right now. what are the low lights? the inspector general for afghan reconstruction issued his quarterly report and it states in no uncertain terms the casualty rates in afghanistan are shockingly high in the first six weeks of 2017. 807 afghan soldiers were killed by the taliban. doesn t include an incident that left 140 afghan soldiers dead in a single attack traded 11,000 were killed by the taliban last year, according to the u.n. dangerous and stubborn insurgency controls or exerts influence over areas holding about a third of the afghan population. heavy casualties and capability gaps limit the effectiveness. we are under no illusions about the challenges associated with the mission.
increase in terms of the difficulty as iraqi forces move into the old city area of western mosul. the roads are much smaller. the alleyways are stone pavements are armored vehicles can t go easily. isis is using booby-traps to slow down the advances. u.s. commanders and iraqi commanders saying this operation is going much better than iraqi operations have gone to retake places like we are beginning to see become more difficult. iraqi forces have paid a heavy price to retake mosul both the eastern and western half. casualty rates are extremely high. the iraqi forces have really taken a lot of sort of daniel to damage to their force. there is growing u.s. coalition force. more marines are heading into iraq to help with this
it s closed for two years. the casualty rates for the first 24 hours before 500 people will ob that 20 times after that. how well-equipped are authorities in the united states to handle a situation like this? a scenario like this. hazmat teams going through training. are we ready for this? you can get this stuff across from tunnels. if somebody was well-organized and as far as making the exclusives, it s easy to do, but not much we can do about it. with the chaos in mexico and the ability to grab this stuff scares people and it rightly shchl they are doing the best they can. the border crossings are monitored, but the tunnels are not. part the united states
the casualty rates are difficult to measure. but the first 24 hours before 500 people and beyond that 20 times that after that. how well-equipped are authorities in cities in the united states, for instance, to handle a situation like this, scenario like this? we ve seen hazmat teams going through training. but are we ready for this kind of thing? oh, i think we are. but it s the problem the mexican border. you can get this stuff across through tunnels. if somebody was well-organized. and as far as making the homemade explosive it s very easy to do. but there s not much we can do about it. and with the chaos in mexico and the ability to grab this stuff is what scares people. and it rightly should. but they re doing the best they can. the border crossings are monitored, but again the tunnels are not. and after 9/11, obviously, the united states instituted stricter rules about protecting dangerous isotopes like this. but in terms of regulating them if other countries aren t as
if he kills 10,000 children it s the essence of pure evil. i think we need to say something about chemical weapons. there s a reason why bashar al assad used them. he needed to. he needs to keep using them. if you look at the casualty rates in syria, the regime is not doing very well. jeffrey white who s a first rate military analyst had the arduous job of compiling them. roughly 230,000 regime forces both regular and irregular have been wounded or died in this conflict. around 90,000 of the opposition have. that is soldiers that is defectors, opposition forces, islamists all put together. now if you do the ma, the alowites have roughly 50% of the population to draw on. sunnis have 70 to 75% of the population. assad has to change that kill rate. he has to make his side kill more from the other with fewer losses.