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| A family lines up to take their children to the diarhea clinic in Basrah, southern Iraq. The systematic destruction of the Iraqi sewage treatment system by allied bombing during the Gulf War and the continuation of sanctions mean that clean drinking water is impossible to obtain for many Iraqis. Waterborne diseases have been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children since the sanctions began. |
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2002 James Longley |
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