Re: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd)
It's not about numbers, but that violent solutions to human conflicts have gone on too long. When do we grow up? - Original Message - From: Alan Sondheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@listserv.utoronto.ca Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:39 PM Subject: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:04:44 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:43 PM BST By Irwin Arieff Reuters UK http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=191558+11-Jul-2005+RTRSsrch=death+iraqi UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some 39,000 Iraqis have been killed as a direct result of combat or armed violence since the U.S.-led invasion, a figure considerably higher than previous estimates, a Swiss institute reported on Monday. The public database Iraqi Body Count, by comparison, estimates that between 22,787 and 25,814 Iraqi civilians have died since the March 2003 invasion, based on reports from at least two media sources. No official estimates of Iraqi casualties from the war have been issued, although military deaths from the U.S.-led coalition forces are closely tracked and now total 1,937. The new estimate was compiled by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies and published in its latest annual small arms survey, released at a U.N. news conference. It builds on a study published in The Lancet last October, which concluded there had been 100,000 excess deaths in Iraq from all causes since March 2003. That figure was derived by conducting surveys of Iraqi mortality data during the war and comparing the results to similar data collected before the war. The government rejected The Lancet's conclusions shortly after their publication. The Swiss institute said it arrived at its estimate of Iraqi deaths resulting solely from either combat or armed violence by re-examining the raw data gathered for the Lancet study and classifying the cause of death when it could. Its 2005 small arms survey generally concludes that conflict deaths from small arms have been vastly underreported in the past, not just in Iraq but around the globe. The total number of direct victims of such weapons likely totaled 80,000 to 108,000 during 2003, for example, compared to earlier estimates by other researchers of 27,000 to 51,000 deaths from small arms that year. INACCURATE ESTIMATES The undercounting is due mainly to a paucity of hard data and an over-reliance by analysts on estimates based on government and media accounts of wars, which are often inaccurate, according to the 2005 survey. The number of indirect deaths around the world that can be blamed on small arms has also been underestimated, as these types of weapons typically trigger significant social disruption that leads to malnutrition, starvation, and death from preventable disease, according to the survey. Depending on the nature of the conflict, small arms cause between 60 percent and 90 percent of all direct war deaths, the study said. Following a formula developed at the United Nations, the small arms survey covers a broad range of hand-held arms, ranging from pistols and rifles to military-style machine guns, small mortars and portable anti-tank systems. The survey's release coincided with the opening of a weeklong U.N. conference intended to assess progress on a U.N. action plan for cracking down on the illicit global trade in small arms, adopted in 2001. While worldwide public attention is riveted on the devastating potential of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, small arms typically carried by a single individual are the real weapons of mass destruction, said Ambassador Pasi Patokallio of Finland, the conference's chairman. Heavy concentrations of small arms in a region are often enough to fuel a conflict, the small arms survey said. In the tense Middle East, for example, private gun ownership is widespread and on the rise, and representatives of several governments have expressed concern that gun violence is becoming a major threat to public safety and a source of regional instability, the survey reported. It estimated that 45 million to 90 million small arms were in the hands of civilians across that region. © Reuters 2005. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. Close This Window ___ portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, discussion and debate service of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. It aims to provide varied material
Re: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd)
We _are_ grown up. This is us. Alan On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Joel Weishaus wrote: It's not about numbers, but that violent solutions to human conflicts have gone on too long. When do we grow up? - Original Message - From: Alan Sondheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@listserv.utoronto.ca Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:39 PM Subject: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:04:44 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:43 PM BST By Irwin Arieff Reuters UK http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=191558+11-Jul-2005+RTRSsrch=death+iraqi UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some 39,000 Iraqis have been killed as a direct result of combat or armed violence since the U.S.-led invasion, a figure considerably higher than previous estimates, a Swiss institute reported on Monday. The public database Iraqi Body Count, by comparison, estimates that between 22,787 and 25,814 Iraqi civilians have died since the March 2003 invasion, based on reports from at least two media sources. No official estimates of Iraqi casualties from the war have been issued, although military deaths from the U.S.