[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ilrtf] War killed 55,000 Iraqi civilians
Alfred Kagan
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>* War killed 55,000 Iraqi civilians
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>Continuing Collateral Damage: The health and environmental costs of
>war on Iraq 2003
>
>On November 11, the British group Medact released a new report on
>the health and environmental costs of the war against Iraq:
>Continuing Collateral Damage. The report estimates that more than
>20,000 Iraqis have died between the start of hostilities and the
>date when the report was completed last month. The reports
>recommendations for the occupying forces and UN agencies include the
>following: Further investigate the current and long-term health
>impacts of the war; ensure that all reconstruction of public
>services including health is fully funded; and carry out their
>obligation under the Geneva Convention to maintain law and order and
>to protect hospitals, health professionals and those who provide
>humanitarian aid.
><http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=1808>Click here to
>read a news story about the report or
><http://occupationwatch.org/downloads/Medactreport.pdf>download a
>copy. Arabic, Italian, and Finnish translations of the reports
>executive summary are available on the
><http://www.medact.org/tbx/pages/sub.cfm?id=775>Medact website.
>
>War killed 55,000 Iraqi civilians
>http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=1808
>by Shaista Aziz , Al Jazeera.net
>November 11th, 2003
>
>The invasion, war and occupation of Iraq has cost up to 55,000
>civilian lives, according to a shocking new report published by a
>UK-based charity.
>
>Now the medical charity is lobbying the American and British
>governments to focus urgently on the healthcare needs of the Iraqi
>population, following the invasion of the country.
>
>Medact's report, highlighting the devastating impact of war on the
>Iraqi population, reveals that between 22,000 and 55,000 Iraqi
>civilians died during the bombing of the country.
>
>The report titled, Continuing Collateral Damage: the Health and
>Environmental costs of War on Iraq, says the American and British
>occupiers are obliged under international law to ensure the
>healthcare needs of the population are met.
>
>
>Findings
>
>One of the co-authors of the report, Dr Sabya Faruq, told
>Aljazeera.net that the situation across Iraq was desperate.
>
>''There has been a reported increase in maternal mortality rates,
>acute malnutrition has almost doubled from 4% to 8% in the last year
>and there has been an increase in water-borne disease and
>vaccine-preventable diseases.''
>
>Iraq has a population of 25 million people, half of whom are under
>the age of 18. Children are particularly vulnerable in post-war
>Iraq, with one in four not receiving immunisation against measles
>since Saddam Hussein was removed from power.
>
>The charity says that mines and unexploded bombs are continuing to
>kill and maim. The effects of chemicals, such as depleted uranium
>used by invading forces, on civilians could take decades to manifest.
>
>Pre-Conflict
>
>Dr Faruq has told Aljazeera.net that before the recent invasion of
>Iraq, the country had a poor record on healthcare, but the situation
>now is at breaking point.
>
>In 1990, the UN development index, which ranks countries in terms of
>provisions of healthcare, education and life expectancy rates,
>placed Iraq 50th out of 130 countries. By 2003 and before the recent
>invasion of the country, Iraq had dropped to 126th out of 174
>countries.
>
>''Iraq was never a third world country, it had a fairly developed
>infrastructure and healthcare system that was able to deliver to the
>population. Now, the escalating violence in post-war Iraq is
>creating huge problems.
>
>''The effects of the war will impact on the healthcare of future
>generations and, with the way things stand, the situation will get
>worse.''
>
>Support
>
>Medact is also calling for better support for Iraqi doctors and
>healthcare workers who are working under increasingly difficult
>conditions ''This report hasn't even touched on the trauma that
>doctors in Iraq have been and are suffering. They are working on the
>frontline and are subjected to violence themselves on an almost
>daily basis.''
>
>Dr Faruq says that it is important for doctors and development
>workers to speak up about what is really happening in Iraq.
>
>''Healthcare workers have a duty to speak out and let the outside
>world know about what's happening in Iraq. We have to speak up to
>make sure that civilians aren't suffering any more than they already
>are.''
>
>The charity is calling on the UN to send peacekeepers to Iraq so
>that humanitarian and reconstruction work can begin.
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