re: Inconsistency
"Attacks" includes everything. Somebody taking a shot from a window, somebody planting an IED, somebody in a car bomb, everything. An IED that is disarmed is counted as an attack.
Remember, we are NOT talking "all Iraqis." We are not talking about terrorists or insurgents, or anyone else who shot at our troops first. We are talking innocent civilians. Somehow we have to assume that 5,000 innocent civilians have been caught in U.S. crossfire in cases where the U.S. actually shot at something.
Look, I can see that you all desperately want this number to be true. We've been through this all before.