AF General Puts Iraqi Casualties at 30,000 or Fewer
Fewer than 30,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed or wounded in the Persian Gulf War, the general in charge of the air campaign said Tuesday night.
The casualty estimate by Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, made in an interview with Cable News Network, is the only figure a top Pentagon official has ever provided.
It is far less than the numbers supplied by the Defense Intelligence Agency. The DIA said after the war that about 100,000 Iraqis had been killed and 300,000 wounded during the conflict.
Horner said Tuesday that the Iraqis “may have had 10,000, 20,000, maybe 30,000 casualties.”
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