"Paying The Price: Killing the Children of Iraq..." PART 1

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First Aired: February 26, 2003

'Blood On Their Hands': Acclaimed Journalist John Pilger Explores the Fate of Iraqi Children, and the World Leaders Who Are Responsible

A recent edition of the London Mirror showed a picture of British Prime Minister Tony Blair with blood on his hands. The cover read: "Blood on his hands/John Pilger: His Most Damning Verdict of Tony Blair."


Pilger is an acclaimed Australian journalist and filmmaker.

He begins the article in the Mirror: "William Russell, the great correspondent who reported the carnage of imperial wars, may have first used the expression 'on his hands' to describe impeccable politicians who, at a safe distance, order the mass killing of ordinary people. "In my experience, 'on his hands' applies especially to those modern political leaders who have had no personal experience of war, like George W.Bush, who managed not to serve in Vietnam, and the effete Tony Blair. "There is about them the essential cowardice of the man who causes death and suffering not by his own hand but through a chain of command that affirms his "authority". "In 1946, the judges at Nuremberg who tried the Nazi leaders for war crimes left no doubt about what they regarded as the gravest crimes against humanity. "The most serious was unprovoked invasion of a sovereign state that offered no threat to one's homeland. Then there was the murder of civilians, for which responsibility rested with the "highest authority". "Blair is about to commit both these crimes."

That, again from a recent column of John Pilger, in the London 'Mirror'.Today we are going to hear an excerpt from Pilger's documentary "Paying The Price: Killing the Children of Iraq."

In this hard-hitting special report, Pilger investigates the effects of sanctions on the people of Iraq and finds that ten years of extraordinary isolation, imposed by the UN and enforced by the US and Britain, have killed more people than the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan. In the film, Pilger travels with Denis Halliday, the former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations who resigned over what he called the "immoral policy" of economic sanctions.

Tape:
"Paying The Price: Killing the Children of Iraq," produced, written and presented by John Pilger, distributed by Bullfrog Films, 2000.
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[smallyb2009]

This is why only mentally unstable psycopaths join the american military murder machine.Because no decent person could live with the guilt of murdering so many innocent civilians that included babies,They call others Terrorists while they drop hundreds of bombs that still cause severe deformities in new born babies in Iraq, Torture innocent Men,Rape young girls & murder over a million innocent people,What a bunch of two faced JACKASSES.

[iraqiblaze]

over 2.5 million iraqis died because of the sanctions and occupation of iraq, all of this is because of the US, who are the terrorists now?

[UchihaGamer111]

@iraqiblaze Lmao I love all this complete factless, bs. Yea American soldiers murder millions when they are constantly seen on camera not being allowed to fire until fired on. And not to mention they're goddamn people dress like civilians.

[nohairguysrevenge]

mmh i have stocks on bullit's, machineguns, shells and bombs :P . its the only thing thall aways be used

[wind4watts]

The UN Official low initial figure of 570,000 Children Dead under 5 Years was proven to be about HALF the real figure, please see Galloway at US Senate!

[annfidela]

@cholaghbutcher1 You have a good point. I won't argue with you there.

[cholaghbutcher1]

@annfidela no they didnt united nation are a group of lying good 4 nothing racists corrupt bastards that hate jews muslims christians and anybody they dont like there was no just illegal occupation murder rape lies and war crimes. i believe koffi annann is sleaze bag piece of shit that should be noosed and or murdered to his death. he didnt gave a fuck 2 anybody dying or suffering in many countries including sudan iraq Israel/Palestine Kurdistan Rwanda.he just laughed so hard at these people

[cholaghbutcher1]

@kazuosrevenge2 saddam was an ally he was backstabbed by George bush Sr during iran contra affair and Kuwait cheated iraq out of moneyt. kuwait and George are big liars and con artists that stole iraqs oils and instigated a fight after saddam saved there damn assess from submoronic iranians there was no sanction or wmds. george bush was and still taliban and alqadia proof look at iran contra affair and the soveit invasion Afghanistan fucking king of dumass look up history

[shadowofears]

@smallyb2009 Strangly they were supporting dictators in my country Zia & Musharif..Actually Israel pushed America into this war then comes OIL so it was never about Sadam or Dictatorship..What do they care about Muslim lives??