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Truth about Iraq and US/UK Justification for war on Iraq:
Q: What percentage of the world's population does the
U.S. have?
A: 6%
Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S.
have?
A: 50%
Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?
A: Saudi Arabia
Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves?
A: Iraq
Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year
worldwide?
A: $900+ billion
Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.?
A:50%
Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure
the essentials of life to everyone in the world, according the UN?
A: 10% (that's about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund the retaliatory attack on
Afghanistan).
Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II?
A: 86 million
Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological
weapons?
A: Since the early 1980's.
Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical and biological
weapons on their own?
A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by
the US government, along with Britain and private corporations.
Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas
warfare against Iran?
A: No
Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas
in the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?
A: 5,000
Q: How many western countries condemned this action at
the time?
A: 0
Q: How many gallons of Agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?
A: 17 million.
Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and
September 11th terrorist attack?
A: No
Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties
in the Gulf War?
A: 35,000
Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict
on the western forces during the Gulf War?
A: 0
Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried
alive by U.S. tanks with ploughs mounted on the front?
A: 6,000
Q: How many tons of depleted uranium was left in Iraq
and Kuwait after the Gulf War?
A: 40 tons
Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer
rates in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?
A: 700%
Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America
claim it had destroyed in 1991?
A: 80%
Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its
weapons for anything other than deterrence and self defense?
A: No
Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace
now than 10 years ago?
A: No
Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted
in the event of an attack on Iraq in 2002/3?
A: 10,000
Q: What percentage of these will be children?
A: Over 50%
Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes
on Iraq?
A: 11 years
Q: Was the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between
December 1998 and September 1999?
A: No
Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq
between December 1998 and September 1999?
A: 20 million
Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661
introduced, imposing strict sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports?
A: 12 years
Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per
1,000 births)?
A: 12
Q. What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in
1999 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 131
Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by
October 1999 as a result of UN sanctions?
A: 1.5 million
Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died
due to sanctions since 1997?
A: 750,000
Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
A: No
Q: How many inspections were there in November and
December 1998?
A: 300
Q: How many of these inspections had problems?
A: 5
Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the
Ba'ath Party HQ?
A: Yes
Q: Who said that by December 1998, Iraq had in fact,
been disarmed to a level unprecedented in modern history.
A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.
Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to
develop weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons
inspectors claim to have discovered and dismantled?
A: 90%
Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors
back in?
A: Yes
Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?
A: Over 65
Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto
between 1972 and1990?
A: 30+
Q: How much does the U.S. fund Israel a year?
A: $5 billion
Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear
weapons?
A: 8
Q: How many nuclear warheads does Iraq have?
A: 0
Q: How many nuclear warheads does US have?
A: over 10,000
Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons?
A: the US
Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
A: Over 400
Q: Has Israel ever allowed UN weapons inspections?
A: No
Q: What percentage of the Palestinian territories are
controlled by Israeli settlements?
A: 42%
Q: Is Israel illegally occupying Palestinian land?
A: Yes
Q: Which country do you think poses the greatest
threat to global peace: Iraq or the U.S.?
A: ?
Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become
silent about things that matter"?
A: Dr. Martin Luther King, JR
Mag Amerika gewoon zijn gang gaan????
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