Of course that was all before the war. When the UN was doing the Oil-for-food thing. Lot's of people got very rich and a lot of Iraqis died.
And people think we should let them call the shots. http://www.savethechildren.org/emergencies/iraq/index.asp "Millions of Iraqi children and their families lived in chronic deprivation as a result of decades of neglect. Since 1990, the mortality of children under five has more than doubled and the maternal mortality rate has more than tripled---two key indicators of the needs of children and families in Iraq." --- "Harkins, Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > savethechildren.org gives slightly more conservative > figures for Iraq, but nonetheless dire... > > Challenges Children Face in Iraq: > > Nearly half (44%) of Iraq's population of 26 million > is under the age of 15, and an estimated 4.2 million > are under the age of 5. Among children under 5 years > old, about one in four are chronically malnourished. > (a) > One in eight children die before the age of five-one > of the highest mortality rates in the world. (b) > 70 percent of child deaths are caused by diarrhea > and acute respiratory infections. (c) > On average, each child under 5 years old suffers 14 > bouts of diarrhea annually. (d) > An estimated 20 percent of school age children do > not attend primary or secondary school. (e) > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Harkins, Patrick > > > >They were from a speech I heard this afternoon. I > will be > >seeing the speaker later today and will get > references. > >-Patrick > > > Outbound email scanned for viruses. (e230) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131561 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
