47% by execution & suicide bomber

[Pete]

This is an interesting article.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/16/1585

Make what you will of the total deaths but even these folks list 47% of the civilian deaths in Iraq by execution after capture (most tortured) and suicide bombers.

And America is such a bad country? Some presidents think so.

"....... Weapons that kill relatively high proportions of Iraqi civilians, female civilians, or children are particularly hazardous to public health. ......"

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Pete

This is an interesting article.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/16/1585

Make what you will of the total deaths but even these folks list 47% of the civilian deaths in Iraq by execution after capture (most tortured) and suicide bombers.

And America is such a bad country? Some presidents think so.

"....... Weapons that kill relatively high proportions of Iraqi civilians, female civilians, or children are particularly hazardous to public health. ......"

Good point Pete. It will be even more interesting to see how the MSM spins it or if they even mention it on their news sites. I haven't seen anything yet this morning.

GB TFS

[redleg99]

A very interesting report.
Too bad we did not have this kind of analysis two or three years ago.

I thought this piece was particularly interesting:

Suicide bombers in Iraq are mainly used strategically by sectarian or insurgent forces, with deployment at targets after apparently coordinated planning. Although the bomb's blast is undiscriminating, the individual bomber is not. A suicide bomber on foot acts as a precision weapon — a close-quarters "smart bomb" whose pattern of killing many civilians at a time can result only from either disregard for civilians when targeting opposition forces or direct targeting of civilians. When combatant forces intentionally target civilians, they commit a war crime and violate international humanitarian law pertaining to both international and civil armed conflicts.

It’s nice to see someone other than the US accused of war crimes.