The 500th Day of Iraqi Freedom

September 3, 2004

On the 500th day of Iraqi freedom:

The total number of Iraqis who are alive, and have not been murdered, or killed by Saddam's criminal neglegience, since the invasion is 103,200.

The number of new mass graves have been dug, then filled with Iraqi victims since we toppled Saddam is zero.

As of midnight September 3, 2004 the deaths attributable to Saddam had been stopped for 500 days and no new mass graves have been dug.

Only two of the many things our soldiers gave their lives to accomplish!

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Background:

Saddam Hussien became "President" of Iraq in 1979. The Coalition invaded Iraq March 22, 2003.

This makes his total time in power equal 23 years , 2 months, 22 days. Or 8,477 days.
The conservative estimate of the number of Iraqis murdered by Saddam's regime and placed in mass graves is 400,000.

The number of Iraqi civilians who starved to death, or died from lack of proper medical care while Saddam spent Oil-for-Food money, and sold medical supplies to get money for palaces and weapons adds another 1,350,000 for a total of 1,750,000.

Assuming that the murders and deaths attributable to Saddam stopped when the invasion started that would make Saddam's average number of Iraqis killed per day to be 206.4

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