Sanctions killed more Iraqis than the war did, through slow weakening

Evidence

“For me what hurt more was the sanctions,” she said. “Now it’s easy. People are just dying. You get shot and you’re dead. But it was the sanctions that killed more because all the sha’ab”—the people—“were weakened due to them. It was a slow and painful death.” Then she admitted, “I don’t really feel the war, because I’m not there anymore.” — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 690

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 690
• XREF: connects to: US sanctions on 1990s Iraq killed over a million Iraqis — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 197