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2003-01-09 Axis of Evil

Half million Iraqis will be hurt in first phase of US-led war

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-01-09 10:41 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The normal safety nets have disappeared and this relatively sophisticated and urbanized population could struggle to cope in the face of a major military attack,â said the BBC.

All the more reason to get this little thing going and get the job done. The sooner this mess gets cleaned up, the sooner the civilian population can be taken care of.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-01-09 12:00:37|| 2003-01-09 12:00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course every day we delay another dozen people are raped, another dozen killed, a hundred or so tortured, and millions of people robbed by the gangsters in charge.

Posted by mhw 2003-01-09 12:26:32|| 2003-01-09 12:26:32|| Front Page Top

#3 The last I heard, the Saddamites built a $100,000,000 yacht for their dictator while babies were supposedly dying. In any case, all through the sanctions period the Iraqis were bragging about how ineffective these were. Never trust philanderers and liars.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-01-09 12:44:41|| 2003-01-09 12:44:41|| Front Page Top

#4 according to the WSJ last fall, the UN was holding over $21 billion in escrow under Food for Oil, waiting for Iraq to spend.

Ya'll could buy a heapin' lot a T-bone fer $21 billun.

Posted by john 2003-01-09 14:57:37|| 2003-01-09 14:57:37|| Front Page Top

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