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Author Topic: The Real Cost of War.  (Read 627 times)

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« on: March 14, 2003, 05:13:27 AM »
commented about this back in feb.

anyway click on the link below to view the report on the humanitarian impact of war on Iraq.

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gotot the Adobe website to get your FREE verion of Acrobat Reader.


link to UN report
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2003, 05:45:06 AM »
I like the way it is labeled confidential.

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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2003, 05:52:25 AM »
Well it would be if it wasn\'t Leaked.... it was covered by Channel Four News (one of the biggest over here in the UK) when it was leacked shortly after its publication back in January.

from the looks of things the UN arn\'t going to do anying about it... to late anyway when you consider it would be like shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.

here a little quote that got me.

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III. MAJOR RISK FACTORS
As described in detail in this Integrated Plan, UN agencies and Country Teams have agreedon preliminary planning figures on the basis of a "medium impact" scenario. At the same
time, all participants in the contingency planning effort are acutely aware that a variety of risk factors and variables could have a dramatic impact on the humanitarian consequences of such a conflict, in particular the number of people affected and the ability of UN agencies and other relief providers to respond to their essential needs. Key factors include:

• The risk of a wider regional destabilization.
• The exact nature, duration and geographical impact of a military conflict, including the
risk of military action by the Government of Iraq against parts of its population and the
risk of civil war.
• The extent to which essential infrastructure would be affected by a conflict, in particular
transportation, electricity and water and sanitation facilities.
• Lack of access to populations in need for extended periods of time.
• The extent of damage to, or looting of, existing food supplies and other stocks inside
Iraq.
• Whether a conflict takes place during the winter months.
• Whether key neighbouring countries admit refugees into their territories.
• The post-conflict political and security situation.
• How quickly after a conflict a ration system could be re-established, especially in the
South and Center of the country.


Also i got the link for that file from quite a few news sources which reference the story.

Along with the official UN final Document which has this PDF file as a quoted refrence.
« Last Edit: March 14, 2003, 05:56:45 AM by ooseven »
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