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July 05, 2005
The Seattle Times On 'The Shadowy War"
The Seattle Times, in the second of five editorials on the Iraq war, stated the obvious in its July 5, 2005 editorial.
"America is at war a couple of them, actually," the paper said. "There is the war in Iraq where about 135,000 U.S. troops are on the ground. And the war on terrorism, launched after the stunning 9/11 attacks that killed more than 3,000 people."
"The latter is clearly justified; the former, it has become clear, was not," the paper asserted. "Nevertheless, to even the most astute followers of U.S. policy and world events, the wars seem to blur together."
Until last week, when 16 soldiers died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, one could be forgiven if he or she thought Afghanistan had been pacified. Fifty-four soldiers have died in Afghanistan during the past six months, according to the Boston Globe.
Fifty-two died in Afghanistan "in all of last year, according to official statistics reviewed by the Globe."
See "Second of five parts: The shadowy war" for more of the Seattle Times editorial..
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 5, 2005 04:02 PM
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