Children bear brunt of Lebanon-Israeli war: report

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060815/ts_nm/mideast_children_dc_1

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Children face serious health problems in the coming months as a result of the Lebanon- Israel conflict in which about a third of those killed or wounded were youngsters, a U.S. medical charity said on Tuesday.

California-based International Medical Corps, or IMC, which has been giving medical help in Lebanon, said that a "disproportionately high" number of children were victims of the month-long conflict, particularly in Lebanon.

Citing U.N. statistics, the IMC said more than 300 children were killed in Lebanon and 1,000 wounded while a further half million youngsters were displaced by battles between Hizbollah guerrillas and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.

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"Diarrhea and respiratory illnesses, which were rampant in Lebanon during the earlier civil war, are expected to resurface," added the group, referring to .

Doctors from the IMC have noticed marked behavioral changes in children living in the conflict zone, with an increase in nightmares and sleep disturbances.

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1. but chimpy sez it was hezbollah that lost - did not mention children...

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2. And right under this is another story

Bush says U.S. will be fighting terrorists for years

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2457852

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3. And some day

when one of the children who has been traumatized by war, and who saw his mother killed, will pick up a weapon and join whichever group is trying to get foreigners out of his country. And some day, if he dies in a suicide bombing, some clueless fool will claim that he hated us for our freedoms. Some day, perhaps his own children will be helpless victims of war again, and the cycle doesn't stop, not if we're unwilling to admit that there are three sides to every story, yours, mine, and the cold, hard truth. That's from an Eagles song, but I don't remember which one.