Memorial Day | May 26, 2009 | 2 comments

Iraq Body Count

source: http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/05/24/memorial-day-iraq-war-dad/

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Officially, Memorial Day is a day of observance for US war dead. But US victims are a small minority of the dead in the US war on Iraq and Afghanistan. Close to five thousand US names appear on the official US death rolls so far, but the number for Iraqis and Afghans is many times that. Forty-six civilians died in car bomb and gun-attacks in Iraq as recently as May 20th and the death toll from US attacks on Afghanistan and Pakistan continue to mount. An official Afghan government inquiry found that 140 civilians, including 93 children, died in the US air attack of May 4th. Other sources have put the death toll even higher. Derived from the website Iraq Body Count, GRITtv lists here -- in memoriam -- only deaths recorded in 2009.

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  • Ragan
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      Ragan  

    • It doesn't matter, the US has turned Iraq into a puppet death house. Even Sadaam only killed those terrorists that were a threat to the Iraqi people and himself.

    • 3 years ago
  • Submersible
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      Submersible  

    • I think it very important to consider the source of this information and look at their web site. Some reports indicate that up to 10 times as many people have been killed in Iraq since the war started, and I would be willing to bet that at least 90% of them were killed for 'guilt by association'... living as a Muslim.
      The quote and 'logo' on top of the Iraq body count is almost ironic enough to be comical, if my tax money wasn't partially responsible for murdering innocent women and children for their religious belief's.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFMPMo7p90

      Do you think anyone will ever say... "God forgive them for they know not what they do." ??

    • 3 years ago
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