How many people have to die before Iraq is free?
369938
The only way the US is going to be convinced that Iraq is free, is when the country is totally devastated.\nIt is all politics for oil gone sour.\nNo one in the USA ever believed that it would be a protracted battle.\nNow they are reeling from the costs and results.\nHowever, it is the Iraqis who are humiliated, devastated, demoralized and reaching the brink of destruction.\nThis "civil war" between shias and sunnis would know no end.\nEven the might superpower has no control over it.\nThe USA always was weak on intelligence in the Middle East.\nIt is no surprise.\nAs for the Iraqis, they would have a long road ahead of them, even if the US troops should leave . because for them to have a strong government is not easy.\nThe Shia sunni conflict would see to that .\nThe Kurds are wedged in the middle and have no where to go.\nTough luck for Iraq.\nIt is the cradle of civilization reaching the brink of devastation.
1014749
every one would like free money but as you well know freedom isn't free and it cost american's far more in healtcare,financial aide and education for illegals than 1,500 a year. as for the 2,520 lives, how many are lost on the highways of this nation every month due to drunk driving, how about murder rates, what about the number of children each year who die at the hands of their 'loved ones', want to discuss the number of deaths due to cigarettes now? how much do you think these 'little wars' cost us every month? year? talk about senseless deaths...add to that how many iraqi citizens died horrific deaths daily at the hands of hussein? throwing idiotic claims like yours around detracts the ignorant from the real issues, unfortunately you have a lot of ignorant people out there who would rather believe you rather than seek the truth.
767513
It's a Civil War and has been declared one by the Iraqi Defense Minister!\n\nActually the "Official" death toll for Iraqi's for those for the past 4 1/2 months is  10,538!  Iraq claims it is lower, though the actual figures show it to be higher. The insurgents, who are Iraqi's, are increasingly targeting women!\n\nI don't have a clue how anyone can claim it is anything other than a civil war as more innocent Iraqi's are dying in 1 day than Americans in 1 month! We claim it is a war! And if it isn't, just what the hell is it?\n\nhttp://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/i/iraq.html
447954
"30,000 more or less" I believe was the number Bush gave. But heres a website that has a better number.\n\nhttp://www.iraqbodycount.net/\n\n\npeace
207036
About 3000 US, and 35,000 Iraq.
738622
More than have died in both Iraq and Afghanistan to this point.
820421
no, iraq has allready been put back by a 100 years cos of the invasion, by the time the colonial troops pull out 20 per cent of the iraqi population will be dead, its allready 3 percent at the moment thats been killed cos of the invasion.
696030
I suspect that this information will be hard to find.  If anybody began breaking out Iraqi civilian deaths by who they were killed by - the anti-war crowd would have to explain why they want to remove the people who are protecting the Iraqi civilians from terrorists and mass murderers.
109527
I believe it was in excess of 500,000.  Bush is only up to 2,000+ Americans and 100,000+ Iraqis (mostly civilian)
1131683
We can not leave right now. We are obligated under International Law to rebuild the country after conquering it and overthrowing its government. We must stay.\n\nNext, Saddam is the cause of much of the blood shed in Iraq. He didvided the Muslims there (Sunni, Shiite and Kurds) based on historical and religious reasons. They hate each other and want the others dead. He caused it, we are keeping them all alive.
515918
Damn right, Buussh,Con-die, Rums-fell, Chain-he and all the others who initiated the Iraqi war that cause the deaths of countless lives will soon pay. If you want to know the price.  Wait till "Judgement Day"  they all willbe marching to HELL.  Hope they do.
1187778
Iraq must split up into three sectarian states --Kurdistan, a Shi'ite province of Iran, and a Sunni landlocked nation.\n\nNo one will die for the geographical "Iraq" as a whole, so the group will keep killing each other until they are separate geopolitical entities.\n\nThe United States should have realized this when then invated in 2003; the US should have invaded and partitioned.  They WERE warned but the warnings were dismissed.\n\nIraq as a united country defending itself does not exist and will not come into existance.
492796
Better question: How many innocent people would have been murdered without the Us Army?
1109732
Any other answer would be idiotic speculation.The only result for sure will be more dead americans and Iraqis!Get real .This is the middle east.these countries have been fighting for hundreds of years!
132780
well the current death toll for americans in iraq is now 2267 which saddens me to say because people in my job are over there right now and the army is in need of them more than ever.  but that in itself is sad enough to see i have no idea of the exact ammount in that city but at least you know that only a portion of that amount has died in that city
246612
This strikes me as a very misguided question.  Fewer people are killed today in Iraq than there were during Saddam's reign of terror.  His citizens no longer live in fear of him using chemical weapons against them and for the first time ever they were allowed to select a government.  Iraq is certainly not a safe place but calling the situation a mess is just not accurate.
744184
There is no definite answer to your question since the reported number varies depending on who's counting. The latest study though published by the Lancet medical journal in October 2006, suggested that about 655,000 people had died in Iraq as a result of the 2003 invasion. Quite impressive isn't it? I guess the argument for the war just went out of the window!