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March 20, 2007
Happy Birthday Iraqi Freedom
Four years ago today, the US and Britain invaded Iraq in order to punish Saddam for his involvement in the 11th September attacks find and destroy Saddam's WMDs bring about regime change free the Iraqi people from the shackles of tyranny.
It has been a costly exercise for the US forces and a joyless trip for the British. But for the Iraqis it has been a nightmare, as Iraq Bodycount shows.
This graph shows the price being paid by the Iraqis, in comparison with that paid by US forces, albeit only for the last 2 years.
The picture is even worse when you graph the Iraq Bodycount figures, showing that the trend is rising.
So scratch the Happy from the headline, there's nothing to celebrate here.
Posted by Clive on March 20, 2007 10:15 AM in the category War