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=== News Update ===
WAR CRIMINAL
One million post-invasion Iraqi excess deaths
ignored - Silence of Mainstream media
MWC NEWS readers may have encountered a recent
article of mine in which the post-invasion excess
deaths (avoidable deaths, deaths that did not
have to happen) in Occupied Iraq were estimated
at 1 million (ONE MILLION). This estimate was
based on the very latest medical literature and
UN Population Division data sources that were
carefully documented in the 2 February 2007 article.
Accordingly I have RE-CALCULATED the
post-invasion Iraqi excess deaths as of March
2007, making 5 ESTIMATES using 4 INDEPENDENT SETS
OF DATA as set out below. The key sources are
UNICEF, the UN Population Division and scientific
papers from the top US medical epidemiology group
in the Worlds top Public Health Department (the
Bloomberg School of Public Health) at the top
Johns Hopkins University and published
peer-reviewed in the top medical journal The
Lancet (for further details and detailed
documentation of what follows see MWC News and HERE ):
(a) From UN Population Division Data using the
death rate in Iraqs peaceful but impoverished
neighbours Jordan and Syria as a baseline, the
post-invasion excess deaths in Occupied Iraq
totals 0.6 million (by way of comparison, the
corresponding post-invasion under-5 infant mortality figure is 0.5 million).
(b) Detailed analysis of infant mortality and
avoidable mortality (excess deaths) for every
country in the world since 1950 reveals that for
impoverished Third World countries under-5
infant mortality is about 0.7 times the total
avoidable mortality. From the latest UNICEF data
we see that 122,000 under-5 year old infants die
each year in Occupied Iraq i.e. 122,000 x 4 =
488,000 would have died over the 4 years since
the invasion; dividing by 0.7 yields an estimate
of 697,000 post-invasion avoidable deaths in Occupied Iraq i.e. 0.7 million.
(c) Roberts et al (2004) in The Lancet estimated
a post-invasion Iraqi annual death rate of 12.3
persons per 1,000 of population. Subtracting the
annual death rate in impoverished but peaceful
neighbouring Syria and Jordan (about 4 deaths per
1,000 of population) we get a post-invasion
annual avoidable death rate of 8.3 per 1,000 or
8,300 /million. Assuming an average population of
27 million this yields an estimated post-invasion
avoidable mortality of 8.3 x 27 x 4 = 896,000 i.e. 0.9 million.
(d) Using the latest 2006 Johns Hopkins data (
indicating 13.3 deaths annually per 1,000 people
and an Iraqi pre-invasion death rate of 5.5
deaths per 1,000) yields an excess death rate of
7.8 /1,000 i.e. 7,800 /million and a population
of 27 million yields excess deaths = 7,800 x 27 x 4 = 842,000 i.e. 0.8 million.
(e) Taking the 2006 Johns Hopkins data but using
a Jordan/Syria baseline of 4 deaths per 1,000 (as
opposed to a baseline of 5.5 deaths/1,000 for
Iraq after 12 years of crippling Sanctions) gives
an annual excess death rate of 9.3 per 1,000,
9,300/million and post-invasion excess deaths
totalling 9,300 x 27 x 4 = 1,004,400 i.e. 1.0 million as of March 2007.
source:
http://mwcnews.net/content/view/12904/42/
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The Deserter's Tale : American soldiers were
behaving like terrorists in the Iraq war
US Soldier Joshua Key has told Tony Jones about
his new book, which concludes that American
soldiers were behaving like terrorists in the
Iraq war, as a result of their training.
Video and transcript
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17271.htm
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Turn Off the Life Support: America is Dead
Turn off the life support. Disconnect the IVs.
Bring in the priest for last rites. The US of A
is brain dead with no chance for revival.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17265.htm
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Beyond Quagmire
The war in Iraq isn't over yet, but -- surge or
no surge -- the United States has already lost.
That's the grim consensus of a panel of experts
assembled by Rolling Stone to assess the future
of Iraq. "Even if we had a million men to go in,
it's too late now," says retired four-star Gen.
Tony McPeak, who served on the Joint Chiefs of
Staff during the Gulf War. "Humpty Dumpty can't be put back together again."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17270.htm
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The Four Unspeakable Truths
When it comes to Iraq, there are two kinds of
presidential candidates. The disciplined ones,
like Hillary Clinton, carefully avoid
acknowledging reality. The more candid, like John
McCain and Barack Obama, sometimes blurt out the truth, but quickly apologize.
http://www.slate.com/id/2161385/fr/rss/
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Iraq Is A Web Of Deceit
A TOP mover and shaker in the government of
George Dubya Bush faces up to 30 years in jail for lying about the Iraq war.
http://snipurl.com/1cl6h
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War Criminal : The Silence of the Lambs? A Cry to Raise Our Voices!
Proof of US orchestration of Death Squads
Killings in Iraq. Testimony of Iraqi torture
victim confirms the presence of US personnel at the infamous Jadiriyah bunker
http://www.brusselstribunal.org/FullerKillings.htm
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Killings drive women to become suicide bombers
Um Abdallah, 41, has a difficult task ahead of
her - she has to learn how to use a gun and begin
preparing for a day she believes is going to be
one of God's forgiveness and revenge against
foreign forces occupying her country.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YZHG-6Z4MBV?OpenDocument
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Iraq: The Hidden Cost Of The War
America won't simply be paying with its dead. The
Pentagon is trying to silence economists who
predict that several decades of care for the
wounded will amount to an unbelievable $2.5 trillion.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17268.htm
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Georgia to double troops in Iraq
Georgia has announced that it will more than
double the number of troops it has serving with
the US-led forces in Iraq from 850 to 2,000.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6433289.stm
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 8 March 2007
* Resistance car bomber blasts into US
checkpoint in al-Qaim, reportedly killing or
wounding nine Americans Thursday night.
