Possibly the figure of 37,000 Iraqi civilians killed is inflated? We have no way of knowing for sure as we are pointedly not keeping track or reporting the figures ourselves. Some may remember our proud reports of "body counts" in Viet Nam -- which were most likely guestimates there, as we were dumping whatever wherever we could not claim direct military control. Bombing missions that had to be aborted because of bad weather conditions were routinely ordered to drop their bombs in areas designated as "free fire" zones -- where we had no idea who or what lived below. And so it goes again? How many more yet to come?
Needless to say killing people does not win friends or spread a message of a democracy that the world wishes to emulate. Ed Kent
Iraqi group: Civilian toll now 37,000 By Ahmed Janabi 31 July 2004
An Iraqi political group says more than 37,000 Iraqi civilians were killed between the start of the US-led invasion in March 2003 and October 2003.
FULL TEXT: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/66E32EAF-0E4E-4765-9339-594C323A777F.htm -- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) -- Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CollegeConversation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndingPoverty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/440neighborhood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudentConcerns
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