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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:10 PM
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14. How many children wasted as a direct result of the sanctions and don't
forget that many birth defects possibly caused by DU are deadly as well.
Six-year-old Fatma Rakwan, being held by her mother at the Basra Hospital for Maternity and Children, was recently diagnosed with leukemia. (November 12, 2002) Paul Kitagaki Jr. / P-I

http://www.fair.org/extra/0111/iraq.html
Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it.


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