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One Million post-invasion excess deaths
As we approach the Fourth Anniversary of the illegal Anglo-American-Australian-Coalition invasion of Iraq, we must again ask the question what is the total number of post-invasion excess deaths (avoidable deaths, deaths that did not have to happen) after 4 years of violent US-Coalition occupation?
In October 2006 an estimate of 655,000 post-invasion excess deaths in Occupied Iraq as of July 2006 came from a top medical epidemiology research team in America's (and the World's) top Public Health Department at a top US university (Johns Hopkins) and was published peer-reviewed in a top medical journal (The Lancet) and endorsed by 27 top Australian medical experts in the area (see: 1,2,3,4,5).
Consider the following estimate from the Johns Hopkins medical scientists of "annual death rate per 1,000 of population" of 13.3 (post-invasion Iraq) as compared to (a) 5.5 (for pre-invasion Iraq after 12 years of crippling Sanctions) and (b) 4.0 (for Iraq's resource-poor but peaceful neighbours Syria and Jordan; UN Population Division data: 6).
The "post-invasion excess death rate/1000 of population" was 13.3 - 5.5 = 7.8 (Comparison A) or 13.3 - 4.0 = 9.3 (Comparison B). Assuming an average population of 27 million, the "post-invasion excess deaths" total (over 4 years i.e. as of February 2007) (A) 7.8 x 2,700 x 4 = 842,000 and (B) 9.3 x 2,700 x 4 = 1,004,400 i.e. ONE MILLION.
The number of Iraqi refugees now total 3.7 million - 2.0 million outside Iraq and 1.7 million inside Iraq and UNHCR predicts that there will be up to 2.3 million internally displaced people within Iraq by the end of this year. (see: 7). Excess deaths in Iraq during the Sanctions War totalled 1.7 million (from UN Population Division data: 6 ). The carnage in Iraq constitutes a US-driven Iraqi Genocide (Genocide as clearly defined by Article II subsections (a) -(d) of the Internationally-agreed UN Genocide Convention: 8).
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. Article 55. To the fullest extent of the means available to it the Occupying Power has the duty of ensuring the food and medical supplies of the population; it should, in particular, bring in the necessary foodstuffs, medical stores and other articles if the resources of the occupied territory are inadequate. The Occupying Power may not requisition foodstuffs, articles or medical supplies available in the occupied territory, except for use by the occupation forces and administration personnel, and then only if the requirements of the civilian population have been taken into account. Subject to the provisions of other international Conventions, the Occupying Power shall make arrangements to ensure that fair value is paid for any requisitioned goods. The Protecting Power shall, at any time, be at liberty to verify the state of the food and medical supplies in occupied territories, except where temporary restrictions are made necessary by imperative military requirements. Article 56. To the fullest extent of the means available to it, the Occupying Power has the duty of ensuring and maintaining, with the cooperation of national and local authorities, the medical and hospital establishments and services, public health and hygiene in the occupied territory, with particular reference to the adoption and application of the prophylactic and preventive measures necessary to combat the spread of contagious diseases and epidemics. Medical personnel of all categories shall be allowed to carry out their duties. If new hospitals are set up in occupied territory and if the competent organs of the occupied State are not operating there, the occupying authorities shall, if necessary, grant them the recognition provided for in Article 18. In similar circumstances, the occupying authorities shall also grant recognition to hospital personnel and transport vehicles under the provisions of Articles 20 and 21.
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After 4 years of illegal, violent Occupation the post-invasion excess deaths in Occupied Iraq total ONE MILLION (UN Population Division and medical literature data). Taken together with 1.7 million excess deaths in the 1990-2003 Sanctions War (UN Population Division) and 3.7 million Iraqi refugees (UNHCR), this constitutes an Iraqi Genocide (as defined by the UN Genocide Convention) and an Iraqi Holocaust in comparison with the WW2 Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million victims). The Iraqi under-5 infant deaths (1990-2007) now total 1.8 million, 90% having been avoidable and due to Western war crimes. Total Iraqi excess deaths (1990-2007) total 2.7 million. The post-invasion excess deaths in Occupied Afghanistan now total 2.2 million (see MWC News: 5 ). Three quarters of the people of Occupied Iraq and Occupied Afghanistan are Women and Children the Bush War on Terror is in horrible reality a cowardly War on Women and Children, a War on Asian Women and Children and a War on Muslim Women and Children.
Those who knowingly ignore, deny, minimize, obfuscate, excuse, advocate, support or effect carnage associated with the Iraqi Holocaust or indeed the Afghan Holocaust or any other Holocaust - are variously complicit in Holocaust Promotion, Holocaust Commission, Holocaust Ignoring, Passive Holocaust Denial and Holocaust Denial (see MWC News: 5 and 3 ).
