Julian Assange of Wikileaks and spokesperson of Iraq Body Count (IBC) talk on scale of Iraq war documents leaked to the press, assessing the numbers of innocent Iraqis killed and brutally tortured, which is believed to be 80 precent or higher of the named Iraqis listed by the IBC.
The IBC numbers are also problematic since they include deaths in their count only if 2 sources confirm them. I agree in part with that decision but that leaves a gaping hole in their methodology which again reduces their tally to little better than a sample of the real carnage in Iraq since not all media receive the same reports or choose to carry the same reports and media presence and coverage differs by region and area depending on a number of factors including news accessibility.
What makes local news in a Kurdish area eg a shooting, may not reach the desks of Al-Jazeera or the Chicago Tribune for the simple reason that no one in the Kurdish area thought to tell the corporate media about it Second, who said two different sources equals fact?? It’s possible the two sources quoted, or got their info from, the same incorrect source. Third there’s no reason to believe every death is reported. That assumes total 24/7 media coverage of all of Iraq.
That’s just not the way it is in Iraq. Vast swathes of that country are inaccessible and unmonitored, being ungoverned, controlled by bandits, warlords.
And their sources are suspect since they ignore independent journalism and rely heavily on English speaking and corporate media. First, why rely so heavily on just one source (the corporate media)? That makes no sense. You should always draw your info from as many different sources as possible to achieve as high a level of accuracy as possible.
Second, why rely on the corporate media given their record? I’ll just one mention one salient problem with the corporate media apart from their obviously problematic relationship with accuracy and integrity – Operation Mockingbird, the admitted documented CIA control of the corporate media. Second why ignore non-corporate journalism. Indie media have a record as good as good or better than the corporate media; most would argue its record is much better.
Third in what must be considered a serious failing, IBC makes no mention of Depleted Uranium. DU poisoning must be considered a cause of death in Iraq yet IBC are silent on it.
I’ve emailed them twice asking about their silence on DU and gotten no response. Their failure to incorporate DU into their methodology makes me wonder whether they are really are independent or working for or with the CIA/Pentagon since DU is a sensitive subject for the US government one which affects not just Iraqis but US military personnel. And that’s a can of worms the US gov doesn’t want to open
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and accoding to assange the insurance file as stuff that would make hilary clinton have a heart attack.. So if anything happens to assange beware
@variezn34gm Julian Assange deserves The Nobel Peace Prize.
Just like for profit prisons, War is a business and very profitable. US military will Bomb, Invade and Occupy a foreign nation, steal their wealth and the rest will follow: McDonalds, PizzaHut, At&t, Exxon, Goldman, Citi, Coke, Bechtel, BlackWater, Porn etc. Now that’s one hell of a fucking business plan. Fucking brilliant.