Comments on 'Haditha: massacre, cover-up-- and now what?'
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posted by helena at 10:14 PM
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Helena,
Haditha is one of many lesser, or perhaps we should say "smaller" warcrimes committed constantly since the war began.
It's becoming easier to see how the reports of snipers killing civilians in Ramadi could be true. There are no photographers monitoring the acts of snipers-yet.
also, keep in mind the banality of most violence in Iraq, being caused mainly by violent crime...
The Banality of Gun Violence
That's a set of moving stories over there, brian. Thanks for the link.
My general picture of the Iraqi casualties of the war is that there are some who are killed through politically motivated direct physical violence-- by the US troops and by other (mainly Iraqi) actors... there are some who are killed through non-political (criminal) direct physical violence... but that probably the greatest number have been killed throughinfrastructure destruction that has led to contaminated drinking water, denial of lifesaving technologies like air-conditioning or power supplies for hospitals, denial of other supplies for hospitals and public health in general, etc etc...
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