BBC: reports children in Iraq starving
The actual report states malnutrition has increased from 5% to 8%....
Contradicting a previous UN report that said the pre war level of malnutrition in Iraqi children was 25%...
Thanks to Captainsquarter blog for finding that link.
The old UN report also states:
However, the Oil for Food Programme (OFFP), passed by the Security Council in late 1996, did help to reduce the impact of sanctions on the population by allowing the Iraqi government to sell oil and use the revenue to purchase humanitarian supplies.
Not to mention making a lot of diplomats rich...
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