{"id":82,"date":"2006-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/2006\/11\/11\/artigo42\/"},"modified":"2006-11-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-11T00:00:00","slug":"artigo42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/artigo42\/","title":{"rendered":"Authentic genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoSubtitle style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 35.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia\">The excuse used by Bush to invade <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> was that he was going to &#8220;release&#8221; this country from &#8220;Saddam Hussein&#8217;s tyranny&#8221; and to install a &#8220;real demo<st1:PersonName w:st=\"on\">cr<\/st1:PersonName>acy&#8221;. Today, not even those who once justified the occupation believe such words. Hans Blix, former chief of UN inspectors who verified Saddam&#8217;s alleged &#8220;massive arms&#8221;, stated recently, &#8220;<I>Saddam&#8217;s tyranny was bad but the current situation is even worse<\/I>&#8220;.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoSubtitle style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 35.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia\">The terrible consequences that the imperialist occupation had for the Iraqi people have just been assessed by a scientific study of the <st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">John<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">Hopkins<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">University<\/st1:PlaceType> of the <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">USA<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. This study reveals that, in the last three years, 655 000 Iraqis died as a joint result of military actions, bombing of civilian populations, the activity of death squads or for lack of food and medical care stemming out of the war.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoSubtitle style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 35.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia\">In other words, imperialism has been committing a real genocide in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. These figures prove up to what point <st1:PersonName w:st=\"on\">cr<\/st1:PersonName>uelty and scorn for people can go to uphold their control over the world. 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