Via NYT
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Source:
A Year in Iraq and Afghanistan
ADRIANA LINS de ALBUQUERQUE, ALICIA CHENG AND SARAH GEPHART
NYT, February 14, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15opchart.html
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February 15th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Interesting chart – the bottom row got cutoff in drag copy capture.
FYI – rifle up means US Forces and rifle down are Coalition Forces.
Iraq is very heavy in US participation. Afganistan roughly 5050.
In closing if corporatations are allowed bold tax writeoffs .. the American working man protects the world in more ways than the obvious.