[Lerkfish]

read this entire CNN story

of interest:

Overall, the Iraq war has claimed the lives of 422 U.S. troops, 283 after May 1. Of those after May 1, 180 occurred in hostile situations.


There is no reliable estimate of Iraqi deaths over the course of the conflict. The Associated Press reported an estimated 3,240 civilian Iraqi deaths between March 20 and April 20, but the AP said the figure was based on records of only half of Iraq's hospitals and that the actual number was thought to be significantly higher.


Monday's violence coincides with an operation that began Sunday night as part of the 4th Infantry Division's "Operation Ivy Cyclone."


"The 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Iron Horse has launched a series of combined arms operations to include air and ground strikes against identified targets," a statement from U.S. Central Command said, "along with precision raids against noncompliant groups and individuals focused on neutralizing paramilitary, former regime loyalists, foreign fighters and other extremist and subversive elements."

A military source said the offensive is designed "to let the Iraqis know that the attacks on the coalition will not be tolerated."

my only editorial comment is "Operation Ivy Cyclone"???? who the hell thinks up these names?

[petehammer]

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
my only editorial comment is "Operation Ivy Cyclone"???? who the hell thinks up these names?

Here it begins, the "future Bush Administration operation names" contest!

Post up to 3 names for future operations, if yours is used you get 12 gal. free at your next fill-up (not valid outside of the U.S.).

Operation: Dirty Weasel
Operation: Plant WMD
Operation: Re-election

[BlackGriffen]

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
my only editorial comment is "Operation Ivy Cyclone"???? who the hell thinks up these names?

It's hearkening back to Bush's days as a Yalie. The next few ops will be:

• Operation drunken frat-boy's rage
• Operation coked out seizures
• Operation pounding hangover
• Operation whose bedroom is this?
• Operation "Daddy, save me!"

BlackGriffen

[eklipse]

Why are US troop deaths always compared with Iraqi civilian deaths? Didn't Iraq have an army? Aren't Iraqi soldiers people too?

[nonhuman]

Originally posted by BlackGriffen:
LIST][*]Operation coked out seizures[*]Operation pounding hangover[*]Operation whose bedroom is this?[/LIST]

BlackGriffen

Hahaha!

[Developer]

Originally posted by eklipse:
Why are US troop deaths always compared with Iraqi civilian deaths? Didn't Iraq have an army? Aren't Iraqi soldiers people too?

I haven't seen yet an estimate of the Iraqi military casualties.

[Face Ache]

Operation "Desert Bluster"
Operation "Fox Exclusive"
Operation "Stubborn Mule"
Operation "Carrot and Stick"
Operation "Stick and Stick"
Operation "Stick and MOAB"
Operation "Take That Mother****ers"
Operation "Take That Mother****ers II - And Your Momma"
Operation "Take That Mother****ers III - Still There Huh?"
Operation "OMGWTFBBQ?!"
Operation "Plausible Deniability"

[Timo]

I think "Ivy Cyclone" refers to all of those Ivy MBAs setting up sweetheart clean-up deals.

[finboy]

Used to be that two-part names were assigned randomly from several lists, especially for staff studies and "what if" plans. Except for "Desert Storm" and high profile things like that. May be the same thing here.

[bewebste]

Operation Infinite Pretzels