The human and environmental impacts of the last Gulf War were tremendous. Approximately 100,000 Iraqi soldiers and 40,000 to 80,000 Iraqi civilians were killed as a direct result of the war, and those who survived the initial attack faced untold hardship. Electricity, water and sanitation systems were destroyed; food storage and distribution systems broke down….
GREENPEACE: A war with Iraq would have devastating human and environmental consequences
Posted on February 17, 2003 by EnergyAsia