* US, puppet forces arrest more than 50 men
and boys in raids in Thursday afternoon raids in ar-Ramadi.
* Al-Qaidah group blows up cellular phone tower in ar-Ramadi.
* Puppet regime troops gang rape widow east of ar-Ramadi Tuesday.
* Resistance fighters assault house used by
American troops as a headquarters south of al-Fallujah Thursday morning.
* Resistance bomb destroys fuel tanker
supplying US forces in ar-Rutbah Thursday morning.
* Four US Marines reported killed in
Resistance bomb attack in Abu Ghurayb Thursday afternoon.
* Resistance pounds Saddam International
Airport with missiles at noon Thursday.
* US forces storm onto al-Mustansiriyah
University campus early Thursday afternoon.
* US forces, puppet National Guards make
widespread, random arrests in al-Ghazaliyah midday Thursday.
* Resistance bomb kills four puppet policemen in Baghdad.
* Resistance assaults puppet police
checkpoint in western Baghdad, Thursday morning.
* Resistance ambushes US column in
ad-Duluiyah, sparking fierce battle Thursday afternoon.
* Resistance bomb destroys US Humvee in al-Habbaniyah midday Thursday.
* Resistance targets US al-Habbaniyah base.
* Tikrit University students, faculty, staff
protest constant raids on campus by puppet regime security forces.
* US ends blockade on Bayji after four days and 80 arrests.
* After mass arrests over two-day period: US
forces lift curfew in Samarra Thursday morning.
* Tuz Khurmatu, Resistance fighters kill
Jaysh al-Mahdi gunman Thursday morning.
* Resistance bomb disables US Humvee in Baqubah Wednesday night.
* Resistance bomb targets puppet police
patrol south of Kirkuk Thursday morning.
* Resistance car bomb kills two puppet
policemen in al-Mawsil Thursday afternoon.
http://www.albasrah.net/pages/mod.php?mod=art&lapage=../en_articles_2007/0307/iraqiresistancereport_080307.htm
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Israeli army 'used human shields'
The B'Tselem group said it had testimony from a
15-year-old boy, his 24-year-old cousin and also an 11-year-old girl.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6432133.stm
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Nablus: Operation "Hot Winter" - Interview with Human Shield: Video
This short interview was conducted in the
aftermath of the Israeli Occupation Forces'
operation "Hot Winter" in the West Bank city of Nablus.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17272.htm
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Jimmy Carter: Palestinians 'Victims of Oppression'
Despite the storm it ignited, former U.S.
president Jimmy Carter held fast Thursday to his
accusation that Israel oppresses the Palestinians
on the West Bank and Gaza and seeks to colonize the land.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/3/9/115738.shtml?s=ic
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Soldier dies in attack on Afghan base
View GalleryA British soldier was killed in a
grenade attack on his base in Afghanistan
yesterday, the Ministry of Defence said.
http://snipurl.com/1cl62
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Afghan Official a Convicted Trafficker
When the deal went down in Las Vegas, the seller
was introduced only as ``Mr. E.'' In a room at
Caesars Palace hotel, Mr. E exchanged a
pound-and-a-half bag of heroin for $65,000 cash -
unaware that the buyer was an undercover
detective. The sting landed him in Nevada state prison for nearly four years.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6467210,00.html
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Justice Dept.: FBI Misused Patriot Act - Dictatorship
The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally
used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain
personal information about people in the United
States, a Justice Department audit concluded Friday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17264.htm
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NSA Pressured LA Times To Kill Domestic Spying Story : Dictatorship
While working at AT&T headquarters in San
Francisco, Klein discovered (and had the courage
to speak out about) a secret eavesdropping room
that all of the company's traffic was routed through.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17269.htm
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Homeland Security revives supersnoop : Dictatorship
Homeland Security officials are testing a
supersnoop computer system that sifts through
personal information on U.S. citizens to detect
possible terrorist attacks, prompting concerns
from lawmakers who have called for investigations
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070308-124323-4382r.htm
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Ghawar Is Dead!
The Wide-Spread Use of Advanced Extraction
Techniques are Killing the Mother of All Oil Fields.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17266.htm
===
Oil, War and Geopolitics
A Must Watch - Video Lecture - Q &A - Michael
Klare. The Global Struggle Over Disappearing Petroleum . Real Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17273.htm
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Black Tuesday; Après le deluge
Last week the stock market bull plopped down on
an I.E.D. and wound up in intensive-care sucking
food from a straw and drifting in and out of
consciousness. That put Paulson on the road to
South Korea, Japan and China where hell meet up
with his foreign counterparts to strategize on
the deteriorating state of world markets. Its a daunting task.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17274.htm
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In Debt We Trust - America Before the Bubble Bursts
The Emmy-winning former ABC News and CNN
producer's new hard-hitting documentary
investigates why so many Americans are being
strangled by debt. It is a journalistic
confrontation with what former Reagan advisor
Kevin Phillips calls "Financialization"--the
"powerful emergence of a debt-and-credit industrial complex."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17267.htm
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Brazil Police Battle Bush Protesters
Police and anti-Bush protesters also clashed in
Colombia, where Bush is scheduled to visit on Sunday
http://snipurl.com/1cl6m
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