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12 Apr 2005 08:27:09 AM |
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OT: Let them eat bombs |
Let them eat bombs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1457436,00.html
The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is baffling
Terry Jones
Tuesday April 12, 2005
The Guardian
A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that
Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they
are now.
This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like
George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive best
when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities
and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations.
Terry Jones
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/161ecb1f0d56e781
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| User: "stoney" |
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15 Apr 2005 05:28:58 PM |
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On 12 Apr 2005 01:27:09 -0700, "maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote:
Let them eat bombs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1457436,00.html
The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is baffling
Terry Jones
Tuesday April 12, 2005
The Guardian
A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that
Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they
are now.
This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like
George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive best
when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities
and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations.
It now appears that, far from improving the quality of life for Iraqi
youngsters, the US-led military assault on Iraq has inexplicably
doubled the number of children under five suffering from malnutrition.
Under Saddam, about 4% of children under five were going hungry,
whereas by the end of last year almost 8% were suffering.
These results are even more disheartening for those of us in the
Department of Making Things Better for Children in the Middle East By
Military Force, since the previous attempts by Britain and America to
improve the lot of Iraqi children also proved disappointing. For
example, the policy of applying the most draconian sanctions in living
memory totally failed to improve conditions. After they were imposed
in 1990, the number of children under five who died increased by a
factor of six. By 1995 something like half a million Iraqi children
were dead as a result of our efforts to help them.
A year later, Madeleine Albright, then the US ambassador to the United
Nations, tried to put a brave face on it. When a TV interviewer
remarked that more children had died in Iraq through sanctions than
were killed in Hiroshima, Mrs Albright famously replied: "We think the
price is worth it."
But clearly George Bush didn't. So he hit on the idea of bombing them
instead. And not just bombing, but capturing and torturing their
fathers, humiliating their mothers, shooting at them from road blocks
- but none of it seems to do any good. Iraqi children simply refuse to
be better nourished, healthier and less inclined to die. It is truly
baffling.
And this is why we at the department are appealing to you - the
general public - for ideas. If you can think of any other military
techniques that we have so far failed to apply to the children of
Iraq, please let us know as a matter of urgency. We assure you that,
under our present leadership, there is no limit to the amount of money
we are prepared to invest in a military solution to the problems of
Iraqi children.
In the UK there may now be 3.6 million children living below the
poverty line, and 12.9 million in the US, with no prospect of either
government finding any cash to change that. But surely this is a price
worth paying, if it means that George Bush and Tony Blair can make any
amount of money available for bombs, shells and bullets to improve the
lives of Iraqi kids. You know it makes sense.
·Terry Jones is a film director, actor and Python. He is the author of
Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror
Terry Jones
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/161ecb1f0d56e781
© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005
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Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
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America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "" |
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12 Apr 2005 12:25:38 PM |
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maff wrote:
Let them eat bombs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1457436,00.html
The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is baffling
Terry Jones
Tuesday April 12, 2005
The Guardian
A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded
that
Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than
they
are now.
This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like
George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive
best
when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities
and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations.
More children are dying per day now than during 1991-2001
when murderous US and UN sanctions were in effect. More Iraqi
children died per day during 1991-2001 than before sanctions.
And yet Americans are offended when the world calls the US
military and government "war criminals".
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2Biraq+%2Bsanctions+%2Bchildren+%2Bdead&btnG=Google+Search
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
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| User: "Clockmeister" |
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12 Apr 2005 06:30:52 PM |
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<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote in message
news:1113308738.639518.193050@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
maff wrote:
Let them eat bombs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1457436,00.html
The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is baffling
Terry Jones
Tuesday April 12, 2005
The Guardian
A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded
that
Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than
they
are now.
This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like
George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive
best
when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities
and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations.
More children are dying per day now than during 1991-2001
when murderous US and UN sanctions were in effect. More Iraqi
children died per day during 1991-2001 than before sanctions.
And yet Americans are offended when the world calls the US
military and government "war criminals".
I notice that Bush has no trouble associating himself with that other
renowned war criminal Ariel Sharon either.
The fucking hypocrisy of it all is astounding,
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| User: "stoney" |
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15 Apr 2005 05:29:37 PM |
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 02:30:52 +0800, "Clockmeister"
<no-one@nowhere.com> wrote:
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote in message
news:1113308738.639518.193050@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
maff wrote:
Let them eat bombs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1457436,00.html
The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is baffling
Terry Jones
Tuesday April 12, 2005
The Guardian
A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded
that
Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than
they
are now.
This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like
George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive
best
when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities
and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations.
More children are dying per day now than during 1991-2001
when murderous US and UN sanctions were in effect. More Iraqi
children died per day during 1991-2001 than before sanctions.
And yet Americans are offended when the world calls the US
military and government "war criminals".
I notice that Bush has no trouble associating himself with that other
renowned war criminal Ariel Sharon either.
The fucking hypocrisy of it all is astounding,
What else can you expect from Christians?
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "sdq" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Let them eat bombs |
12 Apr 2005 07:40:05 PM |
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Let them eat bombs ... with depleted uranium sprinkles on top.
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| User: "Clockmeister" |
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12 Apr 2005 08:48:27 PM |
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"sdq" <sdq@sdq.sdq> wrote in message
news:d3h86h$asb$1@Tropolix.UQSS.UQuebec.CA...
Let them eat bombs ... with depleted uranium sprinkles on top.
Agreed, that should sort out the fuckwits in the White House.
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| User: "stoney" |
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15 Apr 2005 05:30:26 PM |
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 04:48:27 +0800, "Clockmeister"
<no-one@nowhere.com> wrote:
"sdq" <sdq@sdq.sdq> wrote in message
news:d3h86h$asb$1@Tropolix.UQSS.UQuebec.CA...
Let them eat bombs ... with depleted uranium sprinkles on top.
Agreed, that should sort out the fuckwits in the White House.
Brown House. The ***** inside changed the outside colour due to toxic
fumes.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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