The War on Iraq IQ Test
- Do you know enough to
justify going to war with Iraq?
1. What percentage of the world's population does the US. have?
A: 6%
2. What percentage of the world's wealth does the US. have?
A: 50%
3. Which country has the largest oil reserves?
A: Saudi Arabia
4. Which country has the second largest oil reserves?
A: Iraq
5. How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?
A: $900+ billion
6. How much of this is spent by the US.?
A: 50%
7. What percent of US military spending would ensure the
essentials of life to everyone in the world, according to the
UN?
A: 10% (that's about $40 billion, the amount of funding
initially requested to fund our retaliatory attack on
Afghanistan).
8. How many people have died in wars since World War II?
A: 86 million
9. How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?
A: Since early 1980's.
10: Did they develop chemical & biological weapons on their
own?
A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US
government, along with Britain and private corporations.
11. Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare
against Iran?
A: No
12. How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the
Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?
A: 5,000
13. How many western countries condemned this action at the
time?
A:0
14. How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in
Vietnam?
A: 17 million.
15. Are there any proven links between Iraq and Sept. 11th
terrorist attack?
A: No
16. What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the
Gulf War?
A: 35,000
17. How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the
western forces during the Gulf War?
A: 0
18. How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by US.
tanks with ploughs mounted on the front?
A: 6,000
19. How much depleted uranium was used in Iraq during the Gulf
War?
A: 40 tons
20. What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates
in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?
A: 700%
21. How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it
had destroyed in 1991?
A: 80%
22. Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for
anything other than deterrence and self defense?
A: No
23. Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than
10 years ago?
A: No
24. How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the
event of an attack on Iraq in 2002/3?
A: 10,000
25. What percentage of these will be children?
A: Over 50%
26. How many years has the US. engaged in air strikes on Iraq?
A: 11 years.
27. Were the US and the UK at war with Iraq between December
1998 and September 1999?
A: No
28. How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between
December 1998 and September 1999?
A: 20 million.
29. How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced,
imposing strict sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports?
A: 12 years
30. What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000
births)?
A: 38
31. What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999
(per 1,000 births)?
A: 131 (that's an increase of 345%)
32. How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999
as a result of UN sanctions?
A: 1.5 million
33. How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to
sanctions since 1997?
A: 750,000
34. Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
A: No
35. How many inspections were there in November and December
1998?
A: 300 > 36.
36. How many of these inspections had problems?
A: 5
37. Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath
Party HQ?
A: Yes "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a level
unprecedented in modern history."
38. Who said this?
A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.
39. In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop
weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim
to have discovered and dismantled?
A: 90%
40. Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in?
A: Yes
41. How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?
A: Over 65
42. How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between
1972 and 1990?
A: 30+
43. How much does the US. fund Israel a year?
A: $5 billion
44. How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
A: 8
45.:How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?
A: 0
46. How many nuclear warheads has the US got?
A: over 10,000
47. Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons?
A: the US
48. How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
A: Over 400
49. Has Israel every allowed UN weapons inspections?
A: No
50. What percentage of the Palestinian territories are
controlled by Israeli settlements?
A: 42%
51. Is Israel illegally occupying Palestinian land?
A: Yes
52. Which country do you think poses the greatest threat to
global peace: Iraq or the US.?
A: ???? (United States of war mongers - Pete )