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The Lancet... Ra-Ra-Ra
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Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:03:26 GMT
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The Lancet (a peer reviewed medical journal of high standing) has published a
very interesting paper. It appears to be available
free
if one registers, but synopses are available elsewhere
(CNN,
The Guardian or
The
Independent).
Key Quotes:
Guardian: About 100,000 Iraqi civilians - half of them women and children -
have died in Iraq since the invasion, mostly as a result of airstrikes by
coalition forces, according to the first reliable study of the death toll from
Iraqi and US public health experts... ...They found an increase in infant
mortality from 29 to 57 deaths per 1,000 live births, which is consistent with
the pattern in wars, where women are unable or unwilling to get to hospital to
deliver babies
The Independent: heart attacks, strokes and chronic illness were the main
causes of death before the invasion. Afterwards, violence was the main cause of
death. Violent deaths were reported from 15 of the 33 neighbourhoods and the
risk was 58 times higher in the period after the invasion than before it.
I think it is great that Bush, Blair, the-Australian-guy, and
a-bunch-of-other-folks-who-had-their-arms-twisted have brought freedom and
civilisation to the region.
FOUR MORE YEARS! Ra-Ra-Ra
Scott A
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