* Up to 260,000 children may have died since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The battle to save Iraq's children
By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor

"Sick or injured children who could otherwise be treated by simple means are
left to die in hundreds because they do not have access to basic medicines or
other resources," the doctors say. "Children who have lost hands, feet and limbs
are left without prostheses. Children with grave psychological distress are left
untreated," they add.
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2165471.ece
The Letter: 'Sick or injured children, who could be easily treated, are left to
die in hundreds'
Published: 19 January 2007 "We are concerned that children are dying in Iraq
for want of medical treatment. Iraq, instead of being a country at the top of
the league for medicine, as it once was, now has conditions and mortality of a
Third World country. Sick or injured children, who could otherwise be treated by
simple means, are left to die in their hundreds because they do not have access
to basic medicines or other resources. Children who have lost hands, feet, and
limbs are left without prostheses. Children with grave psychological distress
are left untreated. [...]

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