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X-Approved-By: saw27@cam.ac.uk Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 16:14:55 +0100 From: Leila Kais-Heinrich <leila.kais@allgaeu.org> To: soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk Subject: Information request >- Does anybody have precise statistics referring to the dead, wounded, >and lost on all sides (Kuwaitis, Iraqis, and soldiers of the >international alliance) during the Gulf war? For high estimates of Iraqi casualties (fatal and non-fatal) sustained during the Gulf War: Bloom, Saul, "Hidden casualties : Environmental, Health, and Political Consequences of the Persian Gulf War", (London: Earthscan Publications, 1994) Arkin, William M.,"On Impact : Modern Warfare and the Environment : A Case Study of the Gulf War", (Washington, D.C.: Greenpeace, 1991) Lindley, Dan, "Iraqi Casualties from the Gulf War and its Aftermath", (Cambridge, MA: Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) United States House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Look for Committee hearings and reports circa 1992 For low estimates of Iraqi casualties (fatal and non-fatal) sustained during the Gulf War: U.S. News & World Report, "Triumph Without Victory : The Unreported History of the Persian Gulf War", (New York: Times Books, 1992) For responses to John G. Heidenrich's "The Gulf War: How Many Iraqis Died", Foreign Policy, no. 90, (Spring 1993), as well as Heidenrich's riposte to those responses: "Letters," Foreign Policy, no. 91, (Summer 1993), pg. 182-192 Authors: Arkin, William M. Director of Military Research Greenpeace International Washington, D.C. Co-author, "On Impact" [first write-up to publicize estimates of Iraqi deaths] Cote, Timothy R. Member of the international study team that conducted the first survey of child mortality in post-war Iraq Daponte, Beth Osborne U.S. Census Bureau [Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Commerce] For the U.S. government's officials statistics on U.S. casualties (both fatal and non-fatal) sustained during the Gulf War: [Likely Sources] U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee U.S. Census Bureau [U.S. Department of Commerce] The New York Times *********************************** The Center for Global Analysis (CGA) 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 Tel.: 617-492-4570 Fax: 617-354-2832 E-mail: globalanalysis@earthlink.net ************************************ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi