US 'starving' Iraqi out of homes prior to attack--UN off

A top UN human rights investigator has publically described a US tactic of cutting food supplies from towns before they attack in order to force civilians from their homes.

These people would have nowhere to go--into the desert? toward the lines of US soldiers surrounding the towns?

Would you want to take your children in to this?

There are reports of people starving as a result. Or course, a US military spokesman, denies the US is using such a tactic. The story is also reported by the BBC.

In the BBC story, the US spokesman, after denying use of the tactic, then rhetorically asked what use the supplies would be in a war zone?

"...Lieutenant Colonel Steve Boylan, a US military spokesman, later rejected the accusations...It does not do relief supplies any good if you have them going into a firefight," he said. http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:f0x37CSLed8J:news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4344136.stm+ Jean+Ziegler+Iraq+supplies&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 Snips from the story in the INDEPENDENT below: