Iraq genocide, a new e-mail to United for Peace and Justice, Phyllis Bennis and Michael Albert
UPDATE 18 September 2007: After my correspondence with United for Peace and Justice's Leslie Cagan, Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis and ZNet's Michael Albert [please, see below], I have just been informed that United for Peace and Justice has updated its People's Report:
Dear Phillys Bennis and Leslie Cagan,
CC Michael Albert,
I hope you all are well.
A few days ago I wrote you bringing to your attention the United for Peace and Justice’s Iraq: The People's Report, prepared by Phyllis Bennis and Erik Leaver, researchers at the Institute for Policy Studies. I read about this report on ZNet. [Please, see my previous e-mail below]
Yesterday I CCed you all my e-mail to Iraq Body Count’s John Sloboda
The United for Peace and Justice’s report reads:
We all also know that a new ORB poll suggests a total of 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (ie as a result of violence rather than a natural death such as old age).
Juan Cole commented, “The combination of the two, however, makes the Lancet study's conclusions seem unassailable and if anything conservative.”
Since the UFPJ report is supposed to circulate among peace activists and anti-war campaigners, my two questions are:
Best wishes,
Gabriele Zamparini
London
Hi Gabriele,My reply:
Just wanted to let you know that UFPJ has updated the People\'s Report, and now uses the Just Foreign Policy number of more than 1 million Iraqis who have died as a result of the invasion and occupation.
Peace,
Susan Chenelle
UFPJ Internet Coordinator
Dear Susan,***
Your e-mail is a warm ray of sunlight!
Thank you
In solidarity,
Gabriele Zamparini
London
Dear Phillys Bennis and Leslie Cagan,
CC Michael Albert,
I hope you all are well.
A few days ago I wrote you bringing to your attention the United for Peace and Justice’s Iraq: The People's Report, prepared by Phyllis Bennis and Erik Leaver, researchers at the Institute for Policy Studies. I read about this report on ZNet. [Please, see my previous e-mail below]
Yesterday I CCed you all my e-mail to Iraq Body Count’s John Sloboda
The United for Peace and Justice’s report reads:
COST TO IRAQ:As we all know, the IBC numbers are a count coming from Western media and not an estimate.
IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES: ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 71,017-600,000+
We all also know that a new ORB poll suggests a total of 1,220,580 deaths as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (ie as a result of violence rather than a natural death such as old age).
Juan Cole commented, “The combination of the two, however, makes the Lancet study's conclusions seem unassailable and if anything conservative.”
Since the UFPJ report is supposed to circulate among peace activists and anti-war campaigners, my two questions are:
1. Will United for Peace and Justice make the due correction to its report?Thank you for your time
2. Will ZNet publish a new article by UFPJ, stressing the new ORB poll and linking to a new, updated, more correct report?
3. Will you all stop at this point using the figures coming from Iraq Body Count every single time you need to communicate the real extent of the Iraqi genocidal carnage?
Best wishes,
Gabriele Zamparini
London
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