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To: tejek who wrote (796063)7/22/2014 12:00:22 AM
From: puborectalis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579850
 
Your logic then has the US as barbarians in Iraq

The most intense period for civilian deaths was at the war’s very beginning, when more than 6,700 were killed in just 3 weeks of ‘Shock and Awe’ (from 20th March to the seizure of Baghdad on 9th April: a rate of 320 per day for 21 days).

The most violent month after the invasion was July 2006, with 3,266 violent deaths. The most sustained period for high-level violence was during the fourth and fifth years from March 2006 to March 2008, when ‘sectarian’ killings peaked and some 52,000 died.

Annual civilian deaths since 2003 (counting from 20 March–19 March each year):

14,007 in year one12,001 in year two17,026 in year three31,418 in year four20,930 in year five7,829 in year six4,747 in year seven4,133 in year eight4,433 in year nine~4250 in year ten 1The majority of civilian deaths during the first year (at least 55%) were directly caused by US/Coalition forces, who were reported as directly causing around 7% of all deaths in the subsequent period until their formal withdrawal on 31st December 2011.



To: tejek who wrote (796063)7/22/2014 12:11:08 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1579850
 
>> After a week of fighting, there are over 500 Palestinians dead vs 27 Israelis. Now whom did you say were the barbarians?

How about you explain why you believe body counts are a meaningful metric when the Palestinians have continued to fire thousands of rockets into the most heavily populated areas of Israel?

I didn't think so.



To: tejek who wrote (796063)7/22/2014 6:11:14 AM
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The ones who continually lob rockets into Israel are the barbarians. Even an imbecile ought to be able to see that.



To: tejek who wrote (796063)7/22/2014 1:17:17 PM
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Hamas are barbarians for using their people as shields. There's no excuse for Gazans not to be in bomb shelters ... if they can store their missiles and hide their leaders underground, they could do the same with civilians ... especially since Israel actually announces where they're going to attack in advance.