La pace DILAGA PROROMPENTE

[lorenzo v.]

oltre al conto del Libano , della Palestina, dell 'Afghanistan

ora abbiamo anche il "quorum" dell'Iran , anzi, solo a Bagdad --

Officials at Baghdad mortuary say they received 1,855 bodies in July, as the capital remains gripped in a wave of violence which has beset it for months.

The figure - the highest yet - is a rise of more than 350 on June. Officials say about 90% of the deaths were as a result of violence.

The mortuary director told the BBC his staff could barely cope with the sheer numbers of bodies they received.

The violence continued on Wednesday, with at least 15 lives lost in Baghdad.

There were at least five other deaths reported elsewhere in Iraq.

Unidentified bodies

The number of bodies delivered each month to the Baghdad mortuary has risen by almost 700 from January, when the figure was 1,068.

Observers put part of the blame on a wave of sectarian violence which followed the bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra in late February. They caution the real death toll in Baghdad could be even higher


BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4777419.stm

[stuart mill]

ma gli usa esportano pace, amore, libertà e benessere...

[lorenzo v.]

Civil war is a more likely outcome in Iraq than democracy, Britain's outgoing ambassador in Baghdad has warned Tony Blair in a confidential memo.

William Patey, who left the Iraqi capital last week, also predicted the break-up of Iraq along ethnic lines.

He did also say that "the position is not hopeless" - but said it would be "messy" for five to 10 years.

Mr Blair said the violence was designed to put extremists in charge rather than leaders committed to democracy.

"What should our response be? However difficult it is, stay the course, stand up for those people who want democracy, stand up for those people who are fighting sectarianism, stand up for a different vision of the Middle East based on democracy, liberty, the rule of law," he told reporters.

The Foreign Office said it did not comment on leaked documents but added that Iraqi security forces were getting more capable every day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5240808.stm

[schwarzewolf]

ma gli usa esportano pace, amore, libertà e benessere...

Tipo questa:


Che esportino la pace non v'è dubbio.
Quella eterna.

[schwarzewolf]

...il fascismo invece esporta solo patologie, fra cui l'ignoranza.

Non solo, a volte ha esportato anche delle sane e robuste manganellate, che in certi casi sono la migliore medicina.

[stuart mill]

Tipo questa:


Che esportino la pace non v'è dubbio.
Quella eterna.

dresda fu anche peggio, ma si parla tanto delle atomiche, perchè più 'spettacolari'.
Oddio, il nemico era quello che era, ma il vizietto di bombardare i civili non l'hanno perso, anzi l'hanno trasmesso a israele, anche se c'è da dire che i tedeschi furono i primi a farlo: a guernica, per esempio

[lorenzo v.]

ragà !

1850 morti al mese nella sola Bagdad , il 90% per ferite conducibili ad atti militari....

[stuart mill]

ragà !

1850 morti al mese nella sola Bagdad , il 90% per ferite conducibili ad atti militari....

vero, Saddam (lui, eh!) era un dittatore sanguinario... o forse si parlava di bush?