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NewsMine cabal-elite united-nations iraq-oil-for-food Viewing Item | Case against sanctions { October 6 1996 } A LOOK AT . . . THE CASE AGAINST SANCTIONS: THE IRAQI EXAMPLE
SADDAM HAS THRIVED UNDER SANCTIONS WHILE INNOCENT CIVILIANS SUFFER Yasmine Bahrani October 6, 1996; Page C3 Section: OUTLOOK Word Count: 1338
MY MOTHER told me that her sister in Baghdad needs an eye operation. Ordinarily, that would be routine family news -- you hear it and hope for the best. But this time I scrambled to find someone traveling to Iraq who would be willing to deliver cash to my aunt because, without a lot of it, she'll never get her operation. My aunt is a librarian. She had begged my mother to please not let her go blind because reading is the only pleasure she has left.In Iraq, economic sanctions are
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