50,000 Dead Iraqi Citizens: Define “Victory” For Me at connecting*the*dots

June 25th, 2006

50,000 Dead Iraqi Citizens: Define “Victory” For Me

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Iraqi Death Toll Over 50,000, ‘L.A. Times’ Reveals

At least 50,000 Iraqis, mostly civilians, have died violently since the 2003 U.S. invasion, according to statistics from the Baghdad morgue, the Iraqi Health Ministry and other agencies, the Los Angeles Times reports today. This is “a toll 20,000 higher than previously acknowledged by the Bush administration,” the newspaper declares.

“The toll, which is dominated by civilians but probably also includes some security forces and insurgents, is daunting: Proportionately, it’s as if 600,000 Americans had been killed nationwide during the last three years,” the Times observes.

In the same period, at least 2,520 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including four today and 18 or more this week.

“Many more Iraqis are believed to have been killed but have not been counted because of serious lapses in recording the number of deaths in the chaotic first year after the invasion, when there was no functioning Iraqi government, and continued spotty reporting nationwide,” the Times relates.

Health Ministry figures for May shows the rate of war-related deaths nearly tripling nationwide, from 334 in May 2004 to 1,154 last month.

“The documented cases show a country descending further into violence,” the Times concludes.

“At the Baghdad morgue, the vast majority of bodies processed had been shot execution-style. Many showed signs of torture â€” drill holes, burns, missing eyes and limbs, officials said. Others had been strangled, beheaded, stabbed or beaten to death.”

Am I the only one blown away by that proportionality statement? To the rest of the world, and any American with a soul not obfuscated by their political or sovereignty lens, the number serves as the exact degree to which the US has responded to the 3,000+ death count of 9/11/2001. 200 times over…

And we’re in for The Long War?

It’s sick.

Tags: activism, America, bodycount, citizen, death, Iraq War, murder, New World Order, soldier, The Long War.

7 Responses to “50,000 Dead Iraqi Citizens: Define “Victory” For Me”

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1 adam Sep 20th, 2006 at 5:51 am

and the general Iraqi consensus is that we westerners are evil? At least we are not killing each other off at an alarming rate…and never in the name of……just like the jews…if you say anything, they scream hatred…so there seems to be no way to reason. I also don’t respect a holy book that has guidelines for killing an enemy, sounds more like a brainwashing and terror manual. Why is it that you have to hide from the enemy your so valiantly fighting with no fear and god on your side, but the innocent men women and children of iraq are turning up dead & disfigured……and the westerners are called dogs? I have nothing against the iraqi people and islam….just a problem with extremist ideology and certain texts.

…take the pope for example, they never really heard what he said….just what they wanted to hear…..now they are holding those words true….burning effigies, flags, killing nuns…..self fulfilling prophecy…..the muslims continue to put down westerners and there way of life everyday, yet where are the slayings of muslims? Burning of flags? Anti iraqi sentiments broadcast on the evening news?….none, because we have evolved….living side by side with one another, regardless of race, colour or creed.
2 adam Sep 20th, 2006 at 5:54 am

The above is the defenition of victory for me…..living together and aknowledging each others differences….it’s so simple….