Killing Occupation

Study: Between 127,000 ­ 238,000 Iraqis Killed by US Military

By DAVE LINDORFF
CounterPunch

"The grim news was widely--though not universally--reported in the U.S. media (my local paper, the Philadelphia Inquirer, blacked it out), but few news organizations reported the most disturbing finding of the study, which was that 31 percent of those killed were acatually slain by U.S. and "coalition" forces (actually by U.S. forces, since most of the other foreign forces working with the U.S., with the exception of the British, have not played combat roles, and even the British have largely operated in the south where fighting has been much less severe. That means U.S. forces have, since the March 19, 2003 invasion, killed between 132,000 and 246,000 Iraqis.

This is the grand war of liberation and democracy that our bloodstained president hails as his legacy!

This is the war that we are told is making America safer."