From: "Phil Payne" 

> >> Yet the US military continues to emphasis how many it kills in return
for
> >> its own losses.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-29T
041347Z_01_ISL32730_RTRUKOC_0_US-AFGHAN-VIOLENCE.xml&archived=False

"KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents in Afghanistan attacked U.S.-led forces
on Wednesday and two foreign troops and at least 12 militants were killed,
the U.S. military said."

Been doing it for months.  Simply Vietnam-style body counts as a measure of
"progress".

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