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To: zonder who wrote (1281)5/14/2003 2:05:46 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
Some clarification on the opposition to removing the Iraqi sanctions:

<<< ... Yet the way that the sanctions work is not the way they used to. The Sanctions Committee automatically approves most imports without any requirement for deliberation. Furthermore, the biggest bureaucratic delays were created by deliberate U.S. understaffing, so that there were never enough people to review all the proposed contracts (see Joy Gordon's article "Cool War: Economic Sanctions as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Harper's, November 2002). Finally, all members of the Security Council have indicated willingness to cooperate in expediting the release of all goods required for immediate needs ... >>>

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In short, the sanctions aren't preventing food from being imported, as they were before the war. So, the only reason to lift them is to legitimize America's colonization of Iraq and to commence the plunder.
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