[Peace-discuss] disaster

[Dlind49 at aol.com]

Given the battle plans, the amount of contamination existing from Gulf War I, 
lack of adequate hygiene, lack of medical care for all involved, and current 
and increasing casualty count from Gulf War I and ongoing actions since 1991 
this is an understatement.  We must stop this war now! 



   

U.N. Warns of Iraqi Humanitarian Disaster
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

 
Filed at 5:37 a.m. ET

LONDON (AP) -- War with Iraq would cause an avalanche of refugees and a 
humanitarian disaster, the United Nations refugee chief said in an interview 
broadcast Friday.

``Believe me, it will be a disaster from a humanitarian perspective,'' U.N. 
High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers told British Broadcasting Corp. 
radio.

Lubbers said a war would create many new refugees, and could lead to Iraqis 
being killed by stockpiled chemical and biological weapons.

``The first responsibility is to prevent this,'' he said.

The Bush administration has threatened to attack Iraq unless it cooperates 
with the U.N. disarmament process.

U.N. inspectors have been working in Iraq since Nov. 27 under a Security 
Council resolution that threatens serious consequences if Iraq is found to 
have nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

``We should indeed be very strict and strong on Saddam Hussein, but the 
ambition is to de-arm him,'' Lubbers said. ``Only when Saddam Hussein does 
not comply with both the inspections and the consequence of the inspections 
... Then that could be a reason for a military intervention.''