A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.
www.indymedia.org
Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video
Africa
Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia
Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela
Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney
South Asia
india
United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester
West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine
Topics
biotech
Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
Comments
Hide the following 3 comments
Amazed!
24.03.2003 17:40
Paul Edwards
I agree with amazed
24.03.2003 18:27
E. Miesner
no,
24.03.2003 19:33
E.g., the Afghanistan death toll calculated by this method was some 4-5000.
Most civilian victims that died/will die because of Coaltion military action are 'scondary' casualties (e.g. succumbing to unsanitary conditions, polluted water supplies etc); for these, the Web site does not give figures (impossible to count, since they are not reported anywhere).
Bear in mind that the counter ist 12-48 hours behind the actual casualty figures as they need to check on their reports before publishing.
Bear in mind, too, that the days of carpet-bombing are yet to come. Up to now, most of the weapons used are precision-guided ordnance, which hits its targets (using GPS guidance) in 80-90% of the cases (current real-life figures) and that most of the targets were large and/or in areas sparsely inhabited by civilians.
That is to say, sure the figure seems low, but civilians are not yet in the crosshairs, really. This is to come if the Iraqi resistance continues (as it seems it will) and the US/UK roll out the indiscriminate killing machines - cluster bombs, carpet bombing, MOABs/Daisy Cutters and (as threatened by Rummy) 'nontoxic' (as in the 'Nord-Ost' theatre incident) gas and subtactical nukes.
encarta