IRAQ: 4.5 million children undernourished
05 Mar 2007 | Source: IRIN
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BAGHDAD, 5 March (IRIN) – Apart from dodging bombs and bullets in their schools and neighbourhoods, children in Iraq are suffering from worryingly high levels of malnourishment, according to specialists.
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Air strikes on Iran could backfire – report
By Kate Kelland, Reuters, 5 March 2007
LONDON (Reuters) – Military strikes to destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions could backfire, increasing Tehran’s determination to obtain atomic weapons and bolstering hostility towards the West, a report said on Monday.
The report “Would air strikes work?”, written by a leading British weapons scientist, said strikes would probably be unable to hit enough targets to cause serious damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“With inadequate intelligence, it is unlikely it would be possible to identify and subsequently destroy the number of targets needed to set back Iran’s nuclear programme for a significant period,” said the report.
“In the aftermath of a military strike, if Iran devoted maximum effort and resources to building one nuclear bomb, it could achieve this in a relatively short amount of time.”
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