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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> I hope it is a gross exaggeration, but I heard last night that the sanctions
> in Iraq had killed 500,000 in total.
Both you and Dan have bandied this number about before. Here's a piece that
tries to debunk it. It is a good piece for several other reasons, IMHO.
Is the author correct that this statistic is a sham?
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/dt?ac=006068940062214&rtmo=qKxJMMX9&atmo=gggggggK&pg=/01/9/23/dl01.html
(the part about Iraqi children is several paragraphs in)
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GK3Mz9.90A@lugnet.com... (...) sanctions (...) that (...) (URL) Telegraph = Right Wing Rag. I prefer independent news: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Brave words. But they are words I agree with. It is time for everyone in the west to see and understand the full implications of our "foreign policy". I hope it is a gross exaggeration, but I heard last night that the sanctions in Iraq had (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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