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by LA Free Press
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 at 1:12 PM
Washington continues to bomb Iraq almost daily, terrorizing a civilian population still devastated by war damage and on the brink of collapse due to brutal economic sanctions.
August 2000 marks the 10th year of the U.S.-led UN sanctions against Iraq, the most comprehensive trade blockade ever imposed in history, and the greatest social disaster of our time. Contrary to popular belief, the Gulf War has never ended.
Washington continues to bomb Iraq almost daily, terrorizing a civilian population still devastated by war damage and on the brink of collapse due to brutal economic sanctions. According to the UN, the gravity of the humanitarian situation (in Iraq) is indisputable and cannot be overstated.
UNICEF reports that over 1.5 million people in Iraq have died since 1990, and hundreds of children are dying each day as a direct result of the US/UN sanctions-from the lack of clean water, medicines, and food. The sanctions have bankrupted Iraq’s once prosperous economy, and prevent Iraq from importing chlorine, sewer pipe, all construction materials, medical supplies, and even school books. Imagine if the 27 million people of California were suddenly cut off from international trade after the destruction of war?
Clinton, Albright, Gore, and others responsible for the massive poverty, suffering, and deaths of millions in Iraq will be in Los Angeles to attend the Democratic Convention. The Coalition to Save the Iraqi Children is planning to break the conspiracy of silence on this policy of genocide against the people of Iraq by rallying on Tuesday August 15, 5:00 p.m. at the Staples Center, llth Street and Figueroa. Please join the Coalition to draw public attention and accountability to this dire situation. The blood of Iraqi children is on our hands U.S. taxpayers finance the U.S. naval blockade and constant aerial bombardment that enforces the sanctions.
Call the Coalition to Save the Iraqi Children for more information and updates on logistics at 213-387-9220. Supporters: International Action Center, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Reverend James Lawson, Veterans for Peace, South Central Solidarity, James Lafferty (National Lawyers Guild), International Socialist Organization, American Friends Service Committee, Michel Shehadeh (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee), Blase and Theresa Bonpane (Office of the Americas).
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by Eric Gillepsie, Jr.
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 at 1:24 PM
epg@pobox.com
I try to show these types of things to people, but they don't believe it. I have to admit, the article doesn't really give any proof. What should i show to a ditto-head father to convince him that this is real?
Thanks.
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by Erik Heino
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 at 1:59 PM
It's not an "official" source--though "official" sources are the ones that caused this problem in the first place, but here's a list of all the bombings between December 1998 and February 2000. I found this when it was current; it may be updated somewhere with more recent bombings. http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/airwar5.html Even mainstream media will occasionally point out the frequency of bombings. You just have to look for it. One point though: it's really the sanctions that are causing the most damage. The bombing drives the point home, but the sanctions are what has killed over a million people. During the Gulf War, many liberals who opposed the war argued instead for sanctions. That was a mistake, and now we have the evidence to prove it. Sanctions should never be imposed unless they have the support of the people in the country targeted, as in South Africa.
www.nwlink.com/~erikh
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by Erik Heino
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 at 2:01 PM
The proper link to the story, instead of the other one, which was my personal web page:
www.nonviolence.org/vitw/airwar5.html
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by Erik Heino
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 at 2:06 PM
The proper link to the story, instead of the other one, which was my personal web page:
www.nonviolence.org/vitw/airwar5.html
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by Karl Steel
Friday, Aug. 18, 2000 at 11:25 AM
kts15@columbia.edu
Some hard date for use against "Dittoheads": Here's a good start for information about Iraq. http://www.iacenter.org/iraq.htm Also track down information on Ramsey Clarke, former US Attorney General, and his work against the sanctions. Start with: http://www.iacenter.org/rc12600.htm Also, here's a maniacal anti-Ramsey Clarke site. It's sort of funny in its bone-headed racism, especially when it lambastes "moslems:" http://www.ramseyclark.com/
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by divaPastyDrone
Friday, Aug. 18, 2000 at 2:46 PM
pastydrone@newstrolls.com
The New Internationalist dedicated their entire 9/99 issue to what sanctions have done to the people in Iraq. http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue316/contents.htm -diva
www.newstrolls.com
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by divaPastyDrone
Friday, Aug. 18, 2000 at 2:48 PM
pastydrone@newstrolls.com
Let's try that again...
-diva
www.oneworld.org/ni/issue316/contents.htm
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by araya
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000 at 12:50 AM
the US intervened with the Kurds for human rights violations... then counters with debilitating embargoes that basically destroys whole civilian populations. but of course we all know none of these acts were to support human rights; the US is only interested in one thing: oil, and getting it cheaply at any cost. and perhaps, ensuring that the whole middle east, save israel, will loathe the US for generations to come. I wonder what's next? Will the US step in and "save" the Iraqi population from the very starvation it itself inflicted, and act as a global mother theresa, to maintain the illusion of a kinder, gentler capitalistic superpower?
araya
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by Seattle
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000 at 3:15 PM
Tried to access the site. Came up as forbidden.
Any suggestions?
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by cooldiscodan
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000 at 12:45 PM
While I greatly sympathize with the plight of the Iraqi people, the solution is quite simple in that if the dictator of Iraq would comply with terms he has already agreed to comply with on the inspections of weapons of mass destruction( you know- the Nukes you love so much, chemical weapons and biological weapons)then there would be NO sanctions. This ding-dong dictator has apparently spun this issue to where you people feel sorry for him. Ask the people of Kuait how they feel about Sadam having nukes and nerve gas! They already have had this "good neighbor" come on over to rape and pillage(where are the feminists on this one)their country and then created one of the worst ecological disasters by blowing up all of the oil fields AND pumping millions of gallons of crude into the ocean(where was Al Gore on this one?) Me thinks you people are a tad misled.
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