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61. There may well be 14,000 kids in danger of dying.

Thu May 22, 2025, 01:11 PM

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Or more.

In March, 3,700 kids were identified as having acute malnutrition. The increase was double over February.

At that rate of increase, there are likely to be at least 14,000 kids with either acute or severe malnutrition by now. Could be many more after an 11 week siege.

That horrifying fact is going to get lost in the UN bashing.

I guess it's more important or satisfying to try to discredit the UN than face the reality of what is happening in Gaza.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/27/gaza-on-brink-of-catastrophe-as-aid-runs-out-and-prices-soar-groups-warn

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Debunked: UN official's claim 14,000 Gazan babies could die in 48 hours was untrue [View all] lapucelle Wednesday OP

what a shock. AZLD4Candidate Wednesday #1

I'm sure that any moment now... Richard D Thursday #3

Apologies for the plan to wipe Gaza off the face of the map? iemanja Thursday #4

Apologies by the UN for their spokesman spreading propaganda. lapucelle Thursday #10

Apologies for lending unconditional support for incompetent lying leaders at the UN. Beastly Boy Thursday #13

Wow. Richard D Thursday #16

My post is supposedly deplorable iemanja Thursday #25

Delusional Richard D Thursday #31

for this topic, this is a strawman. This is about the UN lying, not Israel. Please stick to the topic AZLD4Candidate Thursday #18

I am on topic iemanja Thursday #21

No, I want to keep the discussion on the topic of the OP. You are trying to muddy the waters. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #69

Hey, you know, when the facts don't fit the narrative, MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #70

Agree. It seems the tenor of the argument is "I don't care where the information comes from or if it's been debunked, AZLD4Candidate Thursday #71

This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja Thursday #24

K&R rollin74 Wednesday #2

What number of starving babies is acceptable? Intractable Thursday #5

Sorry, that doen't work on me. This story is about a UN official making a fabulist claim lapucelle Thursday #6

Sorry, that doesn't work on me. Intractable Thursday #8

How interesting to frame fabulist propaganda as an "exaggeration" lapucelle Thursday #11

Post removed Post removed Thursday #12

How does counting dead babies mitigate pervasive lies and incompetence coming from UN? Beastly Boy Thursday #14

You tried that already. It didn't work. lapucelle Thursday #17

You think you won an argument? Intractable Thursday #29

There is no argument to win because you are not making an argument. lapucelle Thursday #56

At this point, you are just trying to up your post count. Yes, the UN lied. Intractable Thursday #64

Oh, what the hell... lapucelle Thursday #57

Quit the propaganda iemanja Thursday #23

Delusional Richard D Thursday #67

That line is best directed at the UN spokesman who spread his fabulist propaganda on a BBC radio show, lapucelle Thursday #72

Boom. 💙🌈 Cha Thursday #79

And that happened here in the US JustAnotherGen Thursday #37

a legitimate claim with the wrong time line stillcool Thursday #52

At best, it's a fabulist lie. At worst it's outright propaganda lapucelle Thursday #58

the demographic? The prognosis? stillcool Thursday #60

The UN propagandist named the demographic as "babies" lapucelle Thursday #66

What number of outright lies by UN officials is acceptable to you? lapucelle Thursday #7

None. But they are all lying, aren't they? Intractable Thursday #9

UN is lying and using fake death numbers. Like the lies from Hamas, they are discrediting themselves and your own posts Beastly Boy Thursday #15

None of this is okay with me. That's why Israel has to stop. They are creating the next generation of hate Intractable Thursday #30

Israel has to stop because UN is lying? Beastly Boy Thursday #47

Israel has to stop the war -- period. D'uh! Intractable Thursday #65

I notice you didn't say anything about HAMAs stopping the war, MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #68

Israel are genocidal madmen. Hamas are righteous freedom fighters. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #80

This message was self-deleted by its author PufPuf23 21 hrs ago #91

And there it is, MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #19

You are saying the UN lied. If so, then what is the correct number? Intractable Thursday #27

