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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-11-22 17:43 [#00961570]
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This was posted on one of the Audiogalaxy Satellite messageboards back in the day, before we invaded Iraq:
1. Q: What percentage of the world's population does the U.S. have?
A: 6%
2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have?
A: 50%
3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves? A:Saudi Arabia
4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves? A: Iraq
5. Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?
A: $900+ billion
6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.? A: 50%
7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of
life to everyone in the world, according the UN? A: 10% (that's about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially
requested to fund our retaliatory attack on Afghanistan).
8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II? A: 86 million
9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?
A: Since the early 1980's.
10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical and biological weapons on their own?
A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government,
along with Britain and private corporations.
11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against
Iran? A: No
12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish
town of Halabja in 1988? A: 5,000. The Kurds had started to fight with Iran during the Iran-Iraq war.
13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time?
A: 0
14. Q: How many gallons of Agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?
A: 17 million.
15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th terrorist
attack? A: No
16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?
A: 5,000 - 35,000
17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western
forces during the Gulf War? A: 0
18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U.S. tanks
with ploughs mounted on the front? A: 6,000
19. Q: Ho
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-11-22 17:44 [#00961571]
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19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after
the Gulf War? A: 40 tons
20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq
between 1991 and 1994? A: 700%
21. Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had
destroyed in 1991? A: 80%
22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything
other than deterrence and self defense? A: No
23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years ago?
A: No
24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event of
an attack on Iraq in 2002/3? A: 10,000
25. Q: What percentage of these will be children? A ver 50%
26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes on Iraq?
A: 11 years
27. Q: Was the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and
September 1999? A: No
28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between December
1998 and September 1999? A: 20 million
29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict
sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports? A: 12 years
30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 38
31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per 1,000
births)? A: 131 (that's an increase of 345%)
32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a
result of UN sanctions? A: 1.5 million
33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions
since 1997? A: 750,000
34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq? A:No
35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998?
A: 300
36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems? A:5
37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ? A:Yes
38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a
level unprecedented in modern history? A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.
39. Q: In 1998 how
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-11-22 17:45 [#00961573]
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39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of
mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and
dismantled? A: 90%
40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in?
A:Yes
41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992? A: Over 65
42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 and
1990? A: 30+
43. Q: How much does the U.S. fund Israel a year? A:$5 billion
44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
A: 8
45. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Iraq have? A: 0
46. Q: How many nuclear warheads does US have? A: over 10,000
46a Q: But hasn't Saddam recently bought enriched uranium from an African
country? A: No. The weapons inspectors have discovered that the evidence was fake.
Who faked this evidence we may never know.
47. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons? A: the US
48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have? A: Over 400
49. Q: Has Israel ever allowed UN weapons inspections? A: No
50. Q: What percentage of the Palestinian territories are controlled by
Israeli settlements? A: 42%
51. Q: Is Israel illegally occupying Palestinian land? A: Yes
I just found it interesting.
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2003-11-22 18:49 [#00961657]
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very interesting indeed..
Q: How much of this comes as a surprise to me...
A: 0% =/
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2003-11-22 18:52 [#00961669]
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Q WHICH COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM?
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ecnadniarb
on 2003-11-22 18:57 [#00961674]
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Why are you spouting all this left wing propogander nonsense.
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happy cycling
from berlin on 2003-11-22 18:58 [#00961676]
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israel
THE JEWS ARE COMING
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-11-22 19:05 [#00961680]
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A I AM FROM THE COUNTRY OF USA. THAT IS THE COUNTRY I AM FROM
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-11-22 19:05 [#00961682]
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The Iraq stuff isn't surprising. But the things about Isreal.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2003-11-22 19:07 [#00961688]
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did this q and a's upset you in some way?
you should read something on the whitehouse homepage to calm down
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2003-11-22 19:09 [#00961691]
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http://www.whitehouse.com/
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-23 05:37 [#00961916]
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well they seem to be facts that you can make your own opinion about.
my opinion is the US government sucks, 50% or the worlds spending on Military says it all
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-23 05:39 [#00961917]
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http://www.newamericancentury.org/
scary!
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-23 05:41 [#00961921]
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WTF? How can they write stuff like this??
"Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests?"
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