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Untitled[edit]

Article merged: See old talk-page here

Italy[edit]

Why there is no mention about involvement of italy in the conflict? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.48.73.118 (talk) 21:07, 29 November 2016

Air bombardment claims[edit]

The site states "For 42 consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to the most intensive air bombardment in military history. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties dropping 88,500 tons of bombs…" The data may be true, but the claim of "most intensive air bombardment in military history" is debatable and entirely subjective depending on what they are basing that claim on. Intensive means concentrated, but how are they determining that, by number/tonnage/area/sorties/time?

Until there is something to corroborate the claim, “the most” should either be changed to “one of the most” or “an” (with "in military history" removed). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.45.115.4 (talk) 09:53, 4 September 2017‎ (UTC)

USMC[edit]

The entire Marine Corps is not even mentioned..Why?

Infobox casualties inconsistency[edit]

The numbers of casualties in the infobox seem to mostly rely on American defense-related agencies and organizations as well as official military histories, and they conflict with some impartial sources such as UN war damage reports. 25,000-50,000 Iraqi soldier deaths seems extremely low, as does the claim of 3,664 Iraqi civilian deaths. The "Ahtisaari report" gives 100,000-120,000 Iraqi military deaths, 3,500-15,000 Iraqi civilian deaths during the war and a further 39,000-81,000 Iraqi civilian deaths in the extended conflict directly caused by the war. This would bring the total Iraqi deaths to 142,500-206,000. Prinsgezinde (talk) 20:34, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

We could list multiple casualty figures in the infobox like the 2003 invasion of Iraq article. Ianp18 (talk) 05:59, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

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Italy[edit]

Air bombardment claims[edit]

USMC[edit]

Infobox casualties inconsistency[edit]

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