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Sanctions applied against Saddam Hussein's Iraq “caused 500 000 children to die”. The figure, and the causation, is quoted by politicians and pressure groups. Is it justified, or were the statistics manipulated by one of the nastiest regimes on earth? Michael Spagat looks at the evidence.
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