3. "Many [in Iraq], of course, are bitter over the 12-year-long U.S.-supported embargo, which Baghdad claims has led to thousands of infants and elderly people dying from preventable diseases." --Time (11/25/02)
The topic of sanctions is also often covered in a "Saddam Says" fashion. In fact, there are detailed reports on the deadly effects of sanctions that come from respected international health organizations and public health experts, not from the Iraqi government. For example, UNICEF published a report in August 1999 that found that sanctions against Iraq had contributed to the deaths of 500,000 children under five. Richard Garfield, a public health specialist at Columbia University, estimates that 350,000 children have died as a result of sanctions and the lingering effects of the 1991 Gulf War.
The Nation, 12/6/01; http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011203&s=cortright
To describe a death toll in this range as "thousands" is like saying that
"dozens" of people died in the World Trade Center attacks.
The topic of sanctions is also often covered in a "Saddam Says" fashion. In fact, there are detailed reports on the deadly effects of sanctions that come from respected international health organizations and public health experts, not from the Iraqi government. For example, UNICEF published a report in August 1999 that found that sanctions against Iraq had contributed to the deaths of 500,000 children under five. Richard Garfield, a public health specialist at Columbia University, estimates that 350,000 children have died as a result of sanctions and the lingering effects of the 1991 Gulf War.
The Nation, 12/6/01; http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011203&s=cortright
To describe a death toll in this range as "thousands" is like saying that
"dozens" of people died in the World Trade Center attacks.