the beginning of the war, including more than 1,500 American soldiers who have been wounded, many seriously.

The figures will shock many Americans, who believe that casualties in the war in Iraq have been relatively light. Recent polls show that support for President George Bush and his administration's policy in Iraq has been slipping.

The number of casualties will also increase pressure on Bush to share the burden of occupying Iraq with more nations. Attempts to broker an international alliance to pour more men and money into Iraq foundered yesterday when Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, brusquely rejected a French proposal as 'totally unrealistic'.

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[bif]

1. Of course no photos.

Were you expecting the truth?

[Don_G]

2. Hate To Hear It

But if the rest of the world knows about it, the less troops other countries will send and the faster we'll get out when the numbers become unacceptably high to the American public.

[judge_smales]

3. "The figures will shock many Americans"

But not the one's who don't hear about it- which is, unfortunately, most.

[Wickerman]

4. When you hear those daily reports of 7 wounded

they ain't talking about cuts that need a band-aid. they are talking about boys and girls that are fucked up and will be fucked up for life. And our "leaders" don't want us to see it because we might jsut revolt against their sick, money grubbing little war and their treasonous asses.

[Atlant]

5. You mean this sort of "medical" problem? A leg-eating virus?

http://users.kiss.si/~k4ff0651/Python/meaning.htm

AINSWORTH: Ah! Morning, Perkins.
PERKINS: Morning, sir.
AINSWORTH: What's, uh,-- what's all the trouble, then?
PERKINS: Bitten, sir. During the night.
AINSWORTH: Hmm. Whole leg gone, eh?
PERKINS: Yes.
AINSWORTH: How does it feel?
PERKINS: Stings a bit.
AINSWORTH: Mmm. Well, it would, wouldn't it? That's, uh,... quite a bite you've got there, you know.
PERKINS: Yes, a... real beauty, isn't it?
AINSWORTH: Any idea how it happened?
PERKINS: None whatsoever. Complete mystery to me. Woke up just now, one sock too many.
PAKENHAM-WALSH: You must have a hell of a hole in your net.
AINSWORTH: Hmm. Well, we've sent for the doctor.
PERKINS: Ohh, hardly worth it, isn't it?
AINSWORTH: Oh, yes. Better safe than sorry.
PAKENHAM-WALSH: Yes. Good Lord, look at this.
AINSWORTH: By jove, that's enormous!
PAKENHAM-WALSH: You don't think it'll come back, do you?
AINSWORTH: For more, you mean?
PAKENHAM-WALSH: Yes.
AINSWORTH: You're right. We'd better get this stitched.
PAKENHAM-WALSH: Right.
AINSWORTH: Ah, hello, doc.
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Morning! I came as fast as I could. Is, uhh,-- is something up?
AINSWORTH: Yes. Uh, during the night, old Perkins got his leg bitten sort of... off. Mm?
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Ahh. Been in the wars, have we?
PAKENHAM-WALSH: Mhm.
PERKINS: Yes.
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Ehh. Any headache? Bowels all right? Mm. Well, let's have a look at this one leg of yours, then, eh? Yes. Yes. Yes, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, yes. Yes, well, this is nothing to worry about.
PERKINS: Oh, good.
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Yes, there's a lot of it about. Probably a virus. Uh, keep warm, plenty of rest, and if you're playing football or anything, try and favour the other leg.
PERKINS: Oh.
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Mhm.
PERKINS: Right-o.
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Be as right as rain in a couple of days.
PERKINS: Oh. Thanks for the reassurance, doc.
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Not at all. That's what I'm here for. Any other problems I can reassure you about?
PERKINS: No, I'm fine.
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Jolly good. Well, must be off. M-hmm.
PERKINS: So, it'll, ehh,-- it'll just grow back again, then, will it?
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE: Uhh,... I think I'd better come clean with you about this. It's, um,-- it's not a virus, I'm afraid. You see, a virus is what we doctors call very, very small. So small, it could not possibly have made off with a whole leg. What we're looking for here is, I think,--

[jbfam4]

6. Wonder what " old event" they will pull out to divert this story.

So often they save things to make them look good,then release it when events that will cause a backlash appear in the news.