-led coalition forces are closely tracked and now total 1,937. The new estimate was compiled by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies and published in its latest annual small arms survey, released at a U.N. news conference. It builds on a study published in The Lancet last October, which concluded there had been 100,000 excess deaths in Iraq from all causes since March 2003. That figure was derived by conducting surveys of Iraqi mortality data during the war and comparing the results to similar data collected before the war. The government rejected The Lancet's conclusions shortly after their publication. The Swiss institute said it arrived at its estimate of Iraqi deaths resulting solely from either combat or armed violence by re-examining the raw data gathered for the Lancet study and classifying the cause of death when it could. Its 2005 small arms survey generally concludes that conflict deaths from small arms have been vastly underreported in the past, not just in Iraq but around the globe. The total number of direct victims of such weapons likely totaled 80,000 to 108,000 during 2003, for example, compared to earlier estimates by other researchers of 27,000 to 51,000 deaths from small arms that year. INACCURATE ESTIMATES The undercounting is due mainly to a paucity of hard data and an over-reliance by analysts on estimates based on government and media accounts of wars, which are often inaccurate, according to the 2005 survey. The number of indirect deaths around the world that can be blamed on small arms has also been underestimated, as these types of weapons typically trigger significant social disruption that leads to malnutrition, starvation, and death from preventable disease, according to the survey. Depending on the nature of the conflict, small arms cause between 60 percent and 90 percent of all direct war deaths, the study said. Following a formula developed at the United Nations, the small arms survey covers a broad range of hand-held arms, ranging from pistols and rifles to military-style machine guns, small mortars and portable anti-tank systems. The survey's release coincided with the opening of a weeklong U.N. conference intended to assess progress on a U.N. action plan for cracking down on the illicit global trade in small arms, adopted in 2001. While worldwide public attention is riveted on the devastating potential of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, small arms typically carried by a single individual are the real weapons of mass destruction, said Ambassador Pasi Patokallio of Finland, the conference's chairman. Heavy concentrations of small arms in a region are often enough to fuel a conflict, the small arms survey said. In the tense Middle East, for example, private gun ownership is widespread and on the rise, and representatives of several governments have expressed concern that gun violence is becoming a major threat to public safety and a source of regional instability, the survey reported. It estimated that 45 million to 90 million small arms were in the hands of civilians across that region. © Reuters 2005. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. Close This Window ___ portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, discussion and debate service
Re: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd)
No, these are acts of adolescents playing grown-up. - Original Message - From: Alan Sondheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@listserv.utoronto.ca Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:07 AM Subject: Re: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd) We _are_ grown up. This is us. Alan On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Joel Weishaus wrote: It's not about numbers, but that violent solutions to human conflicts have gone on too long. When do we grow up? - Original Message - From: Alan Sondheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WRYTING-L@listserv.utoronto.ca Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:39 PM Subject: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:04:44 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:43 PM BST By Irwin Arieff Reuters UK http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=191558+11-Jul-2005+RTRSsrch=death+iraqi UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some 39,000 Iraqis have been killed as a direct result of combat or armed violence since the U.S.-led invasion, a figure considerably higher than previous estimates, a Swiss institute reported on Monday. The public database Iraqi Body Count, by comparison, estimates that between 22,787 and 25,814 Iraqi civilians have died since the March 2003 invasion, based on reports from at least two media sources. No official estimates of Iraqi casualties from the war have been issued, although military deaths from the U.S.-led coalition forces are closely tracked and now total 1,937. The new estimate was compiled by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies and published in its latest annual small arms survey, released at a U.N. news conference. It builds on a study published in The Lancet last October, which concluded there had been 100,000 excess deaths in Iraq from all causes since March 2003. That figure was derived by conducting surveys of Iraqi mortality data during the war and comparing the results to similar data collected before the war. The government rejected The Lancet's conclusions shortly after their publication. The Swiss institute said it arrived at its estimate of Iraqi deaths resulting solely from either combat or armed violence by re-examining the raw data gathered for the Lancet study and classifying the cause of death when it could. Its 2005 small arms survey generally concludes that conflict deaths from small arms have been vastly underreported in the past, not just in Iraq but around the globe. The total number of direct victims of such weapons likely totaled 80,000 to 108,000 during 2003, for example, compared to earlier estimates by other researchers of 27,000 to 51,000 deaths from small arms that year. INACCURATE ESTIMATES The undercounting is due mainly to a paucity of hard data and an over-reliance by analysts on estimates based on government and media accounts of wars, which are often inaccurate, according to the 2005 survey. The number of indirect deaths around the world that can be blamed on small arms has also been underestimated, as these types of weapons typically trigger significant social