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Petition the Iraq Ministry of Health to release war casualty numbers

Petition the Iraq Ministry of Health to release war casualty numbers

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 8 months ago
We ask the Iraq Ministry of Health to report the number of lives lost in the war in Iraq. We ask the Iraq Ministry of Health to regularly publish casualty numbers on the Iraq Ministry of Health\'s website or regularly release casualty numbers to a mainstream news organisation for publication. We suggest casualty numbers be released to the Iraq News Agency, Associated Press, BBC and Reuters. We ask the Iraq Ministry of Health to release details to the public showing casualty numbers including age, gender and, where possible, the districts of people who have lost their lives. We ask that the civilian lives lost in this war in Iraq be accounted for. We the undersigned think that all human lives are equal and that when we count the human cost of this war we look at all lives lost. American news agencies represent the deaths of American and Coalition soldiers. The numbers of US and Coalition casualties are published by CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties). MSNBC.com publishes the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3359080). We think that we should honor all lives lost in this war and more importantly represent those who are paying the price even though they are not fighting in the war. We ask that civilian casualties be represented in mainstream news publications.

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December 5, 2006

The silence from the Ministry remains heavy and frustrating. I spend my nights reading the stories you send me because forgetting the human cost is exactly what they want us to do.

December 5, 2006

Reaching this point has been a тяжёлый process but the growing momentum tells me that people are finally refusing to look away from the human cost. It is exhausting to keep pushing for basic acknowledgment in the face of such silence yet your backing reminds me why this must continue.

6 Comments

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Elena McCarthy
19 years ago Featured

Why is it only news when coalition soldiers die? These people were someone's kids too.

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Jessica Rao
19 years ago Featured

THEY ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS!!! Stop acting like civilians dont exist in this war.

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Tom Jenkins
19 years ago Featured

Counting the dead is just basic human decency. Stop the hiding.

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David Nguyen
19 years ago Featured

Total disgrace that these numbers are still hidden. How can we learn from history if we dont even know the real toll?

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Sarah Hart
19 years ago Featured

Every single life matters. Families deserve to know the truth about what happened to their loved ones.

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Mike Johnston
19 years ago Featured

The world is ignoring way too many victims. Just release the data already.

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