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9/11 Life Worth $1.8 million; Iraqi Life, $2,000. What Does It Mean?

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. May 15, 2007.

Using publicly available numbers, one can calculate that the U.S. government values an innocent civilian slaughtered by al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001 at $1.8 million, and an Iraqi civilian killed by Marines at $2,000.

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