place your bets - 911 iraq parity day
there’s no end in sight, and we’re well above 2000 dead american soliders in iraq, so i figured it was time to start collecting best guesses on the day that the us solider body count in iraq reached 2976, which is 40 in pennsylvania, 184 in virginia and 2752 (the latest ‘official’ body count for new york that i found) in new york.
as i write this, the number of dead bodies brought back from iraq is 2283. i’m using the “confirmed by the department of defense” number, because i like to be all official-ish in matters of this type. one must maintain standards, after all.
the current gap is 693, and the question i have for you out there is: on what date do you think that difference will reach zero? drop your best guesses in the comments.
update: 911 iraq parity day
i was curious, so a quick update on 911 iraq parity day. 9/11 casualties: 2976 iraq casualties: 2642 just 334 to go! with an average run rate of 2.04 ( 491 / 243 ) american deaths/day so far in 2006,…
Trackback by meta-roj blog — September 2, 2006 @ 11:16 am
iraq parity day comes early - civilians count too
someone else has been watching the numbers, and with a slightly different methodology, has determined that we have already had iraq parity day. by their count, 3015 dead americans in iraq as of september 9, 2006 (2,666 military and 349…
Trackback by meta-roj blog — September 12, 2006 @ 7:16 pm
2500 and counting, 252 bodies to 911 iraq parity day
back in february, i introduced the concept of 911 iraq parity day, because while there is no connection between 911 and iraq, i guess we needed one. so, with the news that the american death toll in iraq has reached…
Trackback by meta-roj blog — September 12, 2006 @ 7:18 pm
911 iraq parity day
according to general news reports, today is 911 iraq parity day. by my own post, the military death toll has to get to 2976; seems the current consensus number is 2974 and the current death toll in iraq is 2975,…
Trackback by meta-roj blog — December 26, 2006 @ 6:23 pm