More dead babies in Iraq

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More dead babies in Iraq
by Mary Shaw | May 10 2007

More than four years ago, George W. Bush invaded Iraq, telling us that he was going to liberate the Iraqi people.

Would someone please give the president a dictionary?

According to an article yesterday in the British newspaper The Independent, there has been a huge rise in the mortality among young children in Iraq, "leaving statistics that were once the envy of the Arab world now comparable with those of sub-Saharan Africa."

The article goes on to say that a study by the Save the Children charity found that "in 1990 Iraq's mortality rate for under-fives was 50 per 1,000 live births. In 2005 it was 125. While many other countries have higher rates - Angola, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, for instance, all have rates above 200 - the increase in Iraq is higher than elsewhere."

Of course the earlier sanctions didn't help. But then Bush blew up the country's infrastructure; hospitals are hurting; doctors are leaving Iraq in droves; and, of course, so many Iraqi children are simply hapless casualties of the war that Bush started for no good reason.

That doesn't sound like liberation to me.

If there's a such thing as a collective national karma, we're f**ked. :cry:

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It's fun to hang out with the reality-based, deep-thinking community, isn't it?

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Maybe in Right Wing Fantasy World.

There is a difference between a 3 year old child dying and a 6 week fetus.

surely even you can understand that?

:popcorn:

:D

Fake ‘right to life’ creeps are only concerned with babies who still reside in a woman’s womb. Once born, they couldn’t give a shit.

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Is a zygote a child? When the sperm and egg combine is that officially a life? And if the fertiilzed egg doesn't take in the woman's womb is that a "death" of a child?

if george had not decided to destroy their country. Is that so hard to figure out?

old fetus and a 4 year old child.

Now please explain why your here and BTW Che' ceased to be a Lefty hero 30 years ago
Bye bye

Does masturbation count as murder as well? Since every sperm is a potential baby? What about women who aren't pregnant every 9 months? Because every month a woman ovulates "wastes" a potential baby?

And are child vaccinations good or bad?

You'll have to ask your sister about your statistic.

It's one thing to choose not bring a child into the world and end a pregnancy before the (for the biblically inclined), experiences "the breath of life". It's quite another for a wanted child to be brought into the world only to die due to horrific conditions perpetrated by us, a "Christian nation".

See the difference?

For bonus points, who can tell us what the bible says about abortion? Anyone? There is a penalty for bringing about the death of an unborn baby, as well as for causing the death of the mother. First one with correct answer wins an all expense paid trip to the Lounge.

Julie

dying because of our presence there. We are basically killing them. Isn't that good enough for you? Does that make you feel proud?

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you are. :eyes: I get my righteous indignation from disgust and shame at my government. You should try it.

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with kids dying in Iraq?
And while only 40% may have turned out in November, they seemed to have voted the right way, and seem to agree with most people on DU. Their vote speaks volumes about their disgust with the admin, doncha think?

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however we do have friends there we talk to quite regularly, so tell us what you refer to the Iraqis as, be honest 'cause I have heard and ya know people tend to be more honest when your not pointing a gun at them

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lying or that I do not know what I am talking about or both?

Against international law and with ZERO evidence of WMD, and against the wishes of the vast majority of the Iraqi people, 30 thousand CIVILIANS of whom we slaughtered in the opening salvos of "shock and awe"...

You choose strange things to be proud of...

otherwise leads to cognitive dissonance.

it why rapist justify their rapes saying the women deserved it.

than if you read the news. thats a stupid argument.

I pick the child here on earth. Although fundie freaks only recognize the fetus. Fuck em when they are born.

Welcome - if you aren't already gone. :hi:

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Embryos and fetuses are not babies, pal.

the Hague!! EfuggingNOUGH!

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then it's quite clear why you don't get it.

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You're referring to the loss of habeas corpus and personal privacy under this fascist regime, right?

Yes. Of course you are. :eyes:

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is oil revenues, as far as your noble fight I have it on good word from a Kurd that things were better under Sadam.

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you never answered the question about what the Iraqis are referred to as.

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That's not fun. x(

Anyways, onto the OP, of course we are liberating them, liberating them from their mortal coils. :sarcasm: