[Hulka]

“Maybe he means the number of Iraqis who died during the Clinton years as a result of our sanctions.”

I'd like to know about how sanctions killed them?

Sanctions were imposed on weapons and dual-use items that can be used in making weapons/NBC.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Sanctions were imposed on weapons and dual-use items that can be used in making weapons/NBC.

They were total economic sanctions, according to this article.

Iraq Sanctions Kill Children, U.N. Reports

And what did Clinton's Secretary of State have to say about this? Madeleine Albright - 60 Minutes