Follow the Iraq status without a bunch of words

[Spy38W 0]

Good for those of us with short attention spans

http://www.iraqometer.com/

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[sunshine 2]

Wow, when i opened this thread, Peanut meowed. I think she's saying hi.

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I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug!

[SpeedRacer 1]

I wonder how accurate those numbers are. It says only 6300 Iraqi soldiers were killed. I thought it would be higher.

And it also says that there were 1800 civilian casualties. That might be believable.

If these numbers are even close to accurate, this is a lot better than many anti-war groups were predicting. I heard many of them on talk shows predicting 300,000 to 500,000 dead Iraqis from this war.

April 3, 2003 re. the Battle of Baghdad:

"The body count is going to be enormous," said Tim Ripley, a defense specialist at Britain's Lancaster University.

March 14, 2003:
High casualties predicted for war in Iraq

An international anti-war group is predicting up to 260,000 people will be killed in Iraq if war goes ahead.

The Medical Association for Prevention of War has held a conference in the South Australian city of Adelaide.

Keynote speaker Dr Bob Gould says under the best case scenario of a short war, most of the predicted casualties will be civilians.

"The likely casualties of even a short war, and one that would not escalate in ways that would be extremely dangerous, would be somewhere in the order of 48,000 to 261,000 deaths," Dr Gould said.


14/03/2003 20:56:17 | ABC Radio Australia News

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[indyz 1]

Saddam Proud He Still Killed More Iraqi Civilians Than U.S.

[Gawain 0]

Yeah, I love how medical doctors know so much about war.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!