The fact that more adorable little children in Iraq are hungry/starving
now than ever before (see excerpts of 2 articles below) is a clear
indication of the Bush regime's priorities, and one more testament to
their cruelty.  Please phone or write your politicians tell them to do
whatever they can to get Bush kicked the hell out of the white house!
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Impeachment IS in the air:
http://votetoimpeach.org
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New Agers are hereby encouraged to take some responsibilty for the way
the world is, to have a heart for the millions who are needlessly
suffering in both Iraq (thanks to the Bush Regime) and in Africa. In
case you don't already know, 25,000 people die every day of hunger (80%
of them are children) - while thousands of tons of food rots in
warehouses all around the world. We the people need to put pressure on
the politicians, tell them that must remove poverty from the face of
the Earth.
kb

Please support the campaign to make poverty history:
http://www.one.org/

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War on Iraq Has Doubled Malnutrition Among Iraqi Children
UN Monitor: War on Iraq Has Doubled Malnutrition Among Iraqi Children

GENEVA -- The war in Iraq and its aftermath have almost doubled
malnutrition rates among Iraqi children, a UN specialist on hunger has
told the world's major human rights body.

Acute malnutrition rates among Iraqi children under five rose late last
year to 7.7 per cent from four per cent after the ouster of President
Saddam Hussein in April 2003, said Jean Ziegler, the UN Human Rights
Commission's special expert on the right to food.

Malnutrition, which is exacerbated by a lack of clean water and
inadequate sanitation, is a major child-killer in poor countries.
Children who manage to survive are usually physically and mentally
impaired for the rest of their lives and more vulnerable to disease.

Acute malnutrition signifies a child is actually wasting away..

Overall, more than one-quarter of Iraqi children don't have enough to
eat..

Published on Thursday, 3/31/05 by the Associated Press
http://snipurl.com/frui

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6/18/2005

War taking toll on health of Iraqi kids:

According to Jean Ziegler, the U.N. Human Rights Commission's special
expert on the right to food, the rate of malnutrition among Iraqi
children has almost doubled since Saddam Hussein's ouster in April
2003.
http://snipurl.com/foae

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