So HOW MANY are REALLY DEAD?
MORE than 2 MILLION by now?
"Iraq officials say 85,000-plus Iraqis killed in 5 years of war; 147,195 injured, Human Rights Ministry says" by Rebecca Santana, Associated Press | October 15, 2009
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s government said at least 85,000 Iraqis were killed from 2004 to 2008, officially answering one of the biggest questions of the conflict - how many perished in the sectarian violence that nearly led to a civil war.
What remains unanswered by the government is how many died in the 2003 US invasion and in the months of chaos that followed it.
That CONTINUES to THIS DAY!
See: Occupation Iraq: Slow Saturday Violence Special
So VIOLENCE is only DOWN because the MSM KEEP REPEATING IT (like you would repeat a li.... uh-oh!)
A report by the Human Rights Ministry said 85,694 people were killed from the beginning of 2004 to Oct. 31, 2008 and 147,195 were wounded. The figures included Iraqi civilians, military and police but did not cover US military deaths, insurgents, or foreigners, including contractors. And it did not include the first months of the war after the 2003 US-led invasion.
Well, THAT SURE IS a SWITCH here in an AmeriKan newspaper!!!!
It is RARE to see ANY TOTALING of IRAQ DEAD!
The Associated Press reported similar figures in April based on government statistics obtained by the AP showing that the government had recorded 87,215 Iraqi deaths from 2005 to February 2009. The toll included violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings.
After they said they were not keeping track?
Until the Associated Press report, the government’s toll of Iraqi deaths had been one of the war’s most closely guarded secrets.
But HOW CAN THAT BE with the FREE PRESS od the WEST, huh?
Both supporters and opponents of the conflict have accused the other of manipulating the toll to sway public opinion.
Pot paper hollering kettle again?
The 85,694 represents about 0.3 percent of Iraq’s estimated 29 million population.
If it is the 2 MILLION figure I suspect is TRULY the TOTAL, then that is 6.89% figure folks! SEVEN PERCENT of the POPULATION DEAD by BUSH'S (now Obama's) WARS!!!
In a sign of how significant the numbers are, that would be akin to the United States losing about 900,000 people over a similar period.
And if my figures are accurate, you get OVER 20 MILLION (blog editor's eyes just fell out of head and onto floor; pdorvmrv omoow mo kdosw d skxs i0w eiijq)
Violence in Iraq has declined dramatically since the height of the fighting but almost every Iraqi family has a story of relatives killed, maimed or missing. Ali Khalil, 27, of Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood, said he was not surprised by the government’s figures.
“I expect that the real numbers of the people killed are higher than this,’’ said Khalil, whose father was shot in late 2006. He added that he did not think the country would return to the high numbers of dead in the future because security has improved. “We have already lost dear ones, and we hope that our sadness and losses will cease.’’
Iraq’s death toll continued to climb yesterday when three near simultaneous blasts struck the southern Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing at least six people.
Related(?): Occupation Iraq: British Back In Iraq
If not, that sure is tortured logic on the part of the "waning insurgency."
Didn't someone tell them WE ARE LEAVING?!
According to the ministry’s report, the dead included 1,279 children and 2,334 women. At least 263 university professors, 21 judges, 95 lawyers, and 269 journalists were killed - professions which were specifically targeted as the country descended into chaos....
Yeah, who would want to do that?
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Here are more innocents sacrificed for lies:
"Sunni leader, 7 others slain in attack north of Baghdad" by Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press | October 14, 2009
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed the leader of a US-backed Sunni paramilitary group and seven others north of Baghdad yesterday, the third attack in as many days in a heavily populated Sunni area, a police official said.
The bombing hit a market in the town of Buhriz, a former Saddam Hussein stronghold that was also the scene of an attack on Monday that killed the mayor. It raised concerns that escalating violence toward the Sunni minority could destabilize Iraq as it prepares for national elections early next year.
So you will JUST HAVE TO GUT IT OUT and STAY, America -- as the neo-con war planners had ALWAYS INTENDED!!
Violence dropped off dramatically in Iraq after local Sunni tribes, known as Awakening Councils, aligned themselves with US forces. That alliance against Al Qaeda was seen as a key turning point in the war...
Yeah, except it is OBVIOUS that the SURGE FAILED!
Also see: Occupation Iraq: Death Toll Unknown
