Assertion: sanction | /r/Causes | major rise
Facets:
value: in child mortality
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Whereas it was widely believed that the sanctions caused a major rise in child mortality, research following the 2003 invasion of Iraq has shown that commonly cited data were doctored by the Saddam Hussein regime and that "there was no major rise in child mortality in Iraq after 1990 and during the period of the sanctions".