tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532914503860216905.post2780536928329313733..comments2023-12-28T20:23:26.235+00:00Comments on Rhymes and Routes: 9/11 - The Forgotten VictimsGeoff Parryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001652498088237935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532914503860216905.post-24805558545123526652011-09-10T15:16:35.351+01:002011-09-10T15:16:35.351+01:00As for when I heard about 9/11, I know I was at wo...As for when I heard about 9/11, I know I was at work, but I don't recall how I learned about the bombings. So perhaps everyone but me ...Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532914503860216905.post-87646779238556178902011-09-10T15:13:24.212+01:002011-09-10T15:13:24.212+01:00The Wikileaks estimate that 111,937 Iraqi civilian...The Wikileaks estimate that 111,937 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the invasion is at the low end of the scale. The highest estimates include a Lancet survey 5 years ago which put the figure at more than 600,000, and a survey in 2007 by Opinion Research Business (an independent polling agency in London) which estimated the number of deaths at 1.2 million. There have of course been more deaths since both those estimates.<br /><br />Using these estimates, the number of Iraqi deaths for each person killed on 9/11 ranges from 37 to 400.<br /><br />I completely understand your point about the forgotten victims - along with the Iraqi dead, they're being swept under the carpet. Consequently I find the blanket coverage of the 9/11 anniversary alone, without reference to these other deaths which are far greater in number, nauseatingly hypocritical.<br /><br />The crime of 9/11 does not justify the greater (in numerical terms) crime of the Iraq invasion.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.com