War Quiz

Q: What % of the world's population does the US have?
A: 6%


Q: What % of the world's wealth does the US have?
A: 50%


Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?
A: Saudi Arabia


Q: Which country has the 2nd largest oil reserves?
A: Iraq


Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?
A: +900 billion


Q: How much of this is spent by the US?
A: 50%


Q: What % of the US military spending would ensure the essentials of life to everyone in the world,according to UN?
A: 10%


Q: How many people have died in wars since WWII?
A: 86 million


Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?
A: since early 1980s


Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical and biological weapons on their own?
A: No, the materials and technology were suppliled by the US government, along with Britain and private corps.


Q: Did the US condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against Iran?
A: No


Q: How many people did Saddam kill using gas in Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?
A: 5,000


Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time?
A: Zero


Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?
A: 17 million


Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and 9/11 attack?
A: No


Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?
A: 35,000


Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the westrn forces during the Gulf War?
A: Zero


Q: Hong many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by US tanks with ploughs mounted on the front?
A: 6,000


Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War?
A: 40 tons


Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?
A: 700%


Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had destroyed in 1991?
A: 80%


Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything other than deterrence and self defense?
A: No


Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years ago?
A: No


Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the edvent of an attack on Iraq in 2002/03?
A: 10,000


Q: What % of these will be children?
A: 50%


Q: how many years has the US engaged in air strikes on Iraq?
A: 11 years


Q: Were the US and the UK at war with Iraq between Dec 1998 and Sep 1999?
A: No


Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between Dec 1998 and Sep 1999?
A: 20 million


Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports?
A: 12 years


Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999?
A: 131 per 1,000 births


Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by Oct 1999 as a result of UN sanctions?
A: 1.5 million


Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions since 1997?
A: 750,000


Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
A: No


Q: How many inspections were there in Nov and Dec 1998?
A: 300


Q: How many of these inspections had problems?
A: 5


Q: Who said that by Dec 1998, "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a level unprecedented in modern history."
A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief


Q: 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%


Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate byh 1992?
A: over 65


Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 and 1990?
A: +30


Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
A: 8


Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?
A: Zero


Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got?
A: over 10,000


Q: Which is the only country to have used nuclear weapons?
A: US


Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
A: +400


Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"?
A: Martin Luther King, Jr