AFAIK this information comes from Iraqi officials ...
Im not saying its not true, but I would take any information comming from iraq with a grain of salt. I would take information from U.S./Pentagon with a grain of salt too actually .. but I think saddam is more likely to lie. The sad part is that its prob. impossible for us to tell the real truth...
He just has no respect for human life and I dont think he would hesitate for one second to use civilians has "human shields" to protect his own skin. Or place military installations near residental areas.
Actually .. for every dead civilian iraqi he gains popularity.
Its the oposite way for U.S. ... they'll loose support for every iraqi civilian dead. And it will make it harder for them to keep controll of iraq after the regular army is defeated too.. so they got everything to gain of keeping the civilian casulties as low as possible.
just my
(ed. for typos)