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2 million children will die in conflict
>
> By RICHARD GRAY 21 January 2003
>
> Mirror
>
> A DAMNING secret UN report has predicted more than two million
children
> could starve to death as a result of war on Iraq.
>
> The shocking document, drawn up by aid officials, anticipates a
massive
> humanitarian crisis will erupt from a conflict.
>
> And the draft contingency plans state more than 500,000 innocent
people
> could become casualties.
>
> They also anticipate around 900,000 refugees with another two
million
> people being left homeless.
>
> Emergency supplies are already being positioned by UN relief agencies
in
> countries neighbouring Iraq.
>
> And yesterday one of Scotland's most senior MSPs warned a war in Iraq
could
> create a disaster to rival the famines of the 1980s.
>
> Deputy Presiding Officer George Reid said the UN document showed
the
> horrific consequences of attacking Saddam Hussein.
>
> The Fife MSP is better placed than most politicians to understand
the
> ravages war can have on a country.
>
> He served with the Red Cross for nearly 12 years providing humanitarian
aid
> in some of the world's most horrific conflicts.
>
> The report was compiled by the Iraq Steering Committee with the UN
senior
> staff.
>
> It said: "As many as 500,000 could require treatment to a greater or
lesser
> degree as a result of direct or indirect injuries.
>
> "It is estimated that the nutritional status of some 3.03 million
persons
> will be dire and will require therapeutic feeding.
>
> "This consists of 2.03 million severely and moderately
malnourished
> children under five and one million pregnant women.
>
> "It is estimated that there will eventually be some 900,000 Iraqi
refugees
> requiring assistance."
>
> The report delivered a stark picture of conflict in the Gulf with a
"long,
> protracted ground offensive".
>
> The World Health Organisation estimates there will be 100,000
people
> injured directly by fighting.
>
> It also predicts a further 400,000 could become casualties of war
through
> disease.
>
> In the document they said the country's electrical system would
be
> "seriously degraded" and water supply contaminated.
>
> Diseases like cholera and dysentery could reach epidemic scales.
>
> The experts estimate nearly 7.4 million people will need aid but fear
it
> could be up to a month before fighting had died down enough to allow
aid
> agencies into the region.
>
> Last night, Mr Reid warned: "Going to war in Iraq would make a
bad
> situation worse.
>
> "It is going to be very hard for aid agencies to the people as since
the
> Balkans we have seen Red Cross workers being targeted in fighting.
>
> "The kind of humanitarian disaster we are facing is very large and
could
> rival some of the worst we have seen."
> **********************************************

> U.N. Security Council Divided Over Iraq
>
> Jan 21, 2:51 AM EST
>
> By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer
>
> UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States and Britain lined up
against
> France, China and Germany in a preview of an expected clash in the
U.N.
> Security Council over military action against Iraq.
>
> The confrontation over Iraq erupted during and after a high-level
council
> meeting called by France Monday to give new momentum to the global war
on
> terrorism. It was attended by 13 foreign ministers.
>
> The 15-member council unanimously demanded that all 191 U.N. member
states
> take urgent action to prevent and halt all support for terrorism. But
it
> split over the U.S. push for a quick decision on disarming Iraq, and to
a
> lesser extent on how to deal with North Korea.
>
> The divisions are certain to surface when U.N. weapons inspectors report
to
> the council on the first 60 days of inspections in Iraq on Jan. 27 - and
if
> North Korea gets on the council's agenda as the United States wants.
>
> On Iraq, the United States and Britain, who have embarked on major
military
> build-ups in the Persian Gulf, warned that time was running out for
Saddam
> Hussein. But France and Germany, backed by China, opposed military
action
> and demanded that the inspectors be given the time they need. Russia
has
> supported the same position. Secretary of State Colin Powell, taking
a
> tough line, challenged members not to be "shocked into impotence"
and
> shrink from their responsibilities when the inspectors report next week
and
> the council considers what comes next.
>
> While expressing hope for a peaceful solution, Powell dismissed
Iraq's
> 10-point agreement with inspectors Monday to make inspections
more
> effective and possibly help answer questions about what happened
to
> thousands of chemical and biological weapons. "It's just more of the
same,"
> he said.
>
> "If Iraq is disarming, then there may be a solution to this crisis
without
> conflict," Powell said. "But if Iraq is not disarming, the United
Nations
> cannot simply turn its head away and ignore this lack of respect that
Iraq
> has for the United Nations and the international community. And we must
not
> be afraid to meet the challenges that are ahead," he said.
>
> His only support came from British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw who
warned
> that "the moment of choice for Saddam is close."
>
> French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said that nothing
today
> justifies military action, and didn't rule out the possibility of a
French
> veto if the United States sought a second Security Council
resolution
> authorizing military action.
>
> "We will not associate ourselves with military intervention that is
not
> supported by the international community," he said. "Using force like
that
> would only be a last resort assuming all other possibilities
are
> exhausted."
>
> "We will go to the end. As long as you can make progress with
the
> inspections and get cooperation, there's no point in choosing the
worst
> possible solution - military intervention," de Villepin said.
>
> German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, whose country joined the
council
> on Jan. 1, reiterated his country's strong opposition to an attack
against
> Saddam Hussein's regime. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has opposed an
Iraq
> war and ruled out a German combat role, angering Washington.
>
> "We are greatly concerned that a military strike against the regime
in
> Baghdad would involve considerable and unpredictable risks for the
global
> fight against terrorism," Fischer said. He also warned that there could
be
> "disastrous consequences for long-term regional stability."
>
> China's Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan also called for inspectors to
be
> given more time, saying the Jan. 27 report "is not a full stop of
the
> inspectors work but a new beginning."
>
> Both Powell and de Villepin noted that the Security Council had
unanimously
> adopted Resolution 1441 on Nov. 8, giving Iraq a final opportunity to
get
> rid of its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and the
long-range
> missiles to deliver them or face "serious consequences" -
including
> possible military action.
>
> The council could also see a division over the handling of North
Korea's
> withdrawal from the global treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear
weapons
> and its reactivation of a nuclear reactor.
>
> Powell said the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency has
"a
> responsibility" to refer the issue to the council. China's Tang said
"We
> have to go mainly though direct dialogue between North Korea and the
United
> States."

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Guest · Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2003 10:38 am Post subject: Vidal's Prescience

Vidal has been extremely prescient. Few here if any will recall his pieces in the NATION in the mid-eighties warning about the "neocon Jews" who were placing themselves in important positions of the U.S. Military Establishment.

For that, he was predictably labeled an "anti-semite" by the in-laws of current Bush ***** slime Elliot Abrams. Abrams, a convicted perjurer, also wrote a book warning Jews never to marry the filthy "goyim."

So, only a fool would not offer ol' Gore the respect he so richly deserves. He's a savvy, and very accurate reader of geopolitical tea leaves. And, he's a Star once again on college campuses. At UCLA a few months back, his appearance was sold out within minutes, thousands turned away.

There's a hunger for truth. Somehow, the Jewish-dominated media fails to quell the appetite.

[Must I really go back to reviewing your messages before they are released to the forum? Why are you forcing me to engage in an exercise that humiliates us both? Frame your anger within the confines of UK law please. If you do that, you can say what you like - Admin]