Lots of bloodsoaked bloggers in Cyberville tonight, having invested a lot of time this afternoon and early evening eviscerating this report by New Hampshire-Durham’s Marc Herold, professor (or, as the MediaFile site has it, “Progfessor”) of Economics and Women’s Studies. Herold’s “research” (yawn) purports to expose the “true number” of civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Left unanswered, of course, is how a professor of Economics and Women’s Studies is qualified for this type of research — though we do know that one of the sources Doc Herold relies upon is none other than (…’Lisbeth…I’m comin’ to join ya’, honey…wid’ a copy’a th’ Guardian under ma’ arm, a-and surrender in my soul…)… Robert Fisk (last seen retaliating against himself for coveting a warm shower and some clean linen). Additional “credible” sources cited by the prof (prog?) include Al-Jazeera, the Afghan Islamic Press, and Znet.

As Charles Johnson at LGF notes, “This is an anti-American tract masquerading as an academic study; it