Truth about Iraq not confined to one view

IN response to Edward Horgan’s self-righteous posturing (Irish Examiner letters, November 23), I am sure that Justice Minister Michael McDowell has more important things to do than to accept his challenge to jail him for speaking the “truth.”

Thu, 01 Dec, 2005 - 00:00

First, of course, he would have to be guilty of speaking the truth, and in quoting from the “independent reports” published in The Lancet he should know he is quoting extremely unreliable sources.

The 100,000 civilian casualty figure in Iraq is a projection - and we all know about ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ - though I’m sure if the war were to continue indefinitely, it might eventually become true.

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