Abu Juwairiya
Junior Member
"The U.S. led coalition carried out over 120,000 air attacks against Iraq. If each bombing sortie claimed only 3 Iraqi civilian lives, then at least 360,000 Iraqis, men, women, and children, were killed during the Gulf War. The actual figure was probably well over 500,000.
As is well established, U.S. bombers concentrated on obliterating the civilian infrastructure of Iraq, wiping out the Iraqi’s ability to supply water or electricity to its cities, and destroying highways, bridges and all means of mass transportation—targets which had no military value, but which were designed to inflict maximal punishment on the “sand niggers.” Members of the Bush administration joked that this was the “bomb now, die later” strategy.
The goal was not to eliminate Saddam Hussein, but genocide, the mass murder of Iraqi civilians and their children, and the creation of an Iraqi state so weak, that after a few years time it could be easily invaded and occupied.
The first fruit’s of the Gulf War included an astronomical rise in infant mortality. Even after Saddam Hussein cried uncle, after more than a month of bombing, and agreed to accept the UN resolution calling for Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, the Bush administration continued to strike at civilian targets.
Even after Saddam announced that his army was pulling out of Kuwait, and even as Iraqi soldiers began streaming toward Iraq, the Bush administration continued to strike.
On February 28, U.S. and British forces mounted a relentless assault against retreating and defenceless Iraqi soldiers.
The road leading from Kuwait to Basra became known as the ‘Highway of Death.’ Iraqi soldiers fled Kuwait in every possible vehicle they could get their hands on. Allied tank units cut the Iraqis off. U.S. warplanes bombed, strafed and firebombed the stranded columns for hours without resistance.
In a slaughter that a U.S. pilot described as ‘like shooting fish in a barrel,’ thousands of Iraqi conscripts were killed on a 50-mile stretch of highway. So many planes filled the skies over southern Iraq that military air traffic controllers maneuvered to prevent mid-air collisions.”.....
“They know we own their country. We own their airspace... We dictate the way they live and talk. And that’s what’s great about America right now. It’s a good thing, especially when there’s a lot of oil out there we need.” -U.S. Brig. General William Looney.' (Source: 'America Betrayed' By Rhawn Joseph, 2003, P 29-31)
As is well established, U.S. bombers concentrated on obliterating the civilian infrastructure of Iraq, wiping out the Iraqi’s ability to supply water or electricity to its cities, and destroying highways, bridges and all means of mass transportation—targets which had no military value, but which were designed to inflict maximal punishment on the “sand niggers.” Members of the Bush administration joked that this was the “bomb now, die later” strategy.
The goal was not to eliminate Saddam Hussein, but genocide, the mass murder of Iraqi civilians and their children, and the creation of an Iraqi state so weak, that after a few years time it could be easily invaded and occupied.
The first fruit’s of the Gulf War included an astronomical rise in infant mortality. Even after Saddam Hussein cried uncle, after more than a month of bombing, and agreed to accept the UN resolution calling for Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait, the Bush administration continued to strike at civilian targets.
Even after Saddam announced that his army was pulling out of Kuwait, and even as Iraqi soldiers began streaming toward Iraq, the Bush administration continued to strike.
On February 28, U.S. and British forces mounted a relentless assault against retreating and defenceless Iraqi soldiers.
The road leading from Kuwait to Basra became known as the ‘Highway of Death.’ Iraqi soldiers fled Kuwait in every possible vehicle they could get their hands on. Allied tank units cut the Iraqis off. U.S. warplanes bombed, strafed and firebombed the stranded columns for hours without resistance.
In a slaughter that a U.S. pilot described as ‘like shooting fish in a barrel,’ thousands of Iraqi conscripts were killed on a 50-mile stretch of highway. So many planes filled the skies over southern Iraq that military air traffic controllers maneuvered to prevent mid-air collisions.”.....
“They know we own their country. We own their airspace... We dictate the way they live and talk. And that’s what’s great about America right now. It’s a good thing, especially when there’s a lot of oil out there we need.” -U.S. Brig. General William Looney.' (Source: 'America Betrayed' By Rhawn Joseph, 2003, P 29-31)