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War in Iraq
The first casualty index
Mas'ood Cajee lists a series of crucial truths that are unfortunately missing in action, absent without leave, or prisoners of war.
By Mas'ood Cajee, April 23, 2003

Hiram Johnson said, "The first casualty of war is always the truth." Winston Churchill, who created Iraq and Palestine as British Colonial Secretary in 1921, said, "Truth is so valuable, sometimes it needs a bodyguard of lies."
Number of Iraqi civilians killed:
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Number of Iraqi civilians mistakenly identified as collateral damage:
Number of Iraqi child limbs lost or amputated:
Number of Iraqi child hands and arms lost or amputated:
Number of Iraqi child feet and legs lost or amputated:
Number of Iraqi children orphaned:
Number of Iraqi children under 5 killed:
Number of Iraqi children under 5 injured or maimed:
Percentage of Iraqi children wetting their beds due to war-related mental trauma:
Percentage of Iraqi children who think they will live to grow up:
Percentage of Iraqi children suffering severe war-related mental trauma:
Percentage of Iraqi children having war-related nightmares every night:
Percentage of Iraqi childrens? lives turned upside down:
Number of premature babies born in Iraq since war started:
Number of Iraqi mothers who lost sons:
Numbers of Iraqi sons who lost mothers:
Number of Iraqi families made fatherless:
Number of Iraqi wives widowed:
Number of Iraqi women raped by US or British troops:
Number of Iraqi family units obliterated:
Number of human bodies never to be recovered due to war:
Number of humans permanently disabled due to Iraq war:
Number of humans killed:
Number of humans wounded:
Number of Iraqi soldiers, conscripts, or volunteers killed:
Number of Iraqi soldiers, conscripts, or volunteers wounded:
Number of Iraqi soldiers, conscripts, or volunteers disabled:
Number of American soldiers killed:
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Number of British soldiers killed:
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Number of British soldiers disabled:
Number of international volunteer resistance fighters who have come to Iraq:
Number of international volunteer resistance fighters killed:
Number of international volunteer resistance fighters wounded:
Number of fundamentalist Christian American soldiers who view occupation as chance for Iraqis to have true freedom in Jesus Christ, and who plan to share God?s love:
Number of Biblical prophets and figures who called Iraq home:
Number of historically and spiritually significant monuments, buildings and sites damaged or destroyed by Anglo-American bombing and shelling:
Number of visits Saddam Hussein made to US Embassy in Cairo in his youth:
Number of visits Donald Rumsfeld made to Baghdad as Reagan?s envoy to Saddam Hussein:
Number of Iraqis killed by Baathists in the 1960s who were on death-lists supplied by the CIA:
Number of years Saddam Hussein spent on CIA payroll:
Number of camels killed or injured by US troops:
Dollar cost of property and livestock war damage and destruction in Iraq:
Dollar cost of war and occupation to Iraqi economy:
Dollar cost of war and occupation to American economy:
Dollar cost of war and occupation to world economy:
Number of uninsured Americans who could have been covered with health insurance using money for Iraq War:
Percentage of American schools that could have been repaired using money for Iraq War:
Number of homes that could have been built for homeless American veterans using money for Iraq War:
Dollar value of lost business due to anti-American consumer boycotts around the world:
Percentage of Baghdad residents participating in looting:
Percentage of Baghdad residents paralyzed by fear in their homes:
Percentage of Iraqi families who lost at least 1 relative to Saddam Hussein due to war and repression:
Percentage of Iraqi families who lost at least 1 relative because of Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43 due to war & sanctions:
Number of Iraqi children who died due to sanctions regime:
Number of Iraqi children who died due to sanctions regime acceptable to Albright:
Number of Iraqi children who died under sanctions regime because of diarrhea-related illnesses:
Number of phone threats to American interests around the world:
Percentage of American embassies or consulates which saw anti-war protests or demonstrations:
Number of McDonalds restaurants vandalized worldwide:
Increase in the number of people praying for the downfall of America around the world:
Number of Arabs or Muslims who have thought of joining Al-Qaeda because of the war:
Gallons of Iraqi civilian blood spilled or shed:
Gallons of tears shed worldwide due to Iraq war:
Gallons of oil under Iraqi soil:
Gallons of oil used by US military during Iraq War:
Lives per gallon of average American car:
Lives per gallon of average car worldwide:
Number of photographs of Iraqi children killed or injured aired on American television or print media:
Number of photographs of Iraqi children killed or injured aired on worldwide television or print media:
Number of Iraqi civilian human interest stories in the American media:
Number of Iraqi civilian human interest stories in international media:
Percentage of self-censored American journalists:
Mas’ood Cajee is a dentist and writer who lives in Northern California.
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