US Caused More Deaths in Iraq Than Saddam, Says Anti-War Tribunal

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US Caused More Deaths in Iraq Than Saddam, Says Anti-War Tribunal

ISTANBUL - The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI), a grouping of NGOs, intellectuals and writers opposed to the war in Iraq, on Friday accused the United States of causing more deaths in Iraq than ousted president Saddam Hussein.

“With two wars and 13 years of criminal sanctions, the United States have been responsible for more deaths in Iraq than Saddam Hussein,” Larry Everest, a journalist, told hundreds of anti-war activists gathered in Istanbul.

Founded in 2003, the WTI is modelled on the 1960s Russell Tribunal, created by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell to denounce the war in Vietnam. It has held about 20 sessions so far in different locations around the world.0919 01

A symbolic verdict was to be handed down on Monday by the 14 “jurors of conscience” — including the militant Indian novelist Arundhati Roy, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize for “The God of Small Things.”

The tribunal has for the past two years been gathering what it says is evidence that the war launched in March 2003 to oust Saddam was illegal, and it has also been gathering evidence of exactions allegedly committed by coalition troops.

Its verdict on Monday after its final session is expected to condemn both the United States and Britain.

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1. But they are non white, non christians so they don't count

but conservatives confuse me so much. THEY SEEMED TO COUNT SO MUCH WHEN SOMEONE ELSE WAS KILLING THEM.