Did I Not Mess Up? « The Washington Independent

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Is it possible that Gates is refering to casualtiesinstead of fatalities, i.e. counting both KIA and WIA?

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Or maybe he’s discounting non-hostile OIF deaths, in which case the number for May is 15; and since there were 16 deaths in May in Afghanistan, Gates’s statement would make sense.

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Then again, that 16 includes non-hostiles, so…