"Racism and War Crimes"

As a result of the Anglo-American invasion and occupation of Iraq, more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians-mainly women and children have been recently killed. Eighty-four per cent of the deaths were caused by the actions of the Americans and the British, and 95 per cent of these were killed by air attacks and artillery fire; thousands more are imprisoned and tortured; the lives of millions more have been wrecked.

In addition, the conditions of child health in US-occupied Iraq today are even worse than during the genocidal years of sanctions. Acute malnutrition among Iraqi children between the ages of six months and 5 years has increased from 4% before the invasion to 7.7% since the US invasion of Iraq. Furthermore, over 400,000 Iraqi children are suffering from ‘wasting’ and ‘emaciation’ – conditions of chronic diarrhoea and protein deficiency. Children are particularly vulnerable because of their not fully developed immune defence.

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