snip
Thus no one argues that there is problem of excess child mortality in Iraq,
but the numbers and cause are a matter of controversy.  But note what Stahl
did: she did not ask Albright how many children had died, or what the cause
was.  She used an old interrogation trick: she asked a loaded question.
This is a question, which like "do you use a club when you beat your wife?"
incriminates you whether you answer yes or no.  She asked if the price was
worth it.
end snip

Full article http://www.irvinereview.org/guest1.htm

additional

U S Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/iraq99a.htm
Impact of Sanctions
Summary

Sanctions were imposed on Iraq by the international community in the wake of
Iraq's brutal invasion of Kuwait. They are intended to prevent the Iraqi
regime access to resources that it would use to reconstitute weapons of mass
destruction. Sanctions can only be lifted when Iraq complies fully with all
relevant UN Security Council resolutions.

Saddam Hussein's regime remains a threat to its people and its neighbors,
and has not met any of its obligations to the UN that would allow the UN to
lift sanctions.

The international community, not the regime of Saddam Hussein, is working to
relieve the impact of sanctions on ordinary Iraqis.

Impact of Sanctions

Sanctions are not intended to harm the people of Iraq. That is why the
sanctions regime has always specifically exempted food and medicine. The
Iraqi regime has always been free to import as much of these goods as
possible. It refuses to do so, even though it claims it wants to relieve the
suffering of the people of Iraq.

  a.. Iraq is actually exporting food, even though it says its people are
malnourished. Coalition ships enforcing the UN sanctions against Iraq
recently diverted the ship M/V MINIMARE containing 2,000 metric tons of rice
and other material being exported from Iraq for hard currency instead of
being used to support the Iraqi people.

  b.. Baby milk sold to Iraq through the oil-for-food program has been found
in markets throughout the Gulf, demonstrating that the Iraqi regime is
depriving its people of much-needed goods in order to make an illicit profit


----- Original Message -----
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> Denys denies:
>
> > BTW, that bit about half a million children dying due to the
> >  sanctions has been debunked.
>
> Pray tell, who debunked it?
>
> While the numbers are estimates and thus subject to some obvious variance,
> they were in general agreement in a series of United Nations reports over
a
> number of years.
>
>
> Wirt Atmar
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