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To: Eric Wells who wrote (110998)	10/23/2000 9:56:41 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

>> Since when did Saddam start caring about Iraqi citizens? I believe Saddam personally has billions in the bank. << I have no idea what Saddam has in the bank, but the government of Iraq has more than $17 billion on deposit at the Bank of France in NewYork. The money is earmarked for purchases on orders that the US is blocking at the UN sanctions committee. Iraqis are not starving for food. What they lack is water pipes to carry clean water and keep it isolated from sewage pipes that are cracked. Water borne diseases are the main cause of sickness in Iraq. And of course, the US blocks the importation of medicines and medical instruments under the guise that they can converted to non-medical uses. The other main shortage is electrical generating capacity. Of course running water is very hard to keep running without electricity, and hospital facilities also are hampered without continuous electric power. The other large cause of disease and birth defects in southern Iraq is radiation sickness from uranium bombs the US used extensively there in 1991.