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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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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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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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very interesting indeed.. Q: How much of this comes as a surprise to me... A: 0% =/ |
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Q WHICH COUNTRY ARE YOU FROM? |
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Why are you spouting all this left wing propogander nonsense. |
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israel THE JEWS ARE COMING |
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A I AM FROM THE COUNTRY OF USA. THAT IS THE COUNTRY I AM FROM |
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The Iraq stuff isn't surprising. But the things about Isreal. |
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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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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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http://www.newamericancentury.org/ scary! |
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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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