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Bush's "other numbers." |
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by Wayne Madsen The Wayne Madsen Report Entered into the database on Tuesday, March 07th, 2006 @ 17:18:42 MST |
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As George Bush's poll numbers plummet to depths not seen in presidential
polling since Watergate, it is noteworthy to point out Bush's other "numbers:" Number of U.S. military combat, combat-related deaths in Iraq: 2300. Number of U.S. military desertions since Iraq War: at least 8,000 (Army: 4387;
Navy: 3454; Marine Corps: 1455; Air Force: 82). Number of internees held in Iraq without trial: 14,000. Number of prisoners held at Guantanamo: 490. Number of Guantanamo prisoners charged with a crime: 10. Katrina deaths: 1100 and increasing in Louisiana, more than 200 in Mississippi
and Alabama, 1900 unaccounted for in Louisiana. Bush projected ten-year deficit: $3.3 trillion. Rate of Antarctic ice pack melting: 36 cubic miles per year. Annual global warming sea level increase on Funafuti, Tuvalu: 5.7 mm/year;
Tarawa, Kiribati: 6.2 mm/year; Nauru, 7.1 mm/year; Tongatapu, Tonga: 6.4 mm/year. Deaths in Darfur genocide: 400,000. |
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