US caused more deaths in Iraq than Saddam’

[liberal N proud]

AFP)

24 June 2005

ISTANBUL - The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI), a grouping of NGOs and intellectuals opposed to the war in Iraq, on Friday accused the United States of causing more deaths in Iraq than ousted president Saddam Hussein.

“With two wars and 13 years of criminal sanctions, the United States have been responsible for more deaths in Iraq than Saddam Hussein,” Larry Everest, a journalist, told hundreds of anti-war activists gathered in Istanbul.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/June/focusoniraq_June157.xml§ion=focusoniraq

[Vincardog]

1. George Bush caused more deaths in Iraq than Saddam

Give credit where it is due

[BrainRants]

2. If this can be substantiated, then it will be a bitch slap to the winguts

who keep talking about what a murderer Saddam was.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Search on LynnDem's posts on this subject.

She's done some outstanding sourced compilations on this very subject. Saddam was a ruthless thug, no doubt...but in context to what we've done to Iraq over the past 20 years, he's small potatoes.

[TheFarseer]

3. Great post

I've heard this said more and more. It would be better if they didn't throw in the sanctions and it was still more. That seems arbitrary to throw in death from sanctions.