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-- Critical
Media Literacy
in Times of War
-- Introduction
to the Site
-- Modules
-- Iraq
-- Introduction
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Background
--
Media Coverage
--
Justifications for War
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Media Reports 90/91
-- Media
Reports 2002
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How Many Protested?
-- Crowd
Size Oct. '90
-- Crowd
Size Jan, '91
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Network News
-- Protests
in How Many Cities?
-- Sanctions
and Casualties
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Sanctions and Changes
(you
are here)
--
Sanctions: What have you learned?
--
Sanctions: What have you learned? PT. II
-- Sanctions:
Additional Sources
-- Iraq:
Additional Resources
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IRAQ
UNDER SANCTIONS:
Changes
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Comprehensive
sanctions were first imposed on Iraq in 1990, and remain in place
today. This table offers some statistics showing how Iraq has changed
since the sanctions were put in place.
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Before
Sanctions |
After
Sanctions |
Source |
| Budget,
Iraq Ministry of Health |
$450
million (1990) |
$22
million (2002) |
"The
Situation of Children in Iraq"(Report), UNICEF, Feb. 2002 |
| Access
to Health Care |
97%
Urban, 78% Rural (before 1991) |
Data
unavailable
"Report
on the Current Humanitarian Situation in Iraq," United Nations,
March 30, 1999
"Since 1991, hospitals and health centers have remained without
repair and maintenance. The functional capacity of the health care
system has degraded further by shortages of water and power supply,
lack of transportation and the collaps of the telecommunications
system. Communicable diseases, such as water borne diseases and
malaria, which had been under control, came back as an epidemic
in 1993 and have now become part of the endemic pattern of the precarious
health situation, according to WHO."
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"Report
on the Current Humanitarian Situation in Iraq," United Nations,
March 30, 1999 |
| Child
Mortality Rate (under 5 years) |
56
per 1000
(1984 - 1989) |
131
per 1000
(1994 - 1999) |
"Iraq
Surveys Show 'Humanitarian Emergency'," (Press Release), UNICEF,
August 12, 1999 |
| Low
Birth Weight Babies |
4.5%
(1990) |
24.7%
(2001) |
"Summary
of Recent Data on Humanitarian Conditions in Iraq," (Briefing
Memo), Save the Children (UK), October 18, 2002 |
| Children
with Cancer, Southern Iraq |
32,000
(1990) |
130,000
(1997) |
"Malnutrition,
Water Borne Diseases, Obscure Illnesses and a Lack of Health Education
Could Produce a 'Stunted' Generation in Iraq," UNICEF, Leon Barkho,
October 2001 |
| School
Enrollment Rate |
87%
(1991) |
67%
(2002) |
"UNICEF
Humanitarian Action Iraq Update," UNICEF, July 11, 2001 |
| Female
Literacy Rate |
87%
(1985) |
45%
(1995)
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UNICEF
Humanitarian Action Iraq Donor Update," UNICEF, July 11, 2001 |
| Currency
Value |
1,000
Iraqi dinars =
$3,300 US (1990) |
1,000
Iraqi dinars =
33 cents US (2002) |
"Iraq
Facts and Timeline, " American Friends Service Committee, October
2002 |
| GDP
Per Capita |
$2840
(1989) |
$200
(1997) |
"Facts
and Figures: The Impact of Sanctions on Iraq," Middel East Report,
Spring 1998 |
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