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"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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Yes, just yesterday two of my countrymen were shot in this "safer" Iraq.

Compare to the previous situation. They were averaging about _fifty_
times that, for the last twenty years or so.

Not to claim that Saddam didn't get lot of people killed, but above is just
silly.

No, it's just math. Average of about 40,000 per year, including all of
the wars. If you include Iranians killed in the war, double that.

Hell, the Hussein regime killed more Kurds in one *day* than there have
been Iraqis, American, Brits, and others killed in this entire *war*.

Let it be absolutely clear that this most recent war killed LOT more than
5000 people.

The worst estimates I've seen were around 10,000, and that was from one
of the most-loony left-wing sites. There would have been a lot more,
but there just wasn't that much fighting against active resistance.
General estimates are under 5,000, and that includes all of the
non-Iraqis Hussein hired from neighboring countries who got killed (and
who represent about half of the fatalities among the continuing active
"resistance").

But hey, lets not get the facts on the way of a good rant.

We're still waiting for your *first* fact.

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