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Originally Posted by Kliro
It is estimated that somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 civilians have been unlawfully killed in iraq since the beginning of the war.
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Estimated by who?
In a war, non-combatants are always going to get killed. It's the nature of war. When the combatants go hiding among non-combatants that becomes more likely. When they then continue to wage war from behind that 'shield' what are the opposing forces to do? Just sit & die?
While you're estimating, have a go at estimating how many people have been killed by the insurgents. And in this case there can be no confusion - they're targetting civilian as well as military targets - but mostly civilians, since they don't shoot back.
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Originally Posted by Kliro
Not so much 'accidental' civilian targets - but an attempt to try and send a message across to other middle eastern countries that they werent messing around.
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Says who?
That's just unsubstantiated anti-war propaganda. I think we can see where you're coming from.
P.S. 5-10000 dead does not equal genocide. That word is being abused in this context.