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To: Eric Wells who wrote (111026)	10/24/2000 8:00:56 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Eric, Thanks for your reply. At least one can discuss this in terms of facts. >> I don't believe general medical supplies are restricted. Absolutely incorrect, Eric. The US prevents many many many items from being shipped to Iraq. Including Hypodermic needles. Under the guise that they can be melted and turned into bombs. Including chlorine for water purification. Including vaccines, under the guise the half dead germs can be revived and turned into disease weapons. >> Is the money Iraq receives enough to provide enough food and medical care to support its population? It would be if it wasn't sitting at the sanctions committee while the US finds every kind of excuse to prevent goods from being bought. One of their favorite methods is to demand information about the medicine's composition beyond what is on the label. Supposedly that is to insure that it doesn't have a residue of something that can be accumulated and turned into a weapon. Of course much of that info is not available, and the distributor doesn't have it anyway. So that order gets denied. >> if Saddam would step down from power, or openly negotiate with the US, the sanctions could be lifted tomorrow. That might be true. The US is holding the children of Iraq hostage until the ruler steps down. A truly honorable way to conduct policy. US Congressman David Bonior called that method "infanticide masquerading as policy". I don't know whether it was from the floor of the house or in a speech. But it is very true unfortunately.