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UN says violence claimed lives of 7,818 civilians in Iraq in 2013, highest toll in years\
Published January 01, 2014, Associated Press
Read the rest @ UN says violence claimed lives of 7,818 civilians in Iraq in 2013, highest toll in years | Fox NewsBAGHDAD The United Nations mission to Iraq says violence claimed the lives of 7,818 civilians in 2013, the highest annual death toll in years.
The U.N. figures issued Wednesday gave a total of 759 people killed in December alone, including 661 civilians and 98 members of the security forces.
The U.N.'s monthly figures for both civilians and security forces over the year totaled 8,868.
Uh, but what about BEFORE we found him in his hole? Check this out →
According to The New York Times, "he [Saddam] murdered as many as a million of his people, many with poison gas. He tortured, maimed and imprisoned countless more. His unprovoked invasion of Iran is estimated to have left another million people dead. His seizure of Kuwait threw the Middle East into crisis. More insidious, arguably, was the psychological damage he inflicted on his own land. Hussein created a nation of informants friends on friends, circles within circles making an entire population complicit in his rule" Other estimates as to the number of Iraqis killed by Saddam's regime vary from roughly a quarter to half a million, including 50,000 to 182,000 Kurds and 25,000 to 280,000 killed during the repression of the 1991 rebellion. Estimates for the number of dead in the Iran-Iraq war range upwards from 300,000.
From Human rights in Saddam Hussein's Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So, are they better off or what?
Back on topic.
The invasion of Iraq destabilized the country and basically broke Iraq into 3 distinct regions; Kurdish, Sunni, and Shia.
And I don't see a strong central government emerging to rule the country as one entity. ....
The Iraqi government, military, and police, are mainly composed of Shiite muslims.In that sense, Iraq has always had 3 distinc regions for hundreds of years. The invasion did not create that at all. It was already there. Iraq has one government led by Nuri Al Maliki that continues to function and do far better for its people than Saddam ever did. Nuri Al Maliki unlike Saddam is not spending his oil money invading countries like Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iran or firing ballistic missiles at Israel. That's what Saddam did for his 24 years in power and it led to a million deaths and Iraq being under international sanctions.
The Iraqi government, military, and police, are mainly composed of Shiite muslims.In that sense, Iraq has always had 3 distinc regions for hundreds of years. The invasion did not create that at all. It was already there. Iraq has one government led by Nuri Al Maliki that continues to function and do far better for its people than Saddam ever did. Nuri Al Maliki unlike Saddam is not spending his oil money invading countries like Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iran or firing ballistic missiles at Israel. That's what Saddam did for his 24 years in power and it led to a million deaths and Iraq being under international sanctions.
Because of this situation, the formally dominate Sunni muslims in Iraq will continue to resist the current government until they resume power or allowed to break away and form their own state. ....
Anyway, while Silly-Sally throws a hissy fit.......I will get back on topic. ....
While Saddam was in power, Iraq was fairly stable as a country, and Iran was boxed in.
But now with Saddam gone........ it's anyone's guess as to what the future will be for both Iran and Iraq. ....
Anyway, while Silly-Sally throws a hissy fit.......I will get back on topic. ....
While Saddam was in power, Iraq was fairly stable as a country, and Iran was boxed in.
But now with Saddam gone........ it's anyone's guess as to what the future will be for both Iran and Iraq. ....
Saddam was a bastard of the first order but the alternative is far worse than he ever managed.
Bush's stupidity allowed this to happen.
America has caused most of the problems in the middle east by meddling in affairs of other states, including removing the elected government in Iran; actions that directly led to the situation we see at the moment.
Somehow, Indofred has a worse alternative.Anyway, while Silly-Sally throws a hissy fit.......I will get back on topic. ....
While Saddam was in power, Iraq was fairly stable as a country, and Iran was boxed in.
But now with Saddam gone........ it's anyone's guess as to what the future will be for both Iran and Iraq. ....
Saddam was a bastard of the first order but the alternative is far worse than he ever managed.
Bush's stupidity allowed this to happen.
America has caused most of the problems in the middle east by meddling in affairs of other states, including removing the elected government in Iran; actions that directly led to the situation we see at the moment.
So who else besides SADDAM illegally invaded and annexed another country? Used WMD more times than any leader since World War I? Invaded and attacked unprovoked four different countries? Launched ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Israel. Caused a massive ecological disaster by dumping oil in the Persian Gulf and burning all of Kuwaits oil wells. Engaged in actions that led to the murder of 1.7 million people both inside and outside Iraq. Threatened the planets most important energy resources with seizure and sabotage?
So who else besides SADDAM illegally invaded and annexed another country? Used WMD more times than any leader since World War I? Invaded and attacked unprovoked four different countries? Launched ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Israel. Caused a massive ecological disaster by dumping oil in the Persian Gulf and burning all of Kuwaits oil wells. Engaged in actions that led to the murder of 1.7 million people both inside and outside Iraq. Threatened the planets most important energy resources with seizure and sabotage?
