(2022-03-25). When Your Best Mass Murdering Years Are Behind You and It's Time to Say Goodbye. anti-empire.com In 1996 when Madeline Albright was asked if 500,000 dead Iraqi children was "worth it" the 500,000 figure wasn't even true yet. Despite that — rather than argue the figure — Albright replied it was definitely "worth it". | Richard Garfield calculated that through 1998 there had been between 106,000 and 350,000 excess deaths under 5, rising to between 343,900 and 525,40 through 2002. | The combination of Gulf War bombing (damage to water treatment plants) and post-war sanctions more than doubled infant mortality. In over a decade that accumulated to some 430,000 child deaths. | However, the US base in…
(2022-03-25). Madeleine Albright dead at 84: American imperialism mourns a war criminal. wsws.org The former Secretary of State was identified with some of the worst crimes of the 1990s, including the US terror bombing of Serbia and the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children because of severe economic sanctions.
(2022-03-25). Criminal trial begins against Vanderbilt nurse over medication error death. wsws.org RaDonda Vaught is being scapegoated by the authorities in Nashville, Tennessee for an error in administering a paralytic agent instead of a sedative. The mistake has its roots in the negligence of hospital officials at Vanderbilt Medical Center.