1st Gulf war Casualties:
Iraq civilians- Well over 200,000
Iraq Soldiers - 100,000+
A devastating bombing campaign against Iraq in 1991 destroyed the country's civilian infrastructure (water, sewage, and electrical power infrastructure, among other sectors). Much of the diseases rampant in Iraq are due to the destruction of the civilian infrastructure and lack of spare parts in the 1991 war. Some of which was modestly repaired between 1991 and 2003, was destroyed again in the 2003 war. The lives lost as a result of these military strikes in unknowable, but must obviously be an immense number.
The Embargo killed between 2 to 3 MILLION.
In addition, the depleted uranium (DU) shells used in both the 1991 and 2003 wars have caused a significant increase in radiation-related cancers and birth defects.
2nd Gulf War:
Iraq civilians – 10,000 to 30,000
Iraq soldiers – 20,000 -70,000
US soldiers – 1,000+
The 2003 war can only be a continuation of what happened in 1991, since the 12-year embargo did not allow the rebuilding of what was destroyed then. The 1991 war destroyed or severely damaged the following sectors of the civilian infrastructure, and the 12-year embargo prevented its the proper reconstruction:
1) Drinking water infrastructure
2) Sewage system
3) Electrical power grid
4) National healthcare infrastructure (more than 100 hospitals and healthcare centers destroyed)
5) National education system (over 4,000 schools, institutes, colleges, universities destroyed)
6) Transportation sector (air traffic banned, sea vessels damaged, railroad cars & trucks crumbling)
7) Telecommunications (telephone exchanges and transmitters destroyed)
8) Textile and other light industries (factories destroyed)
9) Pharmaceutical sector (factories destroyed and components and ingredients banned by embargo)
10) Social fabric and modernity (modern society reduced to sufficing with obtaining food and medicine only)
Just Prior to the 2003 war, 1.5 million children were made orphans.
Prior to the 2003 war, 10,000 Iraqi civilians were dying every month (half of which were children).
Prior to 1990, over 90% of Iraqis has access to clean drinking water, whereas it was between 33-50% just prior to the 2003 war (1999 UN Report).
For what? How can anyone say we liberated Iraq? We single handedly DESTROYED this country. We denied them basic medicine for 10 years.
The 1st gulf war was a sham and so is the 2nd. Any of you who truly support this war are sick people.
Iraq civilians- Well over 200,000
Iraq Soldiers - 100,000+
A devastating bombing campaign against Iraq in 1991 destroyed the country's civilian infrastructure (water, sewage, and electrical power infrastructure, among other sectors). Much of the diseases rampant in Iraq are due to the destruction of the civilian infrastructure and lack of spare parts in the 1991 war. Some of which was modestly repaired between 1991 and 2003, was destroyed again in the 2003 war. The lives lost as a result of these military strikes in unknowable, but must obviously be an immense number.
The Embargo killed between 2 to 3 MILLION.
In addition, the depleted uranium (DU) shells used in both the 1991 and 2003 wars have caused a significant increase in radiation-related cancers and birth defects.
2nd Gulf War:
Iraq civilians – 10,000 to 30,000
Iraq soldiers – 20,000 -70,000
US soldiers – 1,000+
The 2003 war can only be a continuation of what happened in 1991, since the 12-year embargo did not allow the rebuilding of what was destroyed then. The 1991 war destroyed or severely damaged the following sectors of the civilian infrastructure, and the 12-year embargo prevented its the proper reconstruction:
1) Drinking water infrastructure
2) Sewage system
3) Electrical power grid
4) National healthcare infrastructure (more than 100 hospitals and healthcare centers destroyed)
5) National education system (over 4,000 schools, institutes, colleges, universities destroyed)
6) Transportation sector (air traffic banned, sea vessels damaged, railroad cars & trucks crumbling)
7) Telecommunications (telephone exchanges and transmitters destroyed)
8) Textile and other light industries (factories destroyed)
9) Pharmaceutical sector (factories destroyed and components and ingredients banned by embargo)
10) Social fabric and modernity (modern society reduced to sufficing with obtaining food and medicine only)
Just Prior to the 2003 war, 1.5 million children were made orphans.
Prior to the 2003 war, 10,000 Iraqi civilians were dying every month (half of which were children).
Prior to 1990, over 90% of Iraqis has access to clean drinking water, whereas it was between 33-50% just prior to the 2003 war (1999 UN Report).
For what? How can anyone say we liberated Iraq? We single handedly DESTROYED this country. We denied them basic medicine for 10 years.
The 1st gulf war was a sham and so is the 2nd. Any of you who truly support this war are sick people.
