02-20-2003, 08:36 PM
Pete,Feb 21 2003, 07:08 AM Wrote:And, indeed, as Occhi pointed out a million casualties *overall* is not an impossible or even unlikely figure if chemical weapons are used in a reasonably crowded area.That's what I thought too when I read it. But I'm I'm scratching my head over the figure a bit. Pulling some probably unrealistic numbers out of the hat . . .
--Pete
1000 U.S. Troops targeted and killed
996000 Iraqi civilians caught in the effected area? *
1000 Iraqis caught in the retaliatory strike
2000 Other human casualites
* I've read that Iraq seldom has buildings over six storeys, so I wonder at the amount of area that would have to be covered in a densely populated area for a million lives to be lost. :unsure:
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