The impact of the war on Iraqi society, economy and culture

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Iraq War Could Put 10 Million In Need of Aid, U.N. Reports: By Colum Lynch, Washington Post, Tuesday 7 January 2003. ;The U.N. estimates that a U.S.-led military campaign to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein could place about 10 million Iraqi civilians, including more than 2 million refugees and homeless, at risk of hunger and disease and in need of immediate assistance.
Iraqi water and sanitation systems could be military target, says MoD: By Jo Dillon, Independent (UK), 2 February 2003. The Ministry of Defence (UK) yesterday admitted the electricity system that powers water and sanitation for the Iraqi people could be a military target, despite warnings that its destruction would cause a humanitarian tragedy.
The war and premeditated genocide: what is at stake?: By James Petras, 12 February 2003. According to UN estimates over 10 million Iraqis will be killed, injured, displaced or traumatized by the U.S. war of aggression. Genocide—massive, systematic destruction of a people and a nation—is planned down to the last tactical detail.
Iraqi Women’s Gains Set Back by U.S. War: By Sara Flounders, Workers World, 13 March 2003. In Iraq, in every school, hospital or government ministry a visitor meets opinionated, confident, educated young women. The democratization of the status of Iraqi women and other social gains began with the 1958 revolution that overthrew the corrupt monarchy and feudal landowners.
Battle for key city leads to ’massacre of children’claim; Allies silent on claim of dozens killed by bombing: By Oliver Burkeman in Washington, The Guardian, 24 March 2003. Horrific images of Iraqi civilians reportedly killed by the coalition bombing of Basra were being shown on the Arabic news station al-Jazeera yesterday. Several Arab media outlets described the civilian deaths there as a massacre.
US Marines Turn Fire on Civilians at the Bridge of Death: By Mark Franchetti, Nasiriya, The Times (UK), Sunday 30 March 2003. The bridge at Nasiriya and the issue of who is really the terrorist.
Hundreds of Families Flee Battered Baghdad: Agence France Presse, Al-Jazeerah, 9 April 2003. The exodus of Baghdad residents as the seige begins. Residents headed mainly toward the east of the country on the 20th day of the war that claimed casualties among foreign journalists covering the conflict from Baghdad.
War may have killed 10,000 civilians, researchers say: By Simon Jeffery, The Guardian, Friday 13 June 2003. At least 5,000 civilians may have been killed during the invasion of Iraq, an independent research group has claimed. As more evidence is collated, it says, the figure could reach 10,000.