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rlev1223 Donating Member (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 02:25 PM
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Iraqi civilian death toll possibly much higher than est.
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Robbie67 Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 02:51 PM
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1. Of course
Should anyone believe an official American count of Iraqi casualties? It's in their best interests to downplay the damage they caused.

Case in point, the Pentagon, to this day, claims that only 506 civilians died in our invasion of Panama. Every other count, by international groups and commissions, place the toll at 2,000 or better.

Iraq is a big graveyard, and after the first Iraq war and 12 years of sanctions, in addition to this little war, we have nearly committed genocidal acts against the Iraqi people. America doesn't want anyone to hear about this. I'd bet they already have a flowery version of the war ready for some Hollywood film to be released soon.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-28-04 03:03 PM
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2. That's just the thing - there is no official US count of Iraqi civilian
casualties. The express policy is to not count. Unless you're counting 'enemy fighters' killed in a particular operation.

More like Vietnam every day.
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