Veteran reporter says 3,000-4,000 Iraqis killed every month

[chat_noir]

MADRID, Jan 18, 2006 (PG) - Between 3,000 and 4,000 Iraqis are killed every month, rendering "ridiculous" US President George W. Bush's estimate of about 30,000 civilian casualties since the start of the war, veteran British journalist Robert Fisk said Wednesday.

The figures were compiled during several recent trips to the country occupied since March 2003 by US-led forces, The Independent newspaper's Beirut-based correspondent told a news conference in Madrid where he was promoting his book "The Great War for Civilisation".

The casualty rate meant up to 48,000 Iraqis a year were dying in the conflict, "the figure of 30,000 plus is ridiculous", Fisk said, adding that the West did not care about Iraqi deaths.

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One of the few reporters to interview Osama bin Laden, Fisk said Al-Qaeda's creator was initially supported by Washington in the same way that Saddam Hussein was once backed by the Americans.

"Most of the people we hate we actually created," he said.

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read.html?id=5971

[Christa]

1. winning the hearts and minds

:cry:

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Anyone who took the figures that Bush uses seriously

would also let the fox report on the conditions at the hen house. Not a reliable source.

[wiggs]

3. Important

Would be nice if American journalists would follow up with some research and corroboration. Could place this lie amongst others....and finally show that this administration is characterized by dishonestly.

[Crazy Dave]

4. In Iraq, the US does eliminate those who dare to count the dead

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1366349,00.html

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Oh gosh

:(

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Oh gosh

:cry:

[Jara sang]

7. Genocide

[Ezlivin]

8. How long before we kill 'em all?

I need to know so I'll have some idea of when this administration's blood lust will finally be satisfied.

Is Iraq a part of "Operation Clean Sweep" where they rid the area of all living, sentient beings?

[OneBlueSky]

9. but they don't count . . . they're not Americans!!! . . . n/t

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[bonito]

10. Fighting the war on terra is like swimming in the water I swim n/t

[mom cat]

11. Robert Fisk never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for posting.

[obxhead]

12. Not convincing evidence for me!

OK... I never believed for a second the * number, but a breakdown of the #'s is significant.

These numbers must be broken down. How many died due to US troop, aircraft, and artillery involvement. We hear of dozens and dozens every day due to car bombs from freedom fighters within Iraq.

Now as a side note I believe all of these death are a DIRECT cause of the BFEE, I also believe the #'s could have been clarified a bit more.