From what I've seen on a google search no one agrees on what the losses were. The government apparently fired one of its people because of what he might have known about such numbers. Humanitarian groups put the numbers much higher than do military authorities. It does seem to be an agreed point though that 5,000 Iraqi children die each month because of sanctions in place for many years.

Also, if one is going to accuse another of lying, the accuser should cite a source.

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