Peace is the only way but silence kills and silence is complicity. Decent people are absolutely obliged to (a) inform others about horrendous abuse of humanity such as the Iraqi Holocaust; and (b) act ethically in their personal and business dealings with those complicit in such awful crimes (e.g. by personal and collective Intra-national and Inter-national Sanctions and Boycotts). The Iraqi Holocaust and the Afghan Holocaust are two violent parts of an on-going Third World Holocaust on First World-commanded Spaceship Earth in which 16 million people die avoidably every year 10 million being under-5 year old infants (see MWC News: 9 ).
Gentle Reader, please ACT by forwarding this quantitative and documented Summary in the name of Humanity to all your associates and to Congressmen, Parliamentary Representatives and Local, Mainstream and Alternative Media.We must ALL ask ourselves the question (before our Children or Grandchildren do) - what did YOU do in the War on Women and Children?
Sources:
- 1- The Lancet
- 2- wikipedia.org
- 3- http://mwcnews.net/content/view/12163/42/
- 4- http://mwcnews.net/content/view/1375/247/
- 5- http://mwcnews.net/content/view/11293/42/
- 6- UN Population Division data
- 7- The Guardian
- 8- UN Genocide Convention
- 9- http://mwcnews.net/content/view/11683/42/
Dr Gideon Polya, MWC News Chief political editor, published some 130 works in a 4 decade scientific career, most recently a huge pharmacological reference text "Biochemical Targets of Plant Bioactive Compounds" (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, New York & London, 2003), and is currently writing a book on global mortality --- Other articles by this author
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Vast unremitting calculated vengeful butchery of millions of human beings.
This didn't start with George W. Bush.
It has continued without respite since his daddy was in charge, and - don't you forget it- continued unabated under Bomber Bill.
There is only one statistical constant in all of this.
One non-variable.
Through Republicans and Democrats, Neo cons and Protoliberals, rain sleet and snow-
There is one relentlessly unchanging parameter -- under all conditions--
The acquiescence and complicity of The American People.
Holocaust- there is no other word -
Actually the original title of this article was "Iraq Holocaust". We changed it due to having other article by this author, with same title.
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The acquiescence and complicity of The American People." with "dead" being the operative word. The excess deaths avoidable deaths, deaths that should not have happened) associated with post-1950 US Asian Wars total 18 million (2005 estimate made in a detailed submission to an Australian Senate Committee of Inquiry).
I KNEW before the murder began, what was coming, as a Vet from the Vietnam era, it was as plain as the writting on the wall.
What really bothers me about this issue, is the SILENCE from the rest of the Western World, who could, if they chose, STOP Bush and his war mongers and their tracks by simply calling them on their paper they own.
I continualy ask myself, why nations such as Germany, Japan support these murderous antics when they themselves have been on the receiving end themselves.
Or is that the reason for their support, so they don't ever again become victims themselves ?
I believe international community did try to stop them, short of intercepting and war.
I'm not part of the NWO, neither do I support what they are doing.
"Not to say what has been done, so in a decade or two someone else repeat the same thing over again?
I believe international community did try to stop them, short of intercepting and war."
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Are you kidding us ? :?
How did the international community try to stop them ?
I did see huge demonstrations against the invasion, however, NONE of these demonstrations were supported by their respective Govts. In fact many countries where demonstartions were the greatest, ended up sending their troops in support.
Regards the myopic remark of not repaeating events in the future, It may surprise you, that these events are already repeating events from the past, so such a remark is totaly off this planet.
Sadly, the majority of the World are all lined up to grab their share of the spoils from these events and that's why there is so little condemnation against these evil SOB's.
why ask "ME" such an irrelevant question ?
I asked you the question in relation to your comment.
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but persoanly I'm tired of readin stuff like this.
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How did the international community try to stop them ?
I did see huge demonstrations against the invasion, however, NONE of these demonstrations were supported by their respective Govts. In fact many countries where demonstartions were the greatest, ended up sending their troops in support.
Well, I could give you few example:
France, Russia, Canada, Germany, China,
Furthermore international community also consist of Human Rights commission, NGOs, UN, etc...
Assuming an average population of 27 million, the "post-invasion excess deaths" total (over 4 years i.e. as of February 2007) (A) 7.8 per thousand x 27,000 x 4 = 842,000 and (B) 9.3 per thousand x 27,000 x 4 = 1,004,400 i.e. ONE MILLION.
AS OF JULY 2007:
Assuming an average population of 27 million, the "post-invasion excess deaths" total (over 4.3 years i.e. as of July 2007) (A) 7.8 per thousand x 27,000 x 4.3 = 905,580 and (B) 9.3 per thousand x 27,000 x 4.3 = 1,079,730 i.e. over ONE MILLION.
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