The self proclaimed citadel of democracy walks the street of greed

Of the numerous such instances of atrocities and human rights violation perpetrated by the war, the facts are appalling. The US Defense Department, testifying before the Congress, stated that it paid $19 million to the Iraqis for around 600 separate incidents. With the commonly reported dole of $2,500 per victim, the admitted killings by Americans then mount up to 7,600! It was also reported that recently that the US had ‘bettered’ on their compensation and paid $38,000 for Haditha victims’ family members – averaging to a beggarly $1,600 per person ‘killed’ (read: raped and slaughtered).


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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006.

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri