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Showing Original Post only (View all)4 Million Muslims Killed In Western Wars: Should We Call It Genocide? Aug 2015 [View all]
AUSTIN, Texas It may never be possible to know the true death toll of the modern Western wars on the Middle East, but that figure could be 4 million or higher. Since the vast majority of those killed were of Arab descent, and mostly Muslim, when would it be fair to accuse the United States and its allies of genocide?
A March report by Physicians for Social Responsibility calculates the body count of the Iraq War at around 1.3 million, and possibly as many as 2 million. However, the numbers of those killed in Middle Eastern warscould be much higher. In April, investigative journalist Nafeez Ahmed argued that the actual death toll could reach as high as 4 million if one includes not just those killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also the victims of the sanctions against Iraq, which left about 1.7 million more dead, half of them children, according to figures from the United Nations.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/4-million-muslims-killed-in-western-wars-should-we-call-it-genocide/208711/
Hating Muslims is not Christians, what would Jesus do?
Wow I had no idea thats how many have been killed; I bet the rest of America has no idea either. If a Born Again Christian killed over 100 thousand Iraqis and injured Tens of thousands more should we hate all born again Christians? I cant see hating all Muslims but I think if nothing else we should do a lot of fence mending of every kind. If we spent a million dollars on medicine to tents a month would be a start in every town that we bombed. It would save us millions more or ten fold and help mend are stupidity and ignorance! Hating Muslims is not Christians, what would Jesus do?
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4 Million Muslims Killed In Western Wars: Should We Call It Genocide? Aug 2015 [View all]
mitty14u2
Dec 2015
OP
Where did Saddam get that gas? The West provided it so Iraq could gas Iranians.
leveymg
Dec 2015
#22
It would be interesting to see how much Muslims were killed due to the policies of the Assad,
still_one
Dec 2015
#27
Add to that the 1 to 1.5 million Afghans killed during the Soviet invasion and occupation. n/t
pampango
Dec 2015
#8
What does the term Genocide refer to? I thought it was a deliberate attempt to eradicate a
el_bryanto
Dec 2015
#16