Are American lives more valuable than others?

THE article headlined ‘No Iraq chemical weapons stockpile, finds report’ by Ken Guggenheim (Irish Examiner, October 7) referred to a “war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives”.

Sat, 16 Oct, 2004 - 01:00

I see no mention of the loss of countless lives of Iraqi men, women and children and people of other nationalities, soldiers and civilians, engaged in construction or aid work. How naive of me.

I should have realised that America measures significant loss of life only in terms of its own people.

Jessica Lauren (14)

12 St Barrahane’s Ave

Castletownshend

Co Cork

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