MSNBC Flash 18 Marines Killed in Fallujah

[TrueAmerican]

Looks like so far, not just today.

I didn't call it a "Flash" MSNBC did.

[Stephanie]

1. Just now? You mean 18 so far or 18 just now?

It's just horrible.

[TrueAmerican]

6. They really didn't say

18 Marines and 5 Iraqi soldiers.

[H2O Man]

8. yes they did

they absolutely did. It was not a breaking news flash. It was a report on totals killed.

[TrueAmerican]

10. Well, it did say MSNBC News Flash

on the screen. So they call it a "Flash" I din't.

[H2O Man]

11. As opposed to "breaking news"

And they clearly said that the pentagon had released the numbers of Americans killed thus far.

There are plenty of DUers with family or friends in Iraq. It's simply not a good idea to put something that implies that 18 more kids were killed. We need to be an accurate source of information.

[skooooo]

2. just today? or ??

[Jack_Dawson]

3. None of this needed to happen...did it?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Guess it was a good idea to let the insugents know they had all

of October to booby trap the place so George wouldn't risk re-election.

"I voted for George Bush and all I got was this crummy coffin and a free plot at a national cemetary"

[Cobalt Violet]

5. Today?

Do you know how many for this week? Does anyone know? Or is the millitary still surpressing the count.

[KingChicken]

9. Military is trying to surpress the count

They said 600 insergants dead, up from 71 yesterday. You know what that means, most of them are probally women and children like the first Fallujah attack. Military just lumps them all into the insergant count.

[H2O Man]

12. Good point.

Reminds me of Vietnam .... and the Florida vote counts.

[H2O Man]

7. total

not really a flash as in breaking news.

[jobycom]

13. The military admits it is not reporting everything now. That number is low

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml

"At least 13 U.S. soldiers and Marines have been killed so far in the Fallujah operation, according to military reports pieced together since Monday. The military has been slow in releasing official, comprehensive reports, citing security.

Military officials cautioned that the figure of 600 insurgents killed in Fallujah was only a rough estimate. Some 1,200 to 3,000 fighters were believed holed up in the city before the offensive. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers said Thursday that "hundreds and hundreds of insurgents" have been killed and captured"

If they say 18 it's 36, at least, and probably higher.