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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (5074)	10/14/2001 10:58:15 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

If you want to learn about the sanctions against Iraq, I suggest you start with the United Nations website. After all, it's their sanctions. >>Under Article 41 of the UN Charter, the Security Council may call upon Member States to apply measures not involving the use of armed force in order to maintain or restore international peace and security. Such measures are commonly referred to as sanctions. The Security Council has invoked Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter to impose sanctions in fourteen cases: Afghanistan, Angola, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Haiti, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Sudan and the former Yugoslavia. In the cases of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Haiti, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Sudan and the former Yugoslavia, sanctions have been fully lifted, whereas in the case of Libya they were suspended. << un.org >>The Office of the Iraq Programme (OIP) was established in October 1997 to implement the oil for food programme for Iraq established by Security Council resolution 986 (1995) and subsequent resolutions. In August 1990, the Security Council had imposed comprehensive sanctions on Iraq. Concerned about the extended suffering of the civilian population as a result of the sanctions the UN Security Council passed resolution 986 in April 1995 with an "oil for food" formula as "a temporary measure to provide for the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people". << un.org Be careful as you wander out there in cyberspace. Disinformation is the order of the day. These might be reliable sources: Iraqwatch: iraqwatch.org Federation of American Scientists: fas.org PBS: pbs.org Mandela Project at American University: american.edu

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (5074)	10/15/2001 12:54:34 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hussein takes down those of his inner circle that pose a threat. But it has to be clear to all that much reward awaits a more peaceful leader of Iraq. Tempting. I also meant to suggest that the inside job would be aided by Kurds, Kuwaitis and Iraqis in a multi-front popular uprising, covertly aided by guess who. I would guess some of the Iraqis are rather tired of being whipping boys just because Hussein won't cough up his WMD facilities. It does not require majority approval.