Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Stop the Genocide in Iraq!

According to a study published in September 2007 by the U.K.-based Opinion Research Business (ORB), the number of civilian deaths in Iraq since the U.S. invaded in March 2003 has now exceeded one million. This number is nearly double the figure that came out of the Johns Hopkins study published in The Lancet in 2006. The authors of the Johns Hopkins study were not surprised, however, at the new estimate considering that it covers a broader time period. Moreover, having read the new report, the authors of the study published in The Lancet supported the new figure since the methodologies of both studies were essentially identical. Killing over a million civilians in a country of roughly 30 million is nothing less than genocide.

2 comments:

جبهة التهييس الشعبية said...

so we have to do something...right?
what do u suggest

I'll put ur link on my blogger coz many of egyptians do not believe that victims in Iraq exceeded a million

thank u el gringo

El Gringo Rumbero said...

yes ... but what??? this is THE conundrum of our time for people who want radical positive change in the global system. i don't have the answer. somehow i think making connections across national boundaries is just the beginning.

thanks for reading.