Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
Of all justifications for invading Iraq, the most disgusting in the level at which it was disingenuous had to be that America wanted to help Iraqis out. Nothing could be further from the truth. If the welfare of the Iraqi people mattered to Americans, the details of this Aljazeera report would be far better known:
Dr Rafi Hayad, the director of the main hospital supplied the figures to the Reuters news agency. The agency has given no explanation of how Hayad reached his figures.
In Baghdad an aide to a member of the interim Governing Council said on Friday more than 400 Iraqis had been killed and 1000 wounded in a six-day US offensive against insurgents in Falluja.
"To this day, more than 400 Iraqis have been killed and more than 1,000 others wounded in Falluja," said Hatim al-Husayni, an aide to council member Muhsin Abd Al-Hamid from the Iraqi Islamic Party.
Even if you believe that this is necessary, you would feel bad about this... if you actually valued Iraqi life and didn't just view them as a "homo sacer" to be alternately brutalized and exalted so you can feel good about yourself. posted by micah holmquist at 4/10/2004 08:44:00 AM