RE: [Iraq] More enthusiasm than news in Fox's coverage of war

From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 14:47:52 MST

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    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.

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    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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