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Visualization of IED attacks in Afghanistan 2004-2009 [video]

Posted Jul 28th, 2010 at 3:37 PM and seen
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Wikileaks’ release of thousands of classified documents has stirred a major debate around controversial operations in the Afghanistan War. YouTube user shannonlaratt used data from the leak to create an animated map of IED attacks carried out from 2004 to 2009.

The green dots indicate explosions where no one was hurt, yellow ones are injuries only, and red ones represent fatal IEDs. The left column shows the injury and death tallies for friendlies (including both allied forces and civilians), and the right column shows the tally for those deemed “enemies.”

Via Reddit.

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Comments (2)

Jul 29, 2010
Chris said...
Interesting that the number of bombs that exploded during Obama's first year of being commander-in-chief was almost equal to the number of bombs during Bush's whole presidency. I thought he would just bring peace through diplomacy... hasn't quite happened, eh?
Jul 29, 2010
Ken said...
Obama has advocated a troop surge in Afghanistan since 2008 and has consistently upped the number of troops there throughout his presidency. So, no, he never claimed he would pursuing a diplomatic course in Afghanistan.

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