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-- child poverty is severe;
-- on November 21, 2010, the Washington Post said 25% of children endure hunger, citing the US Department of Agriculture;
-- over 60% of public school teachers say hunger affects children in their classrooms;
-- violence against children is widespread; according to Love Our Children USA, an estimated nine million are victimized; and
-- children's physical and mental health are insecure as a result of neglect, violence, sexual abuse, and societal indifference to their status.
(6) US Human Rights Violations Against Other Nations
America's longstanding human rights record abroad is appalling. As a result, in the last two decades alone, US wars, sanctions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan caused millions of deaths and overall depravation and human misery, mostly affecting civilian men, women and children. Moreover, in both countries, the death toll mounts daily, often by cold-blooded murder.
On September 18, 2010, for example, the Washington Post said a 5th Stryker Combat Brigade "kill team" targeted civilians, committing random murders, dismembering corpses, and hoarding human bones as trophies.
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