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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Will....any death stats in Iraq are highly questionable. The 600,000 figure from the Lancet study and the US "estimates" (when DoD officials are pinned down and forced to offer an assessment in testimony) of approx. 30-40,000 both lack credibility.
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Believe me, I know. I've heard the 130,000 number, and I believe that it's probably close to the actual number.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
The above figures and the assessments that the growing number of civilian casualties are from sectarian violence are from Iraq Health and Interior Ministries and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq. (google for your own articles).
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Here's the thing: there is a ton of incorrect and controled and edited information coming out of Iraq. Who does it benifit to leak that many or most deaths are from sectarian violence? The US and Iraqi governments. Puppet figures from a puppet government. I get a lot of my information from my friends who are on the ground there. I've asked, several times to several different people in different locations: who are the targets of voilence? Most of the violence is aimed at US military or civilian forces. Like you, I do have trust issues with figures released by interested parties, as they are contradicting other figures. I figure that the best source of information is from people who see it with their own eyes and people I trust.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
For further evidence of the growing ethnic sectarian violence, take a look at the most recent DoD report, " Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq", with special attention on Sec. 1.3 - The Security Environment". |
Wasn't it the DoD who planted fake stories in Iraqi papers as propoganda without permission from the Senate? Didn't they spread the propoganda about weapons of mass destruction and nuclear capabilities of Iraq preceding the Iraq War? I mean these are not trustworthy people. I guess I've become so jaded by all the lies about this mess that I no longer am able to trust these people.