the herold study refuses to die
Charles Johnson
Mon Apr 15, 2002 at 9:02 am PDT • Views: 166
In an otherwise well-argued piece about the hysterical European and Arab accusations of “massacres,” Nissan Ratzlav-Katz uses the long-debunked (argh!) Marc Herold Afghan civilian casualties study: Who’s the Victim?
America’s latest war, in Afghanistan, has caused the death of nearly 3,800 Afghanis, between October 7 and December 7 alone, according to Professor Marc Herold of the University of New Hampshire. Herold was quoted as saying that his estimate was very conservative. In a war to eliminate al Qaeda terrorists hiding behind and among Afghani civilians, much like the PLO terrorists do, the Americans have killed 42 civilians a day.
The rest of the article makes some very good points, but the National Review editors really should have caught the Herold reference.
Frank says: