Since the start of the current American-led war, it has been widely noted that celebration by Iraqis has been muted. (Quelle: Der Spiegel ONLINE)
However, in recent decades far more people - some 80% of the total - have been killed in internal wars, ethnic cleansing and acts of genocide, driven by greed or grievance, and fuelled by weapons widely available in the global arms bazaar. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2001)
That perception is not universal, but it is widely shared - especially in places like Argentina and East Asia, which have recent experience of severe financial crises, but also by an increasingly vocal section of public opinion in the developed world. (Quelle: Die Zeit 2002)