US Using Sex, Age-sensing Munitions
Okay, how else to explain this story from the Lancet?
The survey indicated violence accounted for most of the extra deaths seen since the invasion, and air strikes from coalition forces caused most of the violent deaths, the researchers wrote in the British-based journal.“Most individuals reportedly killed by coalition forces were women and children,” they said.
While scientists often go to extremes to avoid bias, no attempts were made with this study. After all, we wouldn’t want the facts to get in the way of our bias now would we?
“I emailed it in on Sept. 30 under the condition that it came out before the election,” Roberts told The Asocciated Press. “My motive in doing that was not to skew the election. My motive was that if this came out during the campaign, both candidates would be forced to pledge to protect civilian lives in Iraq (news – web sites).“I was opposed to the war and I still think that the war was a bad idea, but I think that our science has transcended our perspectives,” (emphasis added)Roberts said. “As an American, I am really, really sorry to be reporting this.”
Of course, under Saddam life was idyllic:
The most common causes of death before the invasion of Iraq were heart attacks, strokes and other chronic diseases.
Notice how there is no mention of infant mortality caused by the sanctions regime – which the Lancet along with Bin Laden – blamed for over a million deaths between 1991 and 2003. These causes of death are not found in this study. Poison gas, the Iraqi Secret Police, and Oday didn’t make the list. Neither did al Zarqawi – who pledged in January to start a civil war by targeting the Shi’a.
Survey methods? Blog polls are more scientific:
The researchers estimated the nationwide death toll due to the conflict by multiplying the difference between the two death rates by the estimated population of Iraq — 24.4 million at the start of the war. The result was then multiplied by 18 months, the average period between the invasion and the survey interviews.
Either the sanctions killed over a million children – or the USA did during the invasion.
Note to the AP writer: Where are the kids that died under the sacntions?
This is nothing but junk science peddled by ax-grinding “scientists” doing their best to influence an election. I’m beginning to wonder if putting Saddam back in power isn’t a bad idea after all.
