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Tsunami Aid by Country - per capita rank (click here)

* Note: Only deaths from the current war against Iraq are included in the figure above. Not included are 100,000 Iraqis who were killed in the first Gulf War, and another 400,000 to 1.5 million Iraqi civilians killed by U.S. led sanctions in the 1990's.

Related:

U.S. near bottom in worldwide humanitarian aid (NY Times)
"Tsunami Disaster Highlights Corporate Media Hypocrisy" (Commondreams)
"Who's Terrorizing Whom?" & "Is This Liberation?" (St Pete for Pete Fact Sheets w/links)

Sources:

150,000+ dead in Tsunami disaster (MSNBC).
100,000+ dead Iraqis in current war (CNN ).
Sept. 11: 3,000 dead (CNN).
100,000 Iraqis killed in first War (CNN, Fmr. Rep. Henry Gonzalez).
At least 400,000 Iraqis killed by U.S. led sanctions (Seattle Post Intel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

Sources:

Population and GDP statistics (CIA World Fact Book).
Amount of tsunami aid given, by country (CNN ). *** Sorry, this link is broken; we are working on finding an alternative source.) ***

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