Iraq got a trillion dollars of our money and a 5% reduction in their population.
The Iraq war was the most cowardly act the United States has ever committed.
Iraq got a trillion dollars of our money and a 5% reduction in their population.
The Iraq war was the most cowardly act the United States has ever committed.
The American government haa killed thousands of unarmed civilians but in small groups and they keep it quiet so most Americans never know about it.
Iraq got a trillion dollars of our money and a 5% reduction in their population.
The Iraq war was the most cowardly act the United States has ever committed.
So who else besides SADDAM illegally invaded and annexed another country? Used WMD more times than any leader since World War I? Invaded and attacked unprovoked four different countries? Launched ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Israel. Caused a massive ecological disaster by dumping oil in the Persian Gulf and burning all of Kuwaits oil wells. Engaged in actions that led to the murder of 1.7 million people both inside and outside Iraq. Threatened the planets most important energy resources with seizure and sabotage?
America has done all of that but you have to change the countries.
You could argue:
America's atomic bombs on Japan were far worse than gas attacks
America's carpet bombing of Vietnam and other countries it started wars against was worse than anything Saddam ever did.
America's use of napalm on civilians was far worse than anything Saddam ever did.
EDIT - We can't forget drone strikes against unarmed civilians, murdered in error because some idiot thinks weddings look like terrorist meetings.
Please name a country that America has attacked, that attacked America first.
IE - Not an unprovoked attack by America.
I'll save you a little time.
Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Pakistan and every other country America has attacked have never attacked America.
Ah, thinks you, Afghanistan, he's fucked up on that one. No, all the suicide attackers were from anywhere but Afghanistan, even the surviving ones.
You are a blithering Idiot. ...The Atom Bomb attacks on Japan saved lives of people in Japan and America and finally ended World War II. Saddam's gas attacks did not save anyones lives and did not end any wars.
The United States did not start the war in Vietnam and the bombing took place primarily in unpopulated forest that were occupied by Viet Cong or NVA troops moving south. The United States could have fire bombed every North Vietnamese city, but it didn't. The United States military was heavily restricted by the US government in what type of firepower it could use and where it could use it in Vietnam. Plus the actions were justified where as Saddam's were never justified.
The United States does not target civilians with Napalm or drones. Yes, civilians were killed accidently in Vietnam and Afghanistan and Iraq, but those were just wars unlike the wars Saddam engaged in.
Nearly 100,000 French were killed during the D-Day invasion during World War II. Are you going to claim that it would have been better to let HITLER hold on to France?
North Korea started the Korean War, not America. The North Vietnamese started the Vietnam war by trying to enslave the south in a totalitarian, communist, atheist dictatorship. In both cases, America came to the aid of those being attacked!
It does not matter where the hijackers were born. They were part of an organization called Al Quada based in Afghanistan and protected by the Taliban. That's why Afghanistan had to be invaded.
You are a blithering Idiot. ...The Atom Bomb attacks on Japan saved lives of people in Japan and America and finally ended World War II. Saddam's gas attacks did not save anyones lives and did not end any wars.
The United States did not start the war in Vietnam and the bombing took place primarily in unpopulated forest that were occupied by Viet Cong or NVA troops moving south. The United States could have fire bombed every North Vietnamese city, but it didn't. The United States military was heavily restricted by the US government in what type of firepower it could use and where it could use it in Vietnam. Plus the actions were justified where as Saddam's were never justified.
The United States does not target civilians with Napalm or drones. Yes, civilians were killed accidently in Vietnam and Afghanistan and Iraq, but those were just wars unlike the wars Saddam engaged in.
Nearly 100,000 French were killed during the D-Day invasion during World War II. Are you going to claim that it would have been better to let HITLER hold on to France?
North Korea started the Korean War, not America. The North Vietnamese started the Vietnam war by trying to enslave the south in a totalitarian, communist, atheist dictatorship. In both cases, America came to the aid of those being attacked!
It does not matter where the hijackers were born. They were part of an organization called Al Quada based in Afghanistan and protected by the Taliban. That's why Afghanistan had to be invaded.
Just saying........
Our illegal and immoral invasion resulted in over a million innocent men, women and children losing their lives. We completely destroyed that country and installed our own puppet leader who is far worse than Hussein ever was, because his death squads have US military protection.Iraq's population is the highest it has ever been. Its now over 32 million. The Iraq war ended Iraq's slavery under Saddam and helped to protect and secure the vital oil of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Anyone against the Iraq war is for the nightmare that Saddam was to Iraq and the region for over 25 years. Iraq now has bright future given that it is no longer enslaved by a war monger that invaded and attacked four different countries and ANNEXED Kuwait, the first country to be annexed since World War II.
