Fresh off a new study released by the United Nations showing violence was up 39 percent year over year, the NATO occupation forces once again issued a statement of their own claiming that the war is going just fine and the situation is “improving.”
NATO insisted their own data, which they said was “different” from the United Nations, showed a slight decline in “security incidents,” which covered only certain types of insurgent attacks.
NATO spokesman Carsten Jacobsen said there was no contradiction between the UN data and their claims of progress, saying they have different “definitions.” Notably NATO’s study of violence did not include anything instigated by NATO, which needless to say is significant.
The alliance has been claiming progress all through 2011, despite rising civilian death tolls. The United Nations study seems only to confirm what anyone paying attention already knew, that the war is going extremely poorly.
Total US Afghanistan combat deaths for June, 45, July, 33, August, 70, September (so far), 30. US Combat deaths in August in Helmand 12 and Kandahar 16. And so far in September 11 US dead in Kandahar and 5 more in Helmand. Kandahar and Helmand are where success of the surge was to be measured.
In Wardak province, where 30 US soldiers died in a helicopter crash in August, four more US soldiers died in September in IED, small arms, and rpg attacks. Six more US soldiers died in the Pakistan border provinces of Paktia and Paktika in August.
In the August-September period US soldiers also died in Logar, Zabul, Parwan, Logham, Kunar,
Kabul provinces.
Totals for the four month period of June, through September, 2011, were 178 US combat deaths.
Makes one wonder what monster has been created in NATO which carries on killing as many people as it can.
Whilst the Nations who constitute NATO and provides men and treasure to continue killings
sink lower and lower in a mire of debt..
In reality Osama may be dead but it is HIS dream that is coming true.
"…they have different “definitions.”
And different goals. One is for peace (supposedly) and the other is for war. And the latter knows that if the former should prevail then there is no reason for them to exist – and vise versa.
@Andron: I thought that continuing to exorbitantly fund militaristic adventures abroad while spiraling into endless debt and societal collapse had historically proven to be nonproductive and self-defeating. I guess some empires never learn from history – another case of "exceptionalism?"
Since last night DOD has reported 3 more US dead is Afghanistan. Two more in Helmand and another IED attack in Wardak bringing September to 33 US dead.
Obviously NATO doesn't count its own violent incidents. These have reached an all-time high this past year.
We are getting close to the old story from Viet Nam. The military PR men was so eloquent and effusive about success at their press briefings that the reporters started calling them, The Five O'Clock Follies".
Manufacturing consent ? New Zealand with a very, very small SAS contingent in Afghanistan has been there since 2001 following (of course) an American 'request'. No fatalities occurred until 2009. The last couple of years NZ lost four soldiers the last one this week and more death can be expected to occur in the forseeable future according to our PM. This is proportionally a high percentage. The public and opposition parties are pressuring the government to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. These deaths have been utterly in vain.