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Old December 19th 03, 11:43 PM
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bombing=defacto "urban renewal???
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
news

"Dave Smith" wrote in message
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Why?


To support your assertion. That's how one establishes credibility in

these
forums.



If you haven't seen the destruction that was unleashed
upon Iraq you obviously don't read the news.


I read a great deal of news. But I don't recall reading that a lot houses
"got
levelled by Bush's Iraqi urban renewal program" as you claimed.



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Old December 20th 03, 12:07 AM
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"DALing" daling43[delete]-at-hotmail.com wrote in message
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bombing=defacto "urban renewal???


He said a lot of Iraqi houses were leveled. That didn't happen. One of the
safest places to be during the bombing was in a residential area. A true
residential area, that is, not one that had a valid target sited in it in
order to discourage attack.


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Old December 20th 03, 01:26 AM
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 23:07:44 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
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"DALing" daling43[delete]-at-hotmail.com wrote in message
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bombing=defacto "urban renewal???


He said a lot of Iraqi houses were leveled. That didn't happen. One of the
safest places to be during the bombing was in a residential area. A true
residential area, that is, not one that had a valid target sited in it in
order to discourage attack.


Care to quote how many Iraqi civilians have been killed or maimed in
the war. The Us authorities said they don't track such information.

Tell us about the cluster bombs which were dropped all over. Each
cluster bomb separates and releases hundreds of smaller bomblets which
a large percentage doesn't explode. Many chidren have been killed by
picking up this ordinance.
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Old December 20th 03, 06:54 AM
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"john" wrote in message
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Care to quote how many Iraqi civilians have been killed or maimed in
the war. The Us authorities said they don't track such information.


You tell me. I suspect the figure is less than the number that would have
been killed or maimed had Saddam remained in power.



Tell us about the cluster bombs which were dropped all over. Each
cluster bomb separates and releases hundreds of smaller bomblets which
a large percentage doesn't explode. Many chidren have been killed by
picking up this ordinance.


How many children have been killed by picking up this ordinance? How long
are the bomblets active after this ordnance is dropped?


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Old December 20th 03, 06:18 PM
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 05:54:43 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
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"john" wrote in message
news

Care to quote how many Iraqi civilians have been killed or maimed in
the war. The Us authorities said they don't track such information.


You tell me. I suspect the figure is less than the number that would have
been killed or maimed had Saddam remained in power.



Tell us about the cluster bombs which were dropped all over. Each
cluster bomb separates and releases hundreds of smaller bomblets which
a large percentage doesn't explode. Many chidren have been killed by
picking up this ordinance.


How many children have been killed by picking up this ordinance? How long
are the bomblets active after this ordnance is dropped?


FOREVER!
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Old December 20th 03, 06:35 PM
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"john" wrote in message
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FOREVER!


Do they? The bomblets do not become inert after a predefined period of
time?

How many children have been killed by picking up this ordnance?


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Old December 21st 03, 07:43 PM
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
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FOREVER!



Do they? The bomblets do not become inert after a predefined period of
time?

How many children have been killed by picking up this ordnance?


Not really "Forever", but for a very long time.
I read a newspaper article a couple of weeks ago regarding people still
being killed an injured in Laos from cluster bomblets from about 40
years ago. Apparently some of them look very attractive for child's play.

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Old December 21st 03, 08:00 PM
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Not really "Forever", but for a very long time.
I read a newspaper article a couple of weeks ago regarding people still
being killed an injured in Laos from cluster bomblets from about 40
years ago. Apparently some of them look very attractive for child's play.


So the US dropped the same ordnance during OIF that it dropped during the
unpleasantness in southeast Asia?


 




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