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Seventeen US soldiers from a Colorado military base who mostly served in Iraq have been linked to violent killings and attempted killings since their return to US soil.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11057430



US soldiers back from Iraq made 'America safer': Obama

US President Barack Obama in a YouTube message on Friday thanked US troops back from Iraq for their "dedication" and "courage" that "has made America safer."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100827/pl_afp/iraqusmilitarypulloutobama



More like 1.5 million civilians killed: Iraq war inquiry 'ignoring 100,000 civilian deaths'

The official inquiry into the Iraq war has been accused of ignoring the deaths of the estimated 100,000 Iraqi civilians who have been killed since the 2003 invasion.

http://bit.ly/cD76hr


From Information Clearing House

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How much is an Iraqi life worth?

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

09/07/10

One of the most morally obscene aspects of the Iraq War has been the cost-benefit analysis in which war proponents claim that the war has been worth the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people killed in the operation. Since the U.S. government has brought democracy to Iraq, the argument goes, the deaths of countless Iraqi people, while regrettable, has been worth it...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-09-07.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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