[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Graham

And, once again, excuse me, but *HOW* does targetting civilian water and sewerage systems hurt the Iraqi military???

http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/sw/sw41/watertarget.html

What about a power system that supplies Iraqi hospitals?

http://www.droitvp.org/electricityCivilian.html

You may want to quibble words about whether this is "deliberate" or "accidental", but the fact is that innocent women and children have *died* as a result of this policy and that is something you *cannot* deny.

I'd just like to point out a couple of things:

1) I am sorry, but I think it reasonable to assume that most countries build their Miltary infrastructure outside population centres at least partly to minimise the impact on civilians if the place is bombed. Saddam did not do this.

He built Military bases in towns (near hospitals and schools for instance). Presumably this was in the assumption the west would not bomb them for fear of hitting innocent citizens. So, I personally blame Saddam Hussein for these deaths.

2) Saddam also killed hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of innocent Iraqi citizens.

3) Iraqi hospitals, if maintained to a reasonable standard, will have generators to power all essential equipment. Ours do.