http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1509722006
Which death toll do you find most feasible? Is it of any consequence to this latest military campaign in Iraq?
2006-10-11 17:16:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I personally think it's somewhere in between. I'm fairly sure we're not being told the truth by our governments regarding civilian deaths in this farcical 'peace keeping' mission. I'm certain we're being lied to about the number of troops that have been killed over there. BTW 30,000 is a horrendous amount of civilians to have perished anyway (and I'm sure it's AT LEAST that) - especially as this whole venture was supposedly embarked on to improve thier quality of life!
Still, if they tell us the truth then people won't 'volunteer' to go over - then whose going to feed the machine? They have almost made a dent in my faith in humanity...
2006-10-11 17:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by soulgirl76 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 650,000 is based on a completely unscientific survey taken door to door in Iraq. That the news agencies are even publishing that number just shows how poor investigative journalism has become in a dot-com world starved for news. The 30,000 is probably much closer to the truth, as they use scientifically verifyable figures to come up with that number. The problem lies in how many deaths occur because of unverifiable circumstances. Although 30,000 is probably low, 650,000 is fiction.
2006-10-11 17:35:15 · answer #2 · answered by Big Blair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well this is a super twist. 650,000 civillians have not been killed. 650,000 Iraqis have been killed, wether they are terrorists or civilians. This also includes Iraqis killed by insurgents or other groups, not just the US. I don't know what this link says but I am going to assume it fails to mention all of this.
30,000 sounds like the number of insurgents that have been killed.
You twisted that enough to make Micheal Moore proud.
2006-10-11 18:04:54 · answer #3 · answered by Curt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
below you will locate expected death totals. Saddams killings have been concerning to his very own goals to rule as Stalin did, with an Iron Thumb, and to maintain his human beings in line by concern. President Bush's goals can in basic terms be theorized together with his warring parties retaining that's all approximately oil, and proponents announcing that's all approximately scuffling with terrorism. in case you bypass by finished deaths on my own Saddam is thru a procedures the extra prolific. BUSH: Iraqi physique count type internet site as of 08/2007: between sixty 8,470 and seventy 4,900 civilian deaths. Iraqi militia: 13,500 – 40 5,000 finished: between 80 one,970 and 119,900 HUSSSEIN: Dissidents – 60,000 to a hundred,000 Kurds: a hundred,000 conceivable finished – 3 hundred,000 Iran –Iraq conflict: Iraqi warring events: 450,000 Iranian warring events: 730,000 Kuwaitis: a million,000 finished: between a million,340,000 and a million,481,000 international Sanctions: a million,471,425 Insurgents (suicide bombings): > 50,000
2016-12-26 17:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by gerda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither one of them !
650,000 is from which date and probably includes those that have been killed by their own. Sounds awful hi as well.
30,000 is way to low, AND our little government like to lie about war casualties....Unless it is enemy count then they over estimate. They did this in Vietnam.
I would be more inclined to believe the Red Cross.
2006-10-11 19:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At 650,000 killed that equates to about 2.5% of the Iraqi population. At 30,000 it comes out to be 0.11% of the total population.
Which do you think is more believable?
2006-10-11 17:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing to consider is that any number of civilians killed is a great tragedy.
Iraq never attacked the US on 9/11 and their innocent people suffer. It is sick.
Would you believe the one who said Iraq is full of weapons of mass destruction that were never found and never existed or a public health estimate?
That's a no brainer!
2006-10-11 17:27:22 · answer #7 · answered by The Count 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I belive in 650K
It is common that the ruling party always shows a way low on the count. After so many years of war and civil war it is quite possible that this number is true.
2006-10-11 17:26:07 · answer #8 · answered by sidhumaharaj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere in between, closer to the higher figure.
I have lost my faith in anything I see or hear concerning "The War on Terror".Everybody is lying,nobody is working on getting our troops home,and there is no point in what we're doing over there any more.
Arm all sides , get out, and close our borders.
2006-10-11 17:25:13 · answer #9 · answered by hott.dawg™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Iraqi officials don't even agree with the high number. It's bogus!
2006-10-11 17:44:23 · answer #10 · answered by The_Answer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