Operations by U.S. and multinational forces and Iraqi police are killing twice as many Iraqis - most of them civilians - as attacks by insurgents, according to statistics compiled by the Iraqi Health Ministry and obtained exclusively by Knight Ridder.
According to the ministry, the interim Iraqi government recorded 3,487 Iraqi deaths in 15 of the country's 18 provinces from April 5 - when the ministry began compiling the data - until Sept. 19. Of those, 328 were women and children. Another 13,720 Iraqis were injured, the ministry said.
While most of the dead are believed to be civilians, the data include an unknown number of police and Iraqi national guardsmen. Many Iraqi deaths, especially of insurgents, are never reported, so the actual number of Iraqis killed in fighting could be significantly higher.
Yup, that's our President. Loves life, hates death. So why does he inflict it on so many people?
Now that we know that "liberation of the Iraqi people" means "liberating them from this mortal coil", what are we going to do about it?
Right now much of the world sees us as being held hostage by a gang of ruthless thugs who stole the 2000 election. If we send them back to Washington with a resounding victory, it WILL be our responsibility, and I believe there'll be hell to pay.
Think about THAT when you think about who will make your kids safer.
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