disruption that leads to malnutrition, starvation, and death from preventable disease, according to the survey. Depending on the nature of the conflict, small arms cause between 60 percent and 90 percent of all direct war deaths, the study said. Following a formula developed at the United Nations, the small arms survey covers a broad range of hand-held arms, ranging from pistols and rifles to military-style machine guns, small mortars and portable anti-tank systems. The survey's release coincided with the opening of a weeklong U.N. conference intended to assess progress on a U.N. action plan for cracking down on the illicit global trade in small arms, adopted in 2001. While worldwide public attention is riveted on the devastating potential of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, small arms typically carried by a single individual are the real weapons of mass destruction, said Ambassador Pasi Patokallio of Finland, the conference's chairman. Heavy concentrations of small arms in a region are often enough to fuel a conflict, the small arms survey said. In the tense Middle East, for example, private gun ownership is widespread and on the rise, and representatives of several governments have expressed concern that gun violence is becoming a major threat to public safety and a source of regional instability, the survey reported. It estimated that 45 million to 90 million small arms were in the hands of civilians across that region. © Reuters 2005. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly
39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:04:44 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study 39,000 Iraqis killed in fighting - study Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:43 PM BST By Irwin Arieff Reuters UK http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=191558+11-Jul-2005+RTRSsrch=death+iraqi UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some 39,000 Iraqis have been killed as a direct result of combat or armed violence since the U.S.-led invasion, a figure considerably higher than previous estimates, a Swiss institute reported on Monday. The public database Iraqi Body Count, by comparison, estimates that between 22,787 and 25,814 Iraqi civilians have died since the March 2003 invasion, based on reports from at least two media sources. No official estimates of Iraqi casualties from the war have been issued, although military deaths from the U.S.-led coalition forces are closely tracked and now total 1,937. The new estimate was compiled by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies and published in its latest annual small arms survey, released at a U.N. news conference. It builds on a study published in The Lancet last October, which concluded there had been 100,000 excess deaths in Iraq from all causes since March 2003. That figure was derived by conducting surveys of Iraqi mortality data during the war and comparing the results to similar data collected before the war. The government rejected The Lancet's conclusions shortly after their publication. The Swiss institute said it arrived at its estimate of Iraqi deaths resulting solely from either combat or armed violence by re-examining the raw data gathered for the Lancet study and classifying the cause of death when it could. Its 2005 small arms survey generally concludes that conflict deaths from small arms have been vastly underreported in the past, not just in Iraq but around the globe. The total number of direct victims of such weapons likely totaled 80,000 to 108,000 during 2003, for example, compared to earlier estimates by other researchers of 27,000 to 51,000 deaths from small arms that year. INACCURATE ESTIMATES The undercounting is due mainly to a paucity of hard data and an over-reliance by analysts on estimates based on government and media accounts of wars, which are often inaccurate, according to the 2005 survey. The number of indirect deaths around the world that can be blamed on small arms has also been underestimated, as these types of weapons typically trigger significant social disruption that leads to malnutrition, starvation, and death from preventable disease, according to the survey. Depending on the nature of the conflict, small arms cause between 60 percent and 90 percent of all direct war deaths, the study said. Following a formula developed at the United Nations, the small arms survey covers a broad range of hand-held arms, ranging from pistols and rifles to military-style machine guns, small mortars and portable anti-tank systems. The survey's release coincided with the opening of a weeklong U.N. conference intended to assess progress on a U.N. action plan for cracking down on the illicit global trade in small arms, adopted in 2001. While worldwide public attention is riveted on the devastating potential of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, small arms typically carried by a single individual are the real weapons of mass destruction, said Ambassador Pasi Patokallio of Finland, the conference's chairman. Heavy concentrations of small arms in a region are often enough to fuel a conflict, the small arms survey said. In the tense Middle East, for example, private gun ownership is widespread and on the rise, and representatives of several governments have expressed concern that gun violence is becoming a major threat to public safety and a source of regional instability, the survey reported. It estimated that 45 million to 90 million small arms were in the hands of civilians across that region. ? Reuters 2005. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. Close This Window ___ portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, discussion and debate service of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. It aims to provide varied material of interest to people on the left. For answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.portside.org/faq To subscribe, unsubscribe or change settings: http://lists.portside.org/mailman/listinfo/portside To submit material, paste into an email and send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postings are moderated) For
