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And that was during an all out war that destroyed half the country.Originally posted by: Bowfinger
An estimated 620 thousand died in the U.S. Civil War, out of a total population of 31 million.Originally posted by: ProfJohn
You must be getting your numbers from the same place as Rogo.Originally posted by: GrGr
Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis as a result of the invasion (600,000+ according to the Lancet in 2006 keep in mind those numbers is a year old at least, some estimates put the figure above 1 million currently).
4.4 million refugees. Early 2007 it was estimated more than 40 % of the middle class had fled the country (almost a year ago).
Yeehaw, the Iraqi genocide is definitely going smoothly.
1 million dead in a country of 26 million? 4% of their population has died in 4.5 years? 250,000 people a year? 684 people a DAY!! Give me a break.
History lesson:
Iran-Iraq was lasted 8 years and yet the estimated death toll is only 500-750,000
In WW 2 only SIX countries lost more than a million people. Japan, Germany, Russia, China, Poland and Yugoslavia.
Italy and France lost 410,000 and 600,000 respectively despite the fact that both experience very heavy fighting.
And yet you want me to believe that more people have died in Iraq in the last 4 years than died in France and Italy combined during WW2? (The France and Italy numbers INCLUDE all their military losses as well.)
In Iraq we are talking about nothing at all on that scale.
There is NO evidence at all to back-up the 1 million claim.