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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
So Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have a political agenda that is helped by not including the Kurds and such? You're going to have to explan what that agenda is, because it appears to be contrary to what their cause is all about.
I agree with your point about the no-fly zone being effective, but why didn't the killing continue in other areas where Hussein had enemies and wanted to cleanse the flock? Whether you wish to agree with them or not, the numbers appear to be accurate, and the organizations providing them indicate what fell out of scope. You brought up agenda, but what about your own? Why not speak of the deaths caused by the embargo of goods entering Iraq over the years, and what of the displacement of people caused by the wars in question?
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The no fly zones in the south and north stopped the chemical attacks responsible for the large part fo the civilian deaths. I never said the numbers weren't accurate, I said the time periods they chose to take samples from were misleading. For the record, YES those organizations do have an agenda. ITs more the people who selectively take information from those organizations who are the bigger worry howerver.
Why didnt it continue in other areas? how do you know it didnt? There was no freedom of media in those areas whatsoever.
As for displacement. Its not a novel concept in Iraq.