week 7:Assignment #1:Topic-IRAQ
1) Read the following article.Here is the article from today’s news: *I read the article.
–Death Toll of Iraqis Exceeds 600,000, Report Says
By Nadine Elsibai
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) — About 600,000 people have died violent deaths in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March 2003, researchers found in a new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad.
Gunshots were the most common cause of death, with males ages 15 to 44 accounting for 59 percent of the total as of July 2006, according to the report to be published in today’s online edition of The Lancet, a scientific journal. The estimates were made after a nationwide survey of 1,849 Iraqi households between May and July 2006.
“Deaths are occurring in Iraq now at a rate more than three times that from before’’ March 2003 [the date of the American invasion], said Gilbert Burnham, lead author of the study and co-director of the Bloomberg School’s Center for Refugee and Disaster Response, in a statement.
2) In the comment section of this post, write a) your reaction to the artricle and b) tell what you know about why we invaded Iraq.
3) In your blog, write a longer, researched, thought-through, linked and refferenced post using quotes, links, your own critical thinking and information gathered from numerous sources on this topic: Why We Invaded Iraq: what were the reasons, and were they good enough?*
