General Discussion

Having me on ignore doesn't absolve you from responsibility to accurately cite your sources, as you well know. Shutting your eyes and ears to my posts was your choice, so don't blame the messenger. I had no say in evaluating the fairness of your decision, nor do I have any say in when you may change your mind or for how long.

I told you many times that I will challenge you whether you respond or not. Putting me on ignore is your choice, which will not stop me from keeping my promise.

I am probably better aware of what ACLED stands for than you are, the reason being that I actually clicked on the link Al Jazeera provided in their article, which took me to page that has nothing to do with Al Jazeera's claims. Furthermore, I searched the ACLED cite for the information attributed to them, and I could find none. I also consulted with Mr. Google in the search of what you claimed Al Jazeera claimed, and Mr. Google told me that no source other than Al Jazeera and those who cite Al Jazeera ever made any claims resembling Al Jazeera's (I am paraphrasing Mr. Google here, to make my recollection of what Mr. Google related to me suitable for being posted on DU).

Apparently, despite making claims, you did less work (if any at all) to justify these claims than I did to challenge them.

Which, of course, makes any of your claims of casualties suspect, to say the least. Time and again, your sources turn out to be incomplete, inaccurate, unreliable, biased, non-existent or all of the above.