U.N.: Iraq kids suffer from malnutrition ("result of the war")

[Rose Siding]

GENEVA -- Almost twice as many Iraqi children are suffering from malnutrition since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, a U.N. monitor said Monday.

Four percent of Iraqis under age 5 went hungry in the months after Saddam's ouster in April 2003, and the rate nearly doubled to 7.7 percent last year, said Jean Ziegler, the U.N. Human Rights Commission's special expert on the right to food.

The situation is "a result of the war led by coalition forces," he said.

Overall, more than a quarter of Iraqi children don't get enough to eat, Ziegler told the 53-nation commission, the top U.N. human rights watchdog.
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Ziegler also cited an October 2004 U.S. study estimating that as many as 100,000 more Iraqis -- many of them women and children -- had died since the start of the U.S.-led invasion than would have been expected otherwise, based on the mortality rate before the war.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/30/un_iraq_kids_suffer_from_malnutrition/

[Kagemusha]

1. God, worse than under sanctions?

Is it still worth it, Madeline Albright?

[katsy]

2. Where's the outrage?

I thought military leaders were passing out tons of cash held in paper bags. What was that for? Payoffs? Didn't the military plan to secure food for the poor and the children? Are we still trying to win hearts and minds? There was outrage when the children were dying because of Saddam's policies. Is it okay that they go hungry now?

This is heartbreaking.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. You think these kids will remember WHY they went hungry ??

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You bet they will . .

They will grow up and remember,

and hate . . .

GENERATIONS of hatred has been created toward the USA,and somewhat to the West in general, and the World was already not overly fond of the young nation, to put it mildly

All the doublespeak the WH can muster cannot undo the damage they've done - TO THEMSELVES even !!

stupid murderin' dumm f**cks!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

11. And if they don't remember, they will be reminded.

[NNN0LHI]

4. Why is thread dying? WTF is going on around here? n/t

[Rose Siding]

5. kick

[wryter2000]

6. Recommended for greatest page

Freedom is on the march.

[Coexist]

7. It must be a lie - Americans are part of the Cult of Life

aren't they??

I know - If those kids could only pretend they were fetuses, or glue tubes to their bellies and lie still as if in a persistant vegitative state - they would be embraced and protected and become chubby little media darlings.

Let's suggest that - protection for those who are most vulnerable, right? That's a good platform. Solid American values - of course, those who can breathe and eat on their own can screw themselves. After all, a 4 year old should be able to fend for herself. I mean, it's only the unborn and brain dead that need the protection of society. Let the other buggers starve.

[Redstone]

8. This story has been around for a while, but nobody cares...

They're just "brown people" kids.

And Arab kids, and Muslim kids as well.

We're all too busy letting the fuckheads in Washington and elsewhere draw our attention away from Iraq by providing with a circus in Florida.

Redstone

[MisterP]

9. every day I feel like I've died: this monster is tearing apart my soul

oh God

[Rose Siding]

13. Perhaps Congress will hold a recess emergency session next weekend

so children won't starve to death?

[Lisa]

10. remember the "Get Your War On" cartoon on this ...

After the invasion, "There'd better be a mile-long buffet for those kids ..."

And of course there wasn't.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

12. Kick.

[Strelnikov_]

14. Children 'starving' In New Iraq

BBC News
Wednesday, 30 March, 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4395525.stm

Increasing numbers of children in Iraq do not have enough food to eat and more than a quarter are chronically undernourished, a UN report says.

Malnutrition rates in children under five have almost doubled since the US-led intervention - to nearly 8% by the end of last year, it says.

UN specialist on hunger Jean Ziegler, who prepared the report, blames the worsening situation in Iraq on the war led by coalition forces.

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When Saddam Hussein was overthrown, about 4% of Iraqi children under five were going hungry; now that figure has almost doubled to 8%, his report says.

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Freedom is on the March^TM

[Midnight Rambler]

15. Of course...

This is in no way inconsistent with the Culture of Life

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Deleted

Misplaced post.

[TripleD]

16. Is anyone suprised?

This was reported a year and a half ago:

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A more substantial assault on Saddam's legacy is under way in the Republican Palace, where the occupation authority is making preparations to dismantle the food distribution system which gave free rations of flour, rice, cooking oil and other staples to every Iraqi.

Described by the UN as the world's most efficient food network, the system still keeps Iraqis from going hungry. But the US civilian administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, views it as a dangerous socialist anachronism. The coalition provisional authority (CPA) is planning to abolish it in January, despite warnings from its own technical experts that this could lead to hunger and riots.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1058867,00.html

[Jack Rabbit]

18. Neoliberalism is the colonialism department of neoconservatism

As Granny D said, "Neoliberalism is the colonialism department of
neoconservatism."

Iraq looks like a typical triumph of both.

[struggle4progress]

19. kick

[magellan]

20. To all the bleeding heart RW fundies:

STOP THE KILLING!!

[UrbScotty]

22. Yeah. Be pro-life. (nt)

[UrbScotty]

21. Ah, yes. Blessed are the peacemakers.

"Whatsoever you do unto the least of my people, so also you do unto me."

Words from Jesus Christ, ladies and gentlemen.