[Ssf] Cheery statistic...

[noone noone]

  I don't know exactly how they made the statistic but my guess is that it 
is relativly low because they are counting people who died directly from 
weapons fire as oppose to including those that died because a medical centre 
was considered a ligitimate target or a power station (that powers a water 
treatment plant and hospital) doesnt count as a civilian target.  Most of 
the time much higher numbers of people die because the infrastructure is 
bombed as oppose to dying directly from the weapons fire itself.  And by far 
the biggest killer on the planet is dirty water.

from
cuthbert


>From: atw <againstthewar at totalserve.co.uk>
>Reply-To: atw <againstthewar at totalserve.co.uk>
>To: ssf at lists.aktivix.org
>Subject: Re: [Ssf] Cheery statistic...
>Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:54:08 +0000
>
>
>Dan> Oh fuck -
>
>Dan> Nearly half of the 3.6m people killed in war since 1990 have been 
>children.
>
>Dan> Firstly - 3.6 million???
>
>Dan> Oh, but it's OK, most of them are darkies.
>
>Interesting its only 3.6 million. There must be 2 million plus in Iraq
>from two wars, DU poisoning and sanctions. Then there's the Congo
>which I thought was getting on for 5m though not sure from when.
>Probably not too long ago since that ongoing war is related to the
>stuff that goes into moblile phones.
>
>Afghanistan... Yugoslavia... and all then there's all the other wars
>too.
>
>So how's it only 3.6 million??
>
>steve
>
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