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To: Bilow who wrote (80197)3/7/2003 4:19:36 PM
From: bacchus_ii  Respond to of 281500
 
According to the military source, your example of the force ratio in Punjab (5.7 per 1000) required "routinely violating human rights by causing hundreds of disappearances and summary executions".

Do you admit that the Punjab data do not apply to how the US would run Iraq, in the event of a hostile population?

But you don't take in account that this war will be very different. US will make Human Right violation in the very first days of the war (Shock and Awe). Then there will be not contacts or very few contact between US troops and the people in Baghdad which will be a big ghetto where nobody can escape. Helicopter will prevent any escape. see #reply-18668086

Gottfried_II



To: Bilow who wrote (80197)3/7/2003 4:54:21 PM
From: Bill Ulrich  Respond to of 281500
 
I'm sure that somewhere in the spectrum of 2:1000 to 20:1000 we could find a ratio upon which we (relatively) agree. Our impasse is on the hostile/non-hostile population issue. That's why I conceded the debate. But we'll all find out in about six months, eh?


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