-Caveat Lector- From http://www.thecapitaltimes.com/opinion/editorial/2000/09/albright_091900.html >>Ah, yes. From those who bomb the Balkans and create a massive refugee crisis 'cause that makes us and ('we' need) 'kin'. Rah! A<>E<>R << }}>Begin Albright in Dunderland An editorial September 19, 2000 Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, whose expertise in Middle East affairs appears to consist of having viewed several "Indiana Jones'' films, has attempted in recent days to suggest that reports of the death and destruction caused by economic sanctions against Iraq are overblown. Albright last week dismissed what she referred to as "Alice in Wonderland'' contentions by religious groups that U.S-engineered sanctions were starving Iraqis to death. Albright is so far off the mark on this issue that she could qualify for a position as an adviser to George W. Bush. The facts regarding the impact of economic sanctions upon the people of Iraq are clear, well-documented and beyond reasonable debate. The international Center for Economic and Social Rights says, "In simple terms, more Iraqi children have died as a result of sanctions than the combined toll of two atomic bombs on Japan and the recent scourge of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia.'' The United Nations Children's Fund has documented that the mortality rate for children under age 5 in Iraq stands at 131 deaths for every 1,000 live births -- more than double the rate before sanctions were imposed. The World Health Organization says "the vast majority of Iraq's population has been on a semi-starvation diet for years.'' The respected Friend's Committee on National Legislation, says, "The U.S.-led U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on Iraq since 1990 are wrong, morally and as a matter of practical policy. Sanctions against Iraq are increasingly referred to as a method, if not a weapon, of mass destruction. It is time for the United States to accept its share of responsibility for the suffering in Iraq, and end its support for this failed policy. At the same time, an embargo on weapons technology and military materiel to Iraq should be strengthened through international and regional arms control efforts.'' That balanced approach would be advanced by the Humanitarian Exports Leading to Peace Act, a congressional measure co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D- Madison, and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville. Rather than trying to tell religious, academic and development specialists that what they have seen with their own eyes is wrong, Albright should work with Congress to end a sanctions policy that denies children food and medicine. 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