Mr. Siegel himself became a great big blog-attack casualty when, in what he wishfully calls "my rollicking misadventure in the online world," he was caught pseudonymously praising himself on the Web site of The New Republic, where he had been a particularly savage and reckless blogger.
"Reversals" on attacks, casualties, and area held by the Taliban.
By nearly every metric, namely — attacks, casualties, and territory — SIGAR's latest report paints a dire picture. .
As is usual in the aftermath of such attacks, precise casualty figures were hard to come by.
Another security official confirmed the attack and casualties and said that all the militants killed in the strike were foreign nationals.
Few in Sana'a are keen to express sympathy with al-Qaida, and any large-scale attack – the casualties of which would likely be overwhelmingly made up of Yemenis – would inevitably be met with vociferous condemnation.
He said intelligence officials had a "high confidence" in their assessment, and also estimated that 100 to 150 people had died from chemical weapons attacks, "however, casualty data is likely incomplete".
The 21st Infantry made very slow progress in this attack and casualties were heavy.
Experts and many Iraqis were worried that AQI might resurface and attempt mass-casualty attacks to destabilize the country.
But if nothing else, the persistent attacks and casualties have forced the administration to acknowledge the difficulties ahead.
Then there were bombs or other attacks, mass-casualty and otherwise, in Europe, the Maghreb and the Middle East, south Asia and the Far East.
