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Old 03-26-2007   #1 (permalink)
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600,000 + Iraqi casualties ?
I just read a report on BBC news about Iraqi casualties. If true, this is horrific news. It equates to an average of 500 per day since the invasion began....
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How many were killed by other Iraqis I wonder? IE in Suicide bombings.....
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Worse, can anyone even venture a guess for how far along all this is?
Halfway?
Less? More?

What a pandora's box of tragedy ...
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How many were killed by other Iraqis I wonder? IE in Suicide bombings.....
An awful lot I imagine.

One thing we might consider, one of the objectives of the invasion was to achieve the overthrow of Saddam who was brutalising the people ( I think we would all agree to this?).
We have unleased a situation that far exceeds the worst figures on his gas attacks and it isnt close to being over.
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September 2008 according to the House. I'd ask George what he thinks about that though.
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This report is from October 2006.
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Here is the article from BBC. The article was posted today.
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We have unleased a situation that far exceeds the worst figures on his gas attacks and it isnt close to being over.
I am shocked by this report's figure. I have been following the body count horror on and off for the past five years through this site which puts the number at roughly 10% of the Lancet report. But really -- what difference if it's 60 or 600 thousand when every one of those people was somebody's mother or father or sibling or child?

I can hardly bear to read anything more about Iraq -- my heart breaks to think of the people living -- or just trying to stay alive -- there. I'm not religious, but I still send my silent, insignificant little hopes for peace and safety to the people of Iraq every day.
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Having just read THE END OF IRAQ by Peter Galbraith, I concur that the only answer is to petition the place, There is no one "Iraqi people" - never really has been.
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Having just read THE END OF IRAQ by Peter Galbraith, I concur that the only answer is to petition the place, There is no one "Iraqi people" - never really has been.
kinda like the US...there's Texas and the rest of ya'll.........partition good...ya'll can keep Oklahoma
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kinda like the US...there's Texas and the rest of ya'll.........partition good...ya'll can keep Oklahoma
Or like the so called Palestinians.
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Or like the so called Palestinians.
Or the so called Americans all those years ago?
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Let's not forget about the American Indians...
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Or the Indian Indians.
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Can we forget about the Cleveland Indians at least?

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Or the Indian Indians.
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