Doctors have reported 17 confirmed cases of cholera in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) fears many more have gone unreported. Initial cases were discovered in children under the age of four and doctors fear an outbreak of the disease is occurring throughout the city. More samples have been sent to a laboratory in Kuwait for confirmation, and final results are expected by tomorrow. Health experts have been warning of the potential for a large outbreak of cholera given the shortage of clean water and the lack of sanitation in southern Iraq.
this is the short text of actual news that is useful from the website. On their TV program they added a great deal of editorial (clearly I can't show you as it was broadcast) that implied that the US protected the oil fields instead of the hospitals and exaggerated the looting, providing no actual figures or facts on that, despite the publication on 05/05 of the independant survey quoted in the WAPO that indicated US tanks protected many hospitals and only 7/27 were looted. Is there any way legal action can be taken (eg: unsubstantiated defamation) by the US consulate against biased propaganda of this nature? |