Sunday, April 10, 2011

Images for April 9 Rally - Children

Most of the people who have been killed in the Iraq war look like this:



Iraqi Civilians Killed, Estimated - On October 22, 2010, ABC News reported "a secret U.S. government tally that puts the Iraqi (civilian) death toll over 100,000," information that was included in more than 400,000 military documents released by Wikileaks.com.









 A UN issued report dated Sept 20, 2006 stating that Iraqi civilian casualties have been significantly under-reported. Casualties are reported at 50,000 to over 100,000, but may be much higher. Some informed estimates place Iraqi civilian casualities at over 600,000.




Troops in Iraq - Total 47,000 U.S. troops as of Jan 31, 2011.
All other nations have withdrawn their troops.

U.S. Troop Casualties - 4,442 US troops;
98% male. 91% non-officers; 82% active duty, 11% National Guard; 74% Caucasian, 9% African-American, 11% Latino. 19% killed by non-hostile causes. old. 72% were from the US Army.

54% of US casualties were under 25 years old

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