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Re: [casi] Blair's press conference yesterday



> I'm a little concerned about the claim that over 1
> million children would
> die following a war. The OCHA report this comes from
> actually says:
> "In the event of a crisis, 30 percent of children
> under 5 would be at risk
> of death from
> malnutrition."
> [http://www.casi.org.uk/info/undocs/ocha030107.pdf,
> p.5]
>
> There's a difference between saying they will die
> and saying they are "at
> risk of death". i.e. the 1 million (actually 1.26
> million) figure is likely
> to be reduced by humanitarian work by the UN and
> otherse.

The same document states that attacking Iraq could
"lead to a humanitarian emergency of proportions well
beyond the capacity of UN agencies and other aid
organizations" - lots of deaths.

Alun

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