I just made an observation that you're trying like hell to distract from the actual thread MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #34

Again, you are impertinent. Intractable Thursday #36

If you think I'm impertinent, then don't read my posts or use the ignore function on DU. MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #39

"never mind, your definitely not worth my time." Intractable Thursday #40

Walking away from a rabbit hole and someone using failing to see things as debunked does win an argument AZLD4Candidate Thursday #74

Zero, but what number of brazen, lying UN officials is acceptable? Mysterian Thursday #20

I see. So, dead babies are acceptable, but UN lies are not. Gotcha. Intractable Thursday #26

What part of "zero" did you not understand? Mysterian Thursday #28

I wrote "none" also. But that was above. It's okay if you don't read everything, yes? Intractable Thursday #33

Your post does not cogently reply to mine Mysterian Thursday #35

Please read the upthread. Nothing new is happening here. Intractable Thursday #38

One or more. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #94

They got their intifada globalized. Richard D Thursday #22

The UN claim was wrong, lying is wrong. gab13by13 Thursday #32

Why immediately jump to believe they were lying? AloeVera Thursday #44

What do you call saying one thing one day Beastly Boy Thursday #53

29 kids and elderly starved to death in recent days. On top of the 57 children already starved since the siege began. AloeVera Thursday #41

"propagandizing the UN mistake is disturbing and serves Netanyahu's agenda of ridding Palestinians from Gaza" Intractable Thursday #43

This thread is about a patently false claim made by a UN official. lapucelle Thursday #45

Actually the good thing is that there may not be 14,100 children in danger of immediately dying. AloeVera Thursday #48

Better, there may not be 24,200 children in danger of dying. Beastly Boy Thursday #63

That it is. A well-worn tactic, as I said in post #44. AloeVera Thursday #46

The only distraction is your constant vilifying Israel when it was HAMAs that started this whole current shitshow. MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #50

In that case you might want to remove the rec on my post. AloeVera Thursday #54

A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes Jose Garcia Thursday #42

And that was back in the 1800's. madaboutharry Thursday #76

The UN seems to have problems with numbers. republianmushroom Thursday #49

The UN's Humanitarian Chief had the numbers right stillcool Thursday #51

Killer post. AloeVera Thursday #55

thanks... stillcool Thursday #73

I did not realize "malnutrition" & "dying" were the same thing EX500rider Thursday #77

Whenever Israel is mentioned, causing a bad hair day could be considered a war crime to some. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #78

I once answered a help wanted ad. It promised compensation of $14,000 for 48 hours of work. Beastly Boy Yesterday #88

Nuance can easily become a weapon Torchlight Thursday #59

There may well be 14,000 kids in danger of dying. AloeVera Thursday #61

In that article, they claim statements from world food organizations, yet only quote people involved in the Hamas-led AZLD4Candidate Thursday #75

Yup the UN messed up then later Eko Thursday #62

They messed up, then blamed Israel, created a shitstorm in the media, and only then clarified their mistake Beastly Boy Yesterday #81

There are mistakes and then there are mistakes. Eko Yesterday #82

Ah, adeflection! How ordinary! Beastly Boy Yesterday #83

You call it a deflection. Eko Yesterday #84

Sure. You also call lying a "mistake" Beastly Boy Yesterday #85

Neither you nor I have any idea if it was a lie or a mistake. Eko Yesterday #86

"I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt" Beastly Boy Yesterday #87

If you didn't want to answer the question you could have just let it alone Eko Yesterday #89

I don't want to answer your question, and I want you to know I am not going to. Letting it alone will not do it for me. Beastly Boy 21 hrs ago #90

Cant anwser a simple yes or no question, got it. Eko 29 min ago #95

Ok, now you are telling me what you think my reason is... right after I told you what my reason was. Beastly Boy 10 min ago #96

Regardless of number or timeline, many Gazan children PufPuf23 21 hrs ago #92

Is this your reason for excusing the UN lies? Beastly Boy 11 hrs ago #93