Society, Issues, Economic, Sanctions, Iraq, News and Media
- Presents the documentary "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq" by John Pilger, broadcasted on British television in 2000, and further information on the situation in the country. [RealPlayer required for video].
- "Given the depressed price of oil and the state of Iraq's oil industry, there's currently a $900 million gap between the revenue expected and what's needed to fund the humanitarian programme. This shortfall is already cutting deeply into the allocati
- Risking as much as 12 years in prison and $500,000 in fines, doctors from two U.S. based groups traveled to Iraq and donated $50,000 worth of medicines and books.
- Over one hundred links to articles on Iraq with most recent ones, first.
- A reproduced debate in full from the British government proceedings.
- Reproduced article equating the well reported murder of Britons abroad as callous as the bombing or Iraq by UK planes.
- Precis of Sabah Al-Mukhtar's talk at Cambridge University, UK
- Magnusson, founder of the Icelandic charity Peace 2000 Institute, said Amal's illness exemplifies "what the sanctions have been doing to the people of Iraq."
- The man responsible for co-ordinating the Iraqi oil-for-food deal says sanctions are killing children, destroying society and probably strengthening the country's leadership.
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