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face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">IRAQ</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">: The desperate plight of children
who are dying in Iraqi hospitals is revealed today in a letter signed by 100
eminent doctors backed by a group of intl lawyers</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=5><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">he desperate plight of
children who are dying in Iraqi hospitals for the lack of simple equipment that
in some cases can cost as little as 95p is revealed today in <B><FONT
color=red><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red">a
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target=_blank><B><FONT color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red">letter</SPAN></FONT></B></A></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><B><FONT
face=Arial color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> signed by nearly 100
eminent doctors.</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">They are <B><FONT color=red><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red">backed by a group of international
lawyers</SPAN></FONT></B>, who say the conditions in hospitals revealed in their
letter amount to <B><FONT color=red><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red">a breach of the
</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Geneva</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> conventions that
require </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Britain</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and the
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">US</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> as occupying forces
to protect human life</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In a direct appeal to Tony Blair,
the doctors describe desperate shortages causing "hundreds" of children to die
in hospitals. The signatories include Iraqi doctors, British doctors who have
worked in Iraqi hospitals, and leading </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">UK</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">20 January 2007</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>09:54</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></P></DIV>
<H1><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt">The Letter: <FONT color=red><SPAN
style="COLOR: red">'Sick or injured children, who could be easily treated, are
left to die in hundreds'</SPAN></FONT> </SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H4><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Published: </SPAN></FONT></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB>19
January 2007</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> </SPAN></H4>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"We are concerned that children are
dying in </SPAN></FONT></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Iraq</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> 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. </SPAN></B></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We understand that the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>UK</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> may withdraw its forces from </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Iraq</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> in 2007. Before this happens, we call on
the UK Government not to walk away from this problem, but to fulfil its
obligations that it entered into under Security Council Resolution 1483 during
the period </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>22 May 2003</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> to
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>28 June 2004</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This Resolution recognised the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>UK</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> and US as being occupying powers in
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Iraq</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> but also stated that they
had to comply with the </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Geneva</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>
and Hague Conventions. These Conventions specifically require the occupying
powers to maintain order and to look after the medical needs of the population.
This they failed to do, and the knock-on effect of this failure is affecting
Iraqi children's hospitals with increasing ferocity. We also ask the
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>UK</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, as one of the Occupying
Powers designated by Resolution 1483 as Trustees of "The Development Fund For
Iraq," to properly account for these assets estimated at $23bn in May 2003. It
is asserted that by June 2004 some $14bn vanished in corruption, theft and
payment to mercenaries.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We ask that all the revenues from </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Iraq</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>'s oil now pass directly to the Iraqi
people, and that illegal contracts entered into by the Coalition Provisional
Authority are revoked.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Only in this way can the Iraqi people rebuild their
country with its infrastructure, administration, and
hospitals."</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Submitted by:</SPAN></FONT></B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB> Dr Chris Burns-Cox MD FRCP Consultant Physician, Gloucester Dr Heba
Al-Naseri MB BS BSc Dr K Alston FFARCSI Associate Specialist in Anaesthetics at
Torbay Hospital Ghada Karmi MB ChB MRCP PhD MFPHM RCP former Consultant in
Public Health Medicine, North Thanes Regional Health Authority Dr Brian Robinson
MA MB BCh BAO (TCD) DPM (Engl) Dipl Clin Hypnosis (UCL) Martin Birnstingl MS
FRCS Retired Senior Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital Dr Fiona Godlee
Editor-in-chief BMJ Dr Ihab M Emran MSc MD Consultant (Locum) Spinal Surgeon,
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Dr Derek Summerfield BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCPsych.
Hon Sen Lect, Inst of Psychiatry, Univ of London; Teaching Associate, Refugee
Studies Centre, Univ of Oxford Dr. Maggie Wright BSc (hons) Pharmacology MB ChB
FRCA Director of Intensive Care Unit, James Paget University Hospital Foundation
