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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> >
> > "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> > news:GK3Mz9.90A@lugnet.com...
> > > 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=ggg
> > ggggK&pg=/01/9/23/dl01.html
> >
> > Daily Telegraph = Right Wing Rag. I prefer independent news:
> > http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/newsid_35000/35065.stm
>
> Great. Thanks for sharing your preferences. I prefer you not post here at
> all, since you have nothing to contribute.
...and you have so much opinion to contribute. I note you have started *16*
threads in this group over the last two weeks or so.
> Doubt I'll get my wish though.
>
> Do you have any fact based debunking or is your entire critique a slur of
> the source with nothing else behind it?
Read the page. Follow the link to UNICEF. Find this:
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According to a report in 1999 by the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF), children under five in the centre and south of the country were
dying at more than twice the rate a decade ago. The UN estimated that as
many as 1.1m Iraqis were in need of humanitarian assistance, including basic
food rations, vaccines and other medicines.
==+==
Is that enough? Or do you want to see pictures of the bodies?
Scott A
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| (...) And I for one have got a lot out of these (and other) threads. Debate isn't about stating your opinion & defending it to the death. It's about working out what your opinion is, based on as much information as you can get from *anywhere*. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) all, since you have nothing to contribute. Doubt I'll get my wish though. Do you have any fact based debunking or is your entire critique a slur of the source with nothing else behind it? (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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