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100,000 Civilians Dead in Iraq

Posted by michael on from the one-is-a-tragedy-100,000-is-a-statistic dept.

asldihf writes "New Scientist is reporting that 100,000 civilians in Iraq are now dead due to America's war in Iraq. Make sure you vote next week."

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  1. But isn't America safer now? by sgant · · Score: 1, Troll

    With those 100,000 dead....200,000 if you include Falluja according to the article, don't you sleep better at night here in the US, knowing that we're safer now?

    Bush says it's a success in Iraq! We got rid of the dictator...so the Iraqi people should just bow down to us and totally accept democracy and throw roses and chocolates to our soldiers who are helping to make their country safe!

    So if by "success" Bush means "total fucking fiasco" then yes...it was a success.

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  2. Re:The important question... by presearch · · Score: 0, Troll

    Somebody always steps up to rationalize genocide. I guess it's your turn.

  3. Peace is breaking out. by sybert · · Score: 0, Troll

    The World is now more peaceful than ever. Both the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Project Ploughshares report that the number of conflicts and the total bloodshed declined to new lows in 2003. Bush has ended the 25 years of war in Afghanistan. The Administration has also negotiated a cease-fire in southern Sudan, ending a civil war that killed over two million people, and the Administration has kept Darfur from turning into another Rwanda. Bloodshed has also decreased in Palestine, Kashmir, and Africa. Now Iraq is about to become an model of peace, democracy, and freedom.

    While Clinton was busy negotiating "peace" with Arafat, 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda, 1 million died in war in Sudan, hundreds of thousands died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the world did not seem to care. With Bush as president, the rest of the world actually seems to care about innocent bloodshed. The more that war leads the news, the faster peace breaks out.

    1. Re:Peace is breaking out. by NotoriousQ · · Score: 1, Troll

      I wish I had mod points. This at least deserves to be seen.

      Yeah Now Iraq is about to become an model of peace, democracy, and freedom. is a BIT exaggerated. It will turn into "a" democracy in a while. It is not going to be too peaceful, but it will be a democracy.

      Bloodshed has also decreased in Palestine

      Not knowing total figures, I can not say that that is correct. However, violence there kept at about the same level for the duration of the conflict.

      It is the second paragraph that is the most interesting. Where was the UN when Rwanda massacres were occuring. Oh yeah, they were criticizing israel on the occupation (at that point without much bloodshed) of "Palestinians". That makes me have much faith in the UN. The only thing that the UN has been correct about is that we need to do something about the AIDS epidemic. Of course no constructive suggestions were actually offered.

      So whoever kept modding this down as a troll, why do you not want this seen. Why are you disinforming people? Why do you want to censor information?

      Sigh...

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  4. Re: Yes, and don't forget by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    There are no civilians in Fallujah, or anywhere else in the Sunni Triangle- just future suicide bombers. Might as well get 'em while they are young.

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  5. Re:Peace is breaking out. TROLL MY ASS! by gp310ad · · Score: 0, Troll

    The post is informative and includes only a small portion of the authors opinion. It is no more a troll than posting the article was. The article is clearly written to pander and support. How so? Well the authors fail to point out that they make NO DISTINCTION between civilian combatants and non-combatants! Hell, you can tell they are being disenenous with just a little time researching facts reported in the news. Suicide bomber kills 50 iraqi's in queue for police jobs. Thos 50 are civilians! Who killed 'em? Civilians. When the Iraqi police retaliate, who do they kill? Civilians! It is now a civil war with the 'coalition' on the side of the majority. We had one of these right here in the USA! Lots of people died. Was it the wrong war at the wrong time? IMO, any time the majority of the population is willing to fight to overthrow an oppressive govt. they deserve help. Hell, if the USA govt. becomes overly opressive, it's gonna happen in the USA. If a 'coalition' helps with that overthrow, will it be 'wrong war, wrong time'? Unless you are the oppressor, liberty is the highest morality for any people.

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  6. Re: Yes, and don't forget by tsm_sf · · Score: 0, Troll

    We don't want to kill anyone we don't have to

    Nice attitude towards human life you got there, pal. Maybe you'd like to get into a line of work where killing innocent civilians isn't something you have to make excuses for.

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