-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 6:28 PM Subject: Iraqi Civilian War Casualties
> IRAQI CIVILIAN WAR CASUALTIES > > Covering the period of March 21 - July 31, 2003 > > data collection by CIVIC Worldwide > Raed Jarrar, Director of Iraq Survey > > http://civilians.info/iraq/ > > a note from the director of the survey > > I was the country director of the first (and maybe > only) door-to-door civilian casualties survey. Marla > Ruzika was my American partner, the fund raiser, and > the general director of CIVIC. Unfortunately, she > didn't have the chance to publish the final results > until now. > > I decided to publish my copy of the final results of > the Iraqi civilian casualties in Baghdad and the south > of Iraq on the 9th of this month in respect to the big > effort of the 150 volunteers who worked with me and > spent weeks of hard work under the hot sun of the > summer, in respect to Majid my brother who spent weeks > arranging the data entry process, and in respect to the > innocent souls of those who died because of > irresponsible political decisions. > > Two thousand killed, Four thousand injured. > > Each one of these thousands has a life, memories, > hopes. Each one had his moments of sadness, moments of > joy and moments of love. > > In respect to their sacred memory, I would appreciate > it if you could spend some minutes reading the database > file: read their names, and their personal details, and > think about them as human beings, friends, and > relatives -- not mere figures and numbers. > > I led the volunteers in their work in Baghdad, and the > nine cities of the south: Karbala, Hilla, Najaf, > Diwanyya, Simawa, Nasryya, Basra, Kut and Amara through > my weekly visits. I went to the north for a couple of > times, and arranged some smaller-scale surveys. > > The survey teams were from the local areas: I made sure > to create groups that reflected the ethnical, religious > and gender ratios of the targeted regions. And I > designed the survey form, all of which relied on my > scientific background I gained from my M.Sc. > researches, and relied on the very cooperative spirits > of the volunteers and of the Iraqi families. We > preferred not to include the military casualties to > give our survey a civilian perspective. > > Civilian: anyone killed outside the battlefield, even > if his original job was military (e.g. a soldier killed > in his house is a civilian). Military: anyone killed > while fighting in a battle, even if his original job > was a civic one (e.g. an engineer killed while fighting > as a Fidaee). We had primitive and simple tools of > research, yet I believe our survey is credible and > accountable. > > I would like to thank my friend Michael Richardson, a > writer and graphic designer from Northampton, MA, USA, > for his huge effort in designing and publishing the > casualties website. > > -Raed Jarrar, Baghdad > > _______________________________________________________ > > portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, > discussion and debate service of the Committees of > Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. It aims to > provide varied material of interest to people on the > left. > > For answers to frequently asked questions: > <http://www.portside.org/faq> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change settings: > <http://lists.portside.org/mailman/listinfo/portside> > > To submit material, paste into an email and send to: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (postings are moderated) > > For assistance with your account: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To search the portside archive: > <http://people-link5.inch.com/pipermail/portside/> www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
