[ The Bush and Blair Administrations, and officials high in the Iraqi Ministry of Health, all discouraged counting the number of civilians killed as a result of the U.S.-led attack on Iraq. –doclalor ] The terrible human cost of Bush and Blair's military adventure: 10,000 civilian deaths UK and US authorities discourage counting of deaths as a result of the conflict. But academics are monitoring the toll and have identified a grim new milestone, reports David Randall The Independent [ link ] 08 February 2004 More than 10,000 civilians, many of them women and children, have been killed so far […]
Daily Archives: February 8, 2004
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[ The Feds appear to be attempting a McCarthyist intimidation of the Administration's critics. Sounds like the work of John Ashcroft. From the article: “Those served subpoenas include the leader of the Catholic Peace Ministry, the former coordinator of the Iowa Peace Network, a member of the Catholic Worker House, and an anti-war activist who visited Iraq in 2002.” –doclalor ] Feds Win Right to War Protesters' Records [ link ] BY RYAN J. FOLEYAssociated Press Writer February 8, 2004, 9:23 AM EST DES MOINES, Iowa — In what may be the first subpoena of its kind in decades, a federal judge has […]