Human cost of Iraq war: lives and suffering rise
Guest editorial cites Johns Hopkins study estimating 655000 excess Iraqi deaths since war start, with 601000 from violence. It highlights daily violence, mass child malnutrition, water contamination, and strain on doctors without borders, plus PTSD and morale decline among U S troops.
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Iraq
Johns Hopkins University
Baghdad
New York Times
United Nations
Human Rights Organizations
Uganda
Haiti
Kasim
Doctors Without Borders
Washington Post
Bush
Congress
Colin Powell
Beyond Iraq and California Money Politics Reflections
King’s 1986 Beyond Vietnam warning resonates today as Larry A. Dunn argues for a radical revolution of values and nonviolence to avoid moral decay in America while California campaigns illustrate the vast sums altering political outcomes.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
King Center
King
Washington
Kennedy
Gandhi
Elie Wiesel
Dorothy Day
U.S
Iraq
Vietnam
America
Harlem
Georgia
Larry A. Dunn
Fresno Pacific University
Center For Peacemaking
California Campaign Money and Endorsement Concerns
A review notes that larger fund-raising edges correlate with bigger vote margins, citing Garamendi and McClintock. It questions paid endorsements by NAACP leaders and prominent figures, urging disclosure and stricter campaign-spending rules to curb a "cesspool" of influence. Public lawmakers show little appetite for reform, pushing outsiders to push initiatives.
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John Garamendi
Tom McClintock
Garmendi
Alice Huffman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Tobacco Company
Amos Brown
San Francisco
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger
William Hamm
No Side
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Rutherford Institute
Johnw
Rutherford.org
By Larry A. Dunn
California
Assembly
Jesse Unruh
Unruh
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Emily’s List
ExxonMobil
Shell Oil
Chevron
Alifornia Locus
By Thomas C. Bias
Reed Print Inc
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Shafter
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
P.O. Box
Publishers
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Melissa Hill
Diane Givens
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