but here ya go anyhow...who was in power for much of the time? who kept it going???
# Iraq (1990-): 350 000
* International Embargo
o According to the 21 March 1998 Times Union (Albany), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that 1,000,000 Iraqis, incl. 560,000 children, died as a result of malnutrition and disease caused by the international embargo imposed following the invasion of Kuwait. The article mentions the use of these numbers by an official of the United Church of Christ, and also labels the figures "commonly used -- but also disputed".
o 9 Oct. 2001 Slate "Explainer" acknowledges the possibility of 350,000-500,000 excess deaths among children since 1991, but points out that Saddam blames the UN and the US blames Saddam [
http://slate.msn.com/code/explainer/...idMessage=8414 or
http://www.casi.org.uk/discuss/2001/msg00902.html; it's a moving target.]
o Ramsey Clark: 1,500,000 including 750,000 children [
http://www.twf.org/News/Y1997/Ramsey.html]
o UNICEF: 500,000 excess child deaths (under-five) 1991 to 1998 [
http://www.unicef.org.uk/index_s.asp...ews/iraq1.htm]
o 6 Aug. 1999 CNN [
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9908/06/iraq.sanctions/]
+ UN: 1M excess deaths
+ Al-Thawra newspaper: 1.5M
o Project on Defense Alternatives, 20 Oct. 2003: "[T]he sanction regime probably cost the lives of 170,000 children. (Much higher estimates for 1992-1998 sanction deaths ... are based on faulty baseline statistics for prewar childhood mortality in Iraq)." [
http://www.comw.org/pda/0310rm8.html#N_93_]
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat3.htm
im glad debating murder helps to shape your character. i wasnt debating those figures...i was just trying to point out something ugly. sorry i made you look..but...uh...buck the fuck up
michael