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To: Brumar89 who wrote (2781)	10/13/2006 8:47:11 PM
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BTW, in both Lancet studies, the interviewers were selected, trained, and managed by a Riyadh Lafta, described as a mortality researcher at an Iraqi university. Roberts was put in touch with Lafta by Richard Garfield, a professor of Nursing, who was heavily involved in the anti-sanctions movement in the 1990's. He visited Iraq 6 times during 1996 - 2003 to collaborate with UNICEF, the World Food Program, and the Iraqi Ministry of Health. cumc.columbia.edu Richard Garfield, Professor of Clinical International Nursing at the University of Columbia and co-chair of the Human Rights Committee of the American Public Health Association concluded that "most" excess child deaths between August 1990 and March 1998 were "primarily associated with sanctions" (Garfield, 'Morbidity and Mortality Among Iraqi Children from 1990 Through 1998: Assessing the Impact of the Gulf War and Economic Sanctions', March 1999, available on-line at cam.ac.uk. medialens.org Unable to find out anything more about Lafta.

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