{"id":86,"date":"2006-04-29T19:58:35","date_gmt":"2006-04-29T19:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2006-04-29T19:58:35","modified_gmt":"2006-04-29T19:58:35","slug":"kill-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/kill-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Kill count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terrorists killed more than 14,500 people in 11,000 attacks across the globe last year, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on terrorism.<br \/>\nWait a minute !<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nI have read some very reliable statistics that say that in Iraq alone 100,000 civilians have died.<br \/>\nSo how does one define terrorism ? How do you describe the statistics of the Iraqi deaths of innocent men,women and children ?  Casualties of War ?<br \/>\nWhat war ?  Did the US ever declare War on Iraq ?<br \/>\nI would describe the civilian deaths in Iraq and in Afganistan as victims of terrorism.  and if the deaths are sanctioned by a State, then we should call it Sate sponsored terrorism, right ?<br \/>\nAnd we should not differentiate between who that State is.  Whether it is a Goverment in the Middle East or the US.  Or India.<br \/>\nShekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrorists killed more than 14,500 people in 11,000 attacks across the globe last year, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on terrorism. 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