I think I'll agree with KSig RC on the source of the info.
A little questionable because there is an agenda behind many things the BBC does...even within it's own country.
Well, let's draw a comparison. How many times (which I really don't know) have innocent Americans been killed because they were near a "target".
During the World Wars and all the other "conflicts" how many innocent Italians-Germans-Frenchmen-Vietnamese-Japanese, Spaniards -(you get the idea) were killed.
Should we have bailed on our fight against Hitler? Should we have closed our eyes to Pearl Harbor? In our own Civil War, MANY innocents were killed as brother stood against brother. Was THAT a just cause? There seems to be two distinct schools of thought. Those who believe Iraq, Afghanistan...Saudi Arabia and Syria present a "real and present danger", and those who don't.
Those who DON'T... have you forgotten the shock, the horror and the pain of 9-11 as over 3000 of OUR innocents were killed?
Tom is right. THIS IS WAR. War is ugly. Innocent people DO get killed. To exploit every single perceived "innocent's" death does NOTHING to help defeat this enemy. I've said this before-I agree with O'Reilly-this IS WWlll.
IMO , those who give comfort to the enemy are just as guilty-have hands just as dirty-as those supplying them with money and ammunition.
You know, once this
UN "Oil for Food" scandal is unraveled, we will see who has the REAL agenda...Notice the "positions" and influence of those getting the bribe.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/I..._040420-1.html
...The inquiries into the United Nations Oil-for-Food program result from the release in January of a list of 270 individuals, companies and institutions that allegedly received lucrative oil contracts from Saddam Hussein's former regime in return for political support...Oil vouchers were allegedly given either as gifts or as payment for goods imported into Iraq in violation of the U.N. sanctions...
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Russia
The Companies of the Russian Communist Party: 137 million
The Companies of the Liberal Democratic Party: 79.8 million
The Russian Committee for Solidarity with Iraq: 6.5 million and 12.5 million (two separate contracts)
Head of the Russian Presidential Cabinet: 90 million
The Russian Orthodox Church: 5 million
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France
Charles Pasqua, former minister of interior: 12 million
Trafigura (Patrick Maugein), businessman: 25 million
Ibex: 47.2 million
Bernard Merimee, former French ambassador to the United Nations: 3 million
Michel Grimard, founder of the French-Iraqi Export Club: 17.1 million
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Syria
Firas Mostafa Tlass, son of Syria's defense minister: 6 million
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Zeynel Abidin Erdem: more than 27 million
Lotfy Doghan: more than 11 million
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Indonesia
Megawati Sukarnoputri: 11 million
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Spain
Ali Ballout, Lebanese journalist: 8.8 million
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Yugoslavia
The Socialist Party: 22 million
Kostunica's Party: 6 million
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Canada
Arthur Millholland, president and CEO of Oilexco: 9.5 million
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Italy
Father Benjamin, a French Catholic priest who arranged a meeting between the pope and Tariq Aziz: 4.5 million
Roberto Frimigoni: 24.5 million
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United States
Samir Vincent: 7 million
Shakir Alkhalaji: 10.5 million
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George Galloway, member of Parliament: 19 million
Mujaheddin Khalq: 36.5 million
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South Africa
Tokyo Saxwale: 4 million
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Jordan
Shaker bin Zaid: 6.5 million
The Jordanian Ministry of Energy: 5 million
Fawaz Zureikat: 6 million
Toujan Al Faisal, former member of Parliament: 3 million
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Lebanon
The son of President Lahoud: 5.5 million
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Egypt
Khaled Abdel Nasser: 16.5 million
Emad Al Galda, businessman and Parliament member: 14 million
Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Liberation Organization: 4 million
Abu Al Abbas: 11.5 million
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Qatar
Hamad bin Ali Al Thany: 14 million
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Libya
Prime Minister Shukri Ghanem: 1 million
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Chad
Foreign minister of Chad: 3 million
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Brazil
The October 8th Movement: 4.5 million
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Myanmar (Burma)
The minister of the Forests of Myanmar: 5 million
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Ukraine
The Social Democratic Party: 8.5 million
The Communist Party: 6 million
The Socialist Party: 2 million
The FTD oil company: 2 million