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Nonetheless, HRW says Iraq's future as a human rights respecting society depends on its government defending them "and establish(ing) a credible national criminal justice system embodying international standards with respect to torture, free expression, and violence against women and other vulnerable sectors of society."
In fact, Washington won't tolerate all or most of these standards. Iraqi satraps get orders they must obey or be replaced. HRW also claims that "tens of thousands of Iraqi lives" have been lost in the past eight years when, in fact, it's been millions from war, violence, disease, starvation and other factors.
Gideon Polya's February 25 article titled, "Western Media Ignore Iraqi Freedom" can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.countercurrents.org/polya250211.htm
According to UN data, medical literature, and other authoritative sources, he cites the following "Iraqi Holocaust" data from 1990 - 2009:
-- "1.6 million violent deaths;
-- 2.8 million non-violent excess deaths;"
-- among them, "1.8 million avoidable under-5 year old infant deaths;" and
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