Re: [Futurework] even more disturbing stats

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 18:38:44 -0700

Harry,
 
I'm sorry, I underestimated. I was thinking only scientifically reported numbers, as per Les Roberts' figures, which I know you don't believe because the feds don't find it convenient to accept his numbers this time, though they did for two or three other reports he did for them (as per one of the previous Casey reports), plus Fallujah, plus the last insurgents-occupied town the US unsuccessfully evacuated early summer which they blasted to ashes. This would add up to approx 100,000 per annum, bearing in mind the year is not yet at an end, and Shock and Awe began in March, I believe. But I didn't include slower deaths that will be attributable to radiation poisoning from bombs and use of DU, reported as something else, starvation and dehydration resulting from the previous two years of lack of food stores and clean water, death due to cold or other illnesses that could have been avoided if the Iraqis had had electricity and fuel, etc.
 
Indirectly, still, there are the prior eleven years of sanctions against Iraq, primarily due to the USgovernment, Bush I influence, that caused death in children especially, in numbers estimated to be 100,000 per annum. UN estimates.
 
Having accepted what Katrina did and will do to people over the next ten years to follow for damage control and rebuilding, no bombs, no Shock and Awe campaign, no major ambient radiation, why do you choose not to accept the lethal impact of a US turkey shoot/infrastructural collapse/invasion in Iraq?
 
Yes, Africa. Well, not as much immediate money in it for the elite, as you are well aware. It's not about compassion, it's about making a few much richer. And interestingly, even though the reason for the Iraq invasion became crystal clear, the restructuring was allowed to be handled by the Halliburtons and the likes of Paul Bremer, who stole billions from the rebuilding fund that the Iraqis themselves paid for. And now in New Orleans, Halliburton is going to clean up on another disaster, and complacent people think they will be unaffected by this blatant elitist strategy. Why bother with Africa? Too much locally now, and so much cheaper to exploit! But soon, wherever there's oil, the US will be there to bring democracy.
 
Natalia
 
 
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: RE: [Futurework] even more disturbing stats

Natalia,

 

Where on earth did you get the nonsense that the US is causing 100,000 deaths a year in Iraq?

 

Are we doing better than I thought against the terrorists?

 

Perhaps we should do something about Africa, where a 100,000 deaths or so happen all the time.

 

Harry

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darryl and Natalia
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:56 PM
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Subject: [Futurework] even more disturbing stats

 

Guns inside of the US don't come close to touching the direct effects of US use of guns and other weaponry abroad. I think that 100,000 deaths per annum in Iraq should be included in US violent death stats, especially since Iraq is now owned by the US and its multinational corporations partners.

 

Natalia

 

Below, from Annimac's Trendletter @ http://www.annimac.com.au/trendletter

stats that are far scarier than the local ones of the Western world.  

 

WE WERE HUMANS
www.wewerehumans.com


The uproar of the poor becomes more acute when one thinks about the enormous cost that the "arms race" presents.

It has been estimated, that in 2000 the world spent 756 billion dollars on arms.

This figure would have been enough to feed for a year, 4 billion poor children (almost the entire population of the earth).

The price of a war tank is enough to build schools for 30 thousand students.

The cost of a jetfighter represents that of 40000 pharmacies.

90 countries are still suffering from the plague of the antipersonnel
landmines; 20.000 people a year become victims of these landmine
explosions.

Half of the victims of the last fifty years of conflicts have been children.

It is estimated that in the whole world there are more than 300.000 child soldiers.

In industrialized countries military expenses are 30 times greater than aid to developing countries.

The average price of a landmine

Production USD 8,00

Deactivation USD 5,000

Modern war's victims are:
34% children
59% civilians
7% Soldiers


*We Were Humans is a personal project of Allysson Lucca
with no profit purpose. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

Look at website for excellent graphics version of Miniature Earth info.

THE MINIATURE EARTH from CD version

If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, i.e. these are percentages of world population, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this:

61 Asians
12 Europeans
14 Americans (from North and South America)
13 Africans
01 Australian (Oceania)

50 women
50 men

10 are homosexuals

33 are Christian (Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox)
18 are Muslims
16 are Hindus
16 are non-religious
6 are Buddhists
11 practice other religions

41 live without basic sanitation
16 live without an improved water source

6 people own 59% of the entire wealth of the community

13 are hungry or malnourished
14 can't read
only 7 are educated at a secondary level
only 8 have a computer
only 4 have an internet connection

1 adult, aged 15-49, has HIV/AIDS.

Of the village's total annual expenditures of just over US$ 3,000,000 per year:
US$ 181,000 is spent on weapons and warfare...
US$ 159,000 is spent on education...
US$ 132,000 is spent on health care.

If you keep your food in a refrigerator
and your clothes in a closet
if you have a roof over your head
and have a bed to sleep in
you are richer than 75% of the entire world population.

If you have a bank account
you're one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world.

25 struggle to live on US$ 1.00 per day or less...
47 struggle to live on US$ 2.00 per day or less.

Work with passion
Love without needing to be loved
Appreciate what you have
and do your best for a better world.

 

 

The fastest growing section of the population is the “oldest-olds”; the over eighties. By 2050 there will be 2.2 million people All mail scanned by NAV

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