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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:10:49 GMT, Dharmananda <Nil@neph.net> wrote:

>remove underscore wrote:
>
>> 
>> Ok.��Support�this�claim.��How�many�civilians�have�died�in�Falluja?
>> 
>
>The DoD has said that there were, at the very least, 10,000 civilians in
>Fallujah when it was attacked,
>and the best estimate was 70,000 to 100,000

Answer the question.  How many civilians have died in Falluja?


>So where are these people today?  
>
>There are numerous anecdotal accounts of the streets of Fallujah being full
>of corpses, some of them eaten by stray animals, and that the stench of
>death blows from every street.  

And we all know how accurate 'anecdotal reports' are.

>
>Given the complete destruction of the city, and the numbers of civilians
>that were in it, one knows that there were thousands, if not tens of
>thousands, of civilian casualties.

What 'complete destruction' of the city?  

(Please point this out to me as I cannot believe that I would not have
noticed.)

>
>There are fifty press reports about this from all over the map.  I'm not
>going to do your reasearch for you.  Get a job.

Yup, iffy press reports from sources who said the same thing about
Samarra.  They were wrong then, why should you believe them now?


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in the ground. Supposedly, his goal was to remain
in hiding until all the shooting stopped. Well,
hey, it worked for the French."  Jay Leno