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To: JohnM who wrote (53925)	10/22/2002 12:40:22 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Could you be a bit more specific on the chronology and the type of aid we're discussing? My reading of Pollack is that Saddam fought oil-for-food bitterly, then capitulated when he had no choice. He claimed that the escrow account system set up to deal with payments was an insult to Iraqi sovereignty, then back-pedaled when things got tough for ordinary Iraqis as a result of his intransigence. Allowing oil-for-food was, at its essence, not even motivated by concern for the average Iraqi, but only a means to quell the rising tide against Saddam caused by the horrible living conditions Iraqis suffered. Recall that a very serious assassination attempt against Saddam's son took place probably caused by this rising tide.