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Iraq invasion will trigger ‘human catastrophe,’ report warns

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A report to be released today predicts that an invasion of Iraq could lead to a”human catastrophe” with casualties as high as 250,000 within the first three months.

"Collateral Damage: The Health and Environmental Costs of War on Iraq" was prepared largely by Medact, the British affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. The U.S. affiliate, Physicians for Social Responsibility, also was involved. Most of the estimated casualties would be Iraqi civilians caught in the bombing, said Bob Schaeffer, a spokesman in Massachusetts for the International Physicians organization. It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for what the committee called its "considerable service to mankind by spreading authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic warfare.””

TheStar.com

Direct link to the PDF file of the report.

Thanks to warincontext.org for blogging this.

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