From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 14:47:52 MST
Amara Graps said:
>> People aren't numbers. However, this is one of the
>> most important measures I presently have showing
>> the precious (and outrageous) costs of this war.
What bothers me is, we don't have the number of his own people that
Sadam would have killed if his regime was left to it's own devices to
compare these numbers with.
Much less those who will be saved by turning Iraq's oil into food and
medicine instead of missiles and poisons.
My bet is that there would be positive payback in number of lives saved
vs. lost in less that a year.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
On Behalf Of Amara Graps
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:34 AM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: RE: [Iraq] More enthusiasm than news in Fox's coverage of war
Perhaps this was mentioned here before, but here is a rough number of
the Iraq civilians killed in the War in Iraq:
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ (currently inching up near 600 killed)
The compilers on that web page state their methodology
and their sources for these numbers and they seem (I don't know for
sure) to take considerable care and effort to determine these numbers.
People aren't numbers. However, this is one of the most important
measures I presently have showing the precious (and outrageous) costs of
this war.
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