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2002<\/p>\n
\tDo you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?<\/p>\n
\t1. Q: What percentage of the world's population does the U.S. have?
\n\tA: 6%<\/p>\n
\t2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have?
\n\tA: 50%<\/p>\n
\t3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?
\n\tA: Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n
\t4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves?
\n\tA: Iraq<\/p>\n
\t5. Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?
\n\tA: $900+ billion<\/p>\n
\t6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.?
\n\tA: 50%<\/p>\n
\t7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of life to everyone in the world, according the UN?
\n\tA: 10% (that's about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund our retaliatory attack on Afghanistan).<\/p>\n
\t8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II?
\n\tA: 86 million<\/p>\n
\t9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?
\n\tA: Since the early 1980's.<\/p>\n
\t10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical & biological weapons on their own?
\n\tA: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government, along with Britain and private corporations.<\/p>\n
\t11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against Iran?
\n\tA: No<\/p>\n
\t12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?
\n\tA: 5,000<\/p>\n
\t13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time?
\n\tA: 0<\/p>\n
\t14. Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?
\n\tA: 17 million.<\/p>\n
\t15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th terrorist attack?
\n\tA: No<\/p>\n
\t16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?
\n\tA: 35,000<\/p>\n
\t17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western forces during the Gulf War ?
\n\tA: 0<\/p>\n
\t18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U.S. tanks with ploughs mounted on the front? (many apparently while sleeping in their trenches)
\n\tA: 6,000<\/p>\n
\t19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War?
\n\tA: 40 tons<\/p>\n
\t20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?
\n\tA: 700%<\/p>\n
\t21. Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had destroyed in 1991?
\n\tA: 80%<\/p>\n
\t22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything other than deterrence and self defense?
\n\tA: No<\/p>\n
\t23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years ago?
\n\tA: No<\/p>\n
\t24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event of an attack on Iraq in 2002\/3?
\n\tA: 10,000<\/p>\n
\t25. Q: What percentage of these will be children?
\n\tA: Over 50%<\/p>\n
\t26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes on Iraq?
\n\tA: 11 years<\/p>\n
\t27. Q: Were the U. S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
\n\tA: No<\/p>\n
\t28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
\n\tA: 20 million<\/p>\n
\t29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports?
\n\tA: 12 years<\/p>\n
\t30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)?
\n\tA: 38<\/p>\n
\t31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per 1,000 births)?
\n\tA: 131 (that's an increase of 345%)<\/p>\n
\t32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a result of UN sanctions?
\n\tA: 1.5 million<\/p>\n
\t33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions since 1997?
\n\tA: 750,000<\/p>\n
\t34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
\n\tA: No<\/p>\n
\t35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998?
\n\tA: 300<\/p>\n
\t36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems?
\n\tA: 5<\/p>\n
\t37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ?
\n\tA: Yes<\/p>\n
\t38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a level unprecedented in modern history."
\n\tA: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.<\/p>\n
\t39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and dismantled?
\n\tA: 90%<\/p>\n
\t40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in?
\n\tA: Yes<\/p>\n
\t41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?
\n\tA: Over 65<\/p>\n
\t42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 and 1990?
\n\tA: 30+<\/p>\n
\t43. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
\n\tA: 8<\/p>\n
\t44. Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?
\n\tA: 0<\/p>\n
\t45. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got?
\n\tA: Over 10,000<\/p>\n
\t46. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons?
\n\tA: The US<\/p>\n
\t47. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
\n\tA: Over 400<\/p>\n
\t48. Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"?
\n\tA: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr<\/p>\n
\n\tCharles Sheketoff,
\n\tExecutive Director
\n\tOregon Center for Public Policy
\n\tPO Box 7, Silverton, OR 97381
\n\twww.ocpp.org<\/p>\n
\tThe Oregon Center for Public Policy is a Silverton, Oregon-based non-profit research institute that uses research and analysis to advance policies and practices that improve the economic and social prospects of low and moderate income Oregonians – the majority of Oregonians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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