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[ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] <A HREF="http://www.medact.org/tbx/docs/Coll%20Dam%202.pdf">http://www.medact.org/tbx/pages/sub.cfm?id=775 Continuing Collateral Damage: The health and environmental costs of war on Iraq </A> Continuing Collateral Damage: The health and environmental costs of war on Iraq calculates the toll, and shows how the general state of health of the Iraqi people, already poor by international standards, has been compromised further by the war. The findings have emerged from a comprehensive independent survey undertaken by the UK global health charity Medact. Part-funded by Oxfam and the Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation, an international team of authors and advisers, all experts on health and conflict, have assessed the health and environmental impact of the war. Roger Stroope Northern Arizona University Flagstaff USA In response to reporters and critics queries during the first Gulf War; "I firmly believed we should not march into Baghdad ...To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant, into a latter-day Arab hero …" George H. W. Bush (41) "...assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerrilla war." George H. W. Bush (41) In response to reporters query relating to attacks against US service people; "Bring 'em on!" George W. Bush (43) July 3, 2003 _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk