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August 19, 2005
Gresh: Sanctions on Iraq Greatest U.N. Scandal of All
While commenting on the U.N. oil-for-food bribery scandal in an August 19, 2005 article, Alain Gresh of The Guardian of London noted that "no committee of inquiry has been set up to investigate the most glaring scandal of all: the imposition of sanctions on Iraq in August 1990 and above all their maintenance after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991."
"These have had devastating consequences on the country and will be a burden on it for a very long time to come," he wrote, adding:. "While the media frequently drew attention to Iraq's difficulties in obtaining food and medical supplies - even after the start of the oil-for-food program in 1996 - they neglected the effect sanctions had on Iraqi society." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 19, 2005 02:35 AM
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