As the number of deaths amongst British troops has risen to 307 this morning, i decided to do a bit of research as to how many civillians have been killed and just how many British soldiers have been injured during the war.
The results are pretty shocking, especially as the press always tend to hide the number of injuries amongst our forces. I want to show everyone, not only the huge sacrifices our soldiers are making, but the massive loss of life amonst the afghanistan civillian population.
The stats i have found are from the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog … itish-data
As of 31st May 2010 the number of British casualties currently stands at: 7919
• Firstly, you have the Noticas numbers. These are the most seriously wounded cases, where the family has been informed the wounded person has been "listed"
• Then there are the people registered at field hospitals - which go from the seriously to the lightly wounded, from all causes, violent and otherwise
• Lastly there are the personnel who've been evacuated by air, which could be serious combat injuries or illnesses such as dysentry
As of the 7th July 2010 the number Afghan civillians killed: 8669
injured: 15,604
Of course it is tough to get the true number of civillians killed during this conflict and you can bet that the MOD will be keen to cut those numbers, but even from these estimates, the loss of life is shocking.
Personally, I don't think this war is worth it.
If anybody wants to find the US injury stats feel free.
The results are pretty shocking, especially as the press always tend to hide the number of injuries amongst our forces. I want to show everyone, not only the huge sacrifices our soldiers are making, but the massive loss of life amonst the afghanistan civillian population.
The stats i have found are from the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog … itish-data
As of 31st May 2010 the number of British casualties currently stands at: 7919
• Firstly, you have the Noticas numbers. These are the most seriously wounded cases, where the family has been informed the wounded person has been "listed"
• Then there are the people registered at field hospitals - which go from the seriously to the lightly wounded, from all causes, violent and otherwise
• Lastly there are the personnel who've been evacuated by air, which could be serious combat injuries or illnesses such as dysentry
As of the 7th July 2010 the number Afghan civillians killed: 8669
injured: 15,604
Of course it is tough to get the true number of civillians killed during this conflict and you can bet that the MOD will be keen to cut those numbers, but even from these estimates, the loss of life is shocking.
Personally, I don't think this war is worth it.
If anybody wants to find the US injury stats feel free.
Last edited by PureBeef (2010-06-24 03:38:45)
