This was today’s – December 31, 2009
Today is the 84th day of the ninth year of the War in Afgahnistan.
From icasualties.org, an important witness to our wars. They track all casualties. Here are the fatalities to date for Afghanistan. These are military only, no staff or contractors. And I don’t think the ’09 figure includes the eight killed yesterday.
| Year | US | UK | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2002 | 49 | 3 | 17 | 69 |
| 2003 | 48 | 0 | 9 | 57 |
| 2004 | 52 | 1 | 7 | 60 |
| 2005 | 99 | 1 | 31 | 131 |
| 2006 | 98 | 39 | 54 | 191 |
| 2007 | 117 | 42 | 73 | 232 |
| 2008 | 155 | 51 | 89 | 295 |
| 2009 | 318 | 107 | 94 | 519 |
| Total | 948 | 244 | 374 | 1566 |
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
