Four years since the invasion of Iraq .. four years since the first lie begun.. providing people with security and peace.. what a big lie !…
Here are some numbers* which shows the reality of what become of a glorious country now torn into pieces…
1) 1,700,000 – Estimated number of Iraqis who are internally displaced. Up to 2,000,000 are refugees in neighbouring countries. (Source: Amnesty International)
2) 25% of Iraqi primary school children kept at home due to threats of violence and general insecurity. (Source: World Bank)
3) Over half the population of Iraq is under the age of 14. (Source: Save the Children)
4) 130/120 – Child mortality rate m/f (per 1,000). (Source: World Health Organization)
5) 134 – British Armed Forces personnel have been killed. (Source: Ministry of Defence)
6) 3,188 – US service personnel who have been killed on active service in Iraq since the start of the military campaign in March 2003. More than 22,000 have been injured. (Source: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count)
7) 1,500,000 – Barrels of oil exported each day. (Source: CIA Factbook)
8) 18 % of Iraqis said they had confidence in US and coalition troops (Source: BBC/ABC News poll)
9) 51 % of Iraqis thought attacks on coalition forces were justified. (Source: BBC/ABC News poll)
10) 0 – Weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq following the 2003 invasion. Most weapons inspectors now believe that the Iraqi WMD program did not proceed after the early 1990s. (Source: Iraq Survey Group final report)
11) 21,500 – The number of extra troops President George W Bush plans to send to Iraq, mostly in an effort to secure Baghdad..!!!!
Stop the war... Save Iraq... SAVE THE CHILDREN …
Um Dania
* Numbers taken from www.msn.co.uk
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Stop the war... Save Iraq... SAVE THE CHILDREN …
Ameen to that
Yes, thank you. I agree with you. May I ask a question? I am currently an English Language teacher in a small school in Denver, Colorado, USA. We have a great family of Libyans in our school (a boy in kindergarten and a girl in 2nd) and we had a bit of a cultural problem last night at a programme put on by the kids. One of the smaller children (a girl maybe 2 or 3) was hysterically crying during the show and the rest of the crowd was quite annoyed. Is it normal for a family to ignore the greater good of an audience and just allow the child to cry and disrupt a show? Thank you for any help you might give me. -Anita Murano
anita_murano@dpsk12.org
You are right.it is shame how the world is turning the blind eye, how quickly the nations forget and ignore simple fact.It is a shame that actually some people still find excuses for such an out rageous acts.
The former secretary of state Colin Powell was interviewed by a damous news work in the states after his resignition mi watched the interview and he aid simple and clear that the reports fron the CIA about the posession of a weapon of mass destruction by Iraqi government were all lies,and he hate to think that he will be remembered in history as the man who promoted dor such a crazy war..
This man was the Secretary of State dor God's sake , and yet,the world still looking the other side..
For the educator who asks about the crying thing and if this some thing related to culrure,well,i have to say that i am not a parent ,but i know this:What u r talking about happens in Libya ,in the states ,in England and in Central Africa..It is about the parents for God's Sake , not some mysterious libyan culture raising kid code....
thank you very much
Benghazi Citizen
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