Trust Lt Col G Vautier RAMC (ret) BM FRCP Consultant Gastroenterologist James
Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Richard LM Newell BSc FRCS
Retired Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr S.Sadullah FRCP FRCPath
Consultant Haematologist James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth Dr
Stephen J Wilson MB ChB FRCA Consultant Anaesthetist Honorary Senior Lecturer Dr
Tim Paine FRCGP MRCP General Practitioner (retd) Bristol Dr Christopher Richards
MB ChB MRCGP DCH Retired General Practitioner and Psychotherapist Bristol Dr
Nicholas Mayne MD FRCP Consultant Physician Cheltenham Prof Allyson Pollock
Director, Institute for International Health Policy, University of Edinburgh
Prof Debbie Lawlor Professor of Epidemiology University of Bristol Dr Eric
Brunner PhD FFPH Reader in Epidemiology and Public Health University College
London Prof George Davey Smith Professor of Clinical Epidemiology University of
Bristol Dr Philip Wilson DPhil MRCP MRCPCH FRCGP General Practitioner and Senior
Clinical Research Fellow University of Glasgow Dr </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>John</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> Macleod Senior Lecturer in Primary Care
University of Birmingham Prof Trish Greenhalgh OBE MD FRCP FRCGP Professor of
Primary Health Care Dr Ian Roberts Professor of Public Health London School of
Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Dr Nick Maurice OBE GP (retd) Director UKOWLA Dr
Jane Ferrie Senior Research Fellow Dept. Epidemiology and Public Health
University College London Prof Martin McKee CBE MD DSc FRCP Professor of
European Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine David
Gunnell Professor of Epidemiology University of Bristol Dr Ros Kennedy GP
Principal MB BS MRCP MRCGP Dr Sam Richmond MB BS FRCP FRCPCH Consultant
Paediatrician and Neonatologist Sunderland Royal Hospital Mr </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Daniel</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> B Byles FRCOpth Consultant
Opthalmologist Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Dr Megan Byles MB ChB MRCGP
General Practioner Ottery St Mary Devon Dr S.Dixon MB ChB MRCGP Appley Somerset
Dr L.Ibbs MRCGP MRCP General Practitioner Islip Medical Practice Mr S F Brewster
FRCS (urology) Consultant Urologist Churchill Hospital Oxford Mr N Burns-Cox
FRCS (urology) Musgrove Park Hospital Taunton Dr Iona Heath CBE FRCGP MRCP
Caversham Group Practice Dr David Nicholl FRCP PhD Consultant Neurologist City
Hospital Birmingham C.M.Davidson MB MCh FRCS FRCSEd FRFPSG Retired Senior
Consultant Surgeon Prof Alun Evans Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Belfast David Halpin MB BS FRCS Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon (retd)
Dr Ros Kennedy GP Principal MB BS MRCP MRCGP Robert Shearer MB BS FRCS
Consultant Urological Surgeon (retd) Dr David Batty Research Fellow University
of Glasgow Dr S Shakti MB BS MRCPH Paediatric SPR Mr Dawlatly MB BS MRCOG
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Jack Piachaud FRCPsych Felicity de
Zulueta BSc MA (Cantab) MBChB FRCPsych Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley
Hospital Dr Anita Sharma MB BS BSc Dr Salma Al-Ramadhani MBBS Dr </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>John</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> Ho MB BS MRCPH Paediatric consultant Bob
Fryatt MD MRCP FFPHM Strategy Adviser World Health Organisation Geneva Dr
Dhanusha Maheshwaren MB BS MSc Dr Deeksha Kashyap MB BS BSc Lord Nicholas Rea MD
FRCP General Practitioner (retd) Sir A W Macara FRCP FRCGP DSc Timothy Southwood
BDS MB BS MRCGP Nailsea Family Practice Dr Equi Ajogbe MB BS BSc Dr Shalini
Kawar MB BS BSc Dr David Tovey FRCGP Editorial Director BMJ Knowledge BMJ
Publishing Group Ltd Dr Vidya Thakur MB BS MRCOG Mr Kalshaker MB BS MRCOG
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>John</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> Adey MB ChB MA Dr Salim Ali MB BS BSc
Mrs Hussain MB BS MRCOG Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr S Felenstein
MB BS Dr Peter Kandela MRCGP PhD General Practitioner Mr Kamal Salman Alubaid MB
ChB FRCS Edin Mr </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>John</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> Fixsen MA
MChir FRCS Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Great Ormond St Hospital for Children
(retd) Dr Rashmi Madhu MB BS Dr Michael Cripwell General Practitioner Dr Gemma
Petts MB BS BSc Dr Radika Acharya MB BS Dr Karen Sennett General Practitioner Dr
Margaret Tatham General Practitioner Dr G Battle General Practitioner Dr
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Susan</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> Hunt General Practitioner
Dr David Davidson General Practitioner (ret) Dr Michael Sills General
Practitioner Namir Kafil-Hussain FRCS Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon (with
special interest in paediatrics) Ashford & St. Peter's Hospital, Surrey Dr
Beatrice Boctor MB BCh MRCPsych Dr Gohar Khan, Dr Mehnaz Khan MB BS BSc Dr Tariq
AlTawil MB BS BSc Dr. Nagin Antoun MB BCh FRCP FRCR Consultant Neuroradiologist
Addenbrookes Hospital Dr Peter Hall MB BS MRCPI DGM Dr Syed Raza MB BS Dr K Jain
MB BS Dr M Somajundram MB BS BSc Dr Antony Davies MD PhD Professor of Physiology
(retd) Margaret L Stewart MB ChB BSc BD retired doctor and Church of Scotland
minister D.C. Jameson Evans MB BS FRCS Dr Judith Cook MB BChir DTM&H General
Practitioner Dr Runa Mackay MD FRCPE Dr Dominic Scarr MB ChB Dr Shirley Brierley
MB ChB MRCGP MPH Specialist Registrar in Public Health Yorkshire & Humber
Public Health Training Scheme </SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #7f007f; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Of course, let us
have peace," we cry, "but at the same time let us have normalcy, let us lose
nothing, let our lives stand intact, let us know neither prison nor ill repute
nor disruption of ties ... " There is no peace because there are no peacemakers.
There are no makers of peace because the making of peace is at least as costly
as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as
liable to bring disgrace and prison, and death in its
wake</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#7f007f><SPAN
style="COLOR: #7f007f; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. <BR> [ Dan
Berrigan - in No Bars to
Manhood ]</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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