February 04, 2003
Ho-Hum
Last week saw the release of another study forecasting a humanitarian disaster awaiting Iraq's civilians upon the advent of war. This one, released by the International Study team and focusing upon Iraq's children, "is forecasting, should war occur, a grave humanitarian disaster. While it is impossible to predict both the nature of any war and the number of expected deaths and injuries, casualties among children will be in the thousands, probably the tens of thousands, and possibly in the hundreds of thousands."
While the report has received some attention, it's somehow failed to escape the notice of the nation's major papers.
What You Can Do: E-mail the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, and USA Today, expressing your dismay at the magnitude of their failure to properly inform the American people, and asking them to give prominent coverage to this, and related, studies. Urge your friends and neighbours to do the same.
Posted by Eddie Tews at February 4, 2003 09:35 PM
Comments
Imagine ten thousand Columbia explosions. This is the sort of massive tragedy that Iraq faces at the hands of the US government.
Speaking of Columbia, I saw one news story refer to Bush as "mourner in chief." -- Posted by: Jason Thornton on February 5, 2003 08:09 AM