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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: one_less who wrote (103390)7/18/2007 3:46:12 PM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
Targeting the civilian infrastructure is definitely meant to hurt the civilian population:

United Nations Planning Documents

In the event of “military conflict” in Iraq, the UN has estimated the following figures:



500,000 potential direct and indirect casualties

1,260,000 children under 5 would be at risk of death from malnutrition (30% of all children under 5)

4,070,000 would need immediate access to clean water

18,240,000 might need access to treated water

5,210,000 are highly vulnerable children under 5 and pregnant and lactating women

3,020,000 at nutritional risk

8,710,000 may need sanitation facilities

39% of the population would need to be serviced [with water] on a rationed basis

current $30 million emergency aid offered only equals about $1 per Iraqi (“wholly inadequate”)



By eliminating the infrastructure there would be great stress applied to the civilian population. The result would be more deaths and disease. This was by design. Is this terror?
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