U.S. invasion responsible deaths of over 250,000 civilians in Iraq

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U.S. invasion responsible deaths of over 250,000 civilians in Iraq

by John Stokes


New studies make the Bush administration's "liberation" argument for a 'pre-emptive' war against Iraq seem questionable.

The invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by U.S.-led coalition forces has been responsible for the death of at least 150,000 civilians (not including certain of Iraq), reveals a compilitation of scientific studies and corroborated eyewitness testimonies.

The majority of these deaths, which are in addition those normally expected from natural causes, illness and accidents, have been among women and children, documents a well-researched study, that had been released by The Lancet Medical Journal.

The report in the British journal is based on the work of teams from the Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University in the U.S., and the Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad.

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Iraq_war.php

[bigtree]

1. It's got to take a boatload of denial for Bush to ignore this

what a fuck up!

[Divernan]

2. 150,000 estimate excluded Fallujah, which accounts for another 100,000

The article headline of 250,000 includes another 100,000 fatalities from the US bombardment/attack on Fallujah. That white phosporus is a lot more effective than napalm. Now why is it that WP is not considered a weapon of mass destruction? I think 100,000 dead victims makes it massive destruction. And that's not even counting the wounded.

[Divernan]

4. Brit. medical journal "Lancet" is the top of medical journals, worldwide

This study and its results cannot be dismissed as biased, as opposed to casulaty counts from our esteemed Defense Dept.

[rodeodance]

3. If the prss/media does ignores it-so can the WH.

[G_j]

6. Lancet report shows mass murder

taboo subject for the US media

[madrchsod]

5. bush 1,clinton,and bush 2

are all responsible for the unknown number of iraq children who have died or were born disfigured or mentally impaired. for over thirteen years the people of iraq have paid the price of our american empires quest for iraqi oil.
we can also start counting the death and disfigurement of the children and their parents that were and are being exposed to du poisoning during and after the balkans war.
we have not escaped either because our soldiers, the mothers,fathers and their children are and will be paying the price do to the exposure to du during these wars.
our empire has poisoned millions of people across this earth and no one will be accounted for it