"The problem is that no one knows for sure exactly how many Iraqis have died... We do know that over 30,000 sorties (bombing missions) were flown and millions of rounds of various calibre ammunition were fired so it is very concievable that a lot of folks have been killed..." - Bobert.

What was your source for the "over 30,000 sorties (bombing missions) were flown"?? Oh and I think we've been through in the past how a sortie or mission can be flown where no bombs or bullets are fired and no-one gets killed - obviously that still hasn't registered.

OK then Bobert back to some very creditable, confirmed and authenticated figures:

Between 1939 & 1945 Bobert did you know that 297,663 bombing sorties were flown over Germany by night and 66,851 were flown by day, making a grand total of 364,514 bomber sorties.

In the course of flying those sorties Bobert 7,449 aircraft were lost by night and 876 were lost by day.

In flying those 364,514 sorties against Nazi Germany a total of 1,588,062 tons of bombs were dropped causing something in the order of 600,000 German deaths.

Are you seriously attempting to convince anybody that with less than 10% of the bombers available; flying at most 8% of the missions; in less than 1% of the time resulted in double the number of casualties inflicted on the Germans during the entire Second World War.

In the words of John McEnroe - "You just cannot be serious!!"