- Washington Moves Towards Imposing Sanctions Against Syria (May 1, 2004)
...The US has announced it might declare shortly imposing sanctions on Syria, according to a decision approved with the aim to punish Damascus... - Sanctions Against Zimbabwe - a Complex Matter (March 16, 2004)
...ur in order to force President Mugabe to the negotiating table. He said sanctions, similar to those imposed on apartheid South Africa should be instituted a... - Bush Extends Libya Sanctions (January 4, 2004)
...oting last year when the United Nations Security Council acted to end U.N. sanctions against Libya. Bush said the United States made that decision because of "... - Iraq opens border point with Saudis (November 1, 2002)
... scheme that allows Baghdad to distribute rations to Iraqis burdened by UN sanctions. Witnesses at the Ar'ar border point said 100 Saudi trade officials and... - Taliban Minister Promises Security for Foreign Workers (November 13, 1999)
... promised security for the foreign workers in Afghanistan, a day before UN sanctions will be imposed on the war-torn nation. "All the staff of the UN and ot... - Targeting Saddam? (December 3, 2001)
...... - Thousands of Cubans Rally Against New U.S Sanctions (May 14, 2004)
... through the streets of Havana Friday to protest against new U.S. economic sanctions against the country. People wearing red shirts and soldiers in uniform... - Shell Secures Libya Deal During Blair's Visit (March 26, 2004)
... With the rupture of British-Libyan diplomatic relations and international sanctions against Libya following several terrorist attacks in Europe attributed to... - US Considers 'Regime Change' for Syria (September 17, 2003)
...y of State Colin Powell is not ready to endorse the imposition of economic sanctions on Syria, though one New York congressman said the administration appears... - 'Human Shields' Face Fines from US (August 12, 2003)
...fore the war, warning them that they face $10,000 fines for violating U.S. sanctions that forbade most travel to Iraq and commerce with Saddam Hussein's regime... - Revised Sanctions On Iraq Backed (May 8, 2002)
...The Bush administration, which has pressed for overhauling the 11-year-old sanctions policy since it took office last year, contends the new rules will elimina... - Human Rights, Religious Groups Push UN Involvement in Iraq (May 21, 2003)
...ed resolution, likely to be passed by the council early on Thursday, lifts sanctions on Iraq, but hands unprecedented power to U.S. and British occupiers, effe... - Easing Sanctions on Bin Laden Associates Urged (August 16, 2002)
...NATIONS, Aug. 15 -- The United States today proposed easing U.N. financial sanctions on suspected associates of Saudi exile Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda ne... - Huge Trade Deal Draws Russia to Iraq (August 17, 2002)
...et-built infrastructure in Iraq, but will not violate United Nations trade sanctions against Baghdad, he said. Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said the... - Turkey Warns US Against Attacking Iraq (March 7, 2002)
...k. Turkey, a key US ally in the region, has suffered from the economic sanctions on its Iraqi neighbour and is wary of the effect of a potential conflict o... - Before We Bomb Iraq... (February 26, 2002)
...ssion against Iraq for the past 12 years by continuous bombing and imposed sanctions responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children. Iraq's... - Skirmish on Iraq Inspections (April 15, 2002)
...ly vigorous and not find anything," said a former U.S. official. "Economic sanctions would be eased, and the U.S. will be unable to act." A former member of... - Spy Scandal Reduced America's Control of Mission (September 18, 2002)
...ceasefire terms at the end of the 1991 Gulf War were clear: Iraq could get sanctions lifted only in return for full co-operation in eliminating its weapons of... - US Discusses Aid to Turkey for Iraq War Costs (December 28, 2002)
...r, Iraq, was a major trade partner before that conflict but had U.N. trade sanctions imposed on it for invading Kuwait in 1990.... - Defiant Iraq Resigned to Bush Attack (May 5, 2002)
...'. Galloway added: 'The anti-war movement in Britain and opposition to sanctions is closely reflected in Parliament, where 157 MPs, including two former Ca... - Military Action May Get Peace Movement Rolling (September 2, 2002)
...ce lobby in rallying public opinion against war in Iraq is the 11 years of sanctions imposed on that country after the Gulf War. "It's unlikely that Bush co... - Meet the Real WMD Fabricator (August 2, 2003)
... Ekeus who played a pivotal role in justifying the continued imposition of sanctions, on the grounds that these sanctions were essential as a means of applying... - US Suspends $47m in Aid Over Int'l Criminal Court Dispute (July 2, 2003)
...July 1 deadline to ink Article 98 deals with the United States or face the sanctions. The 19 members of NATO, as well as the US-designated "major non-NATO a... - The West's Battle for Oil (October 6, 2002)
...age as a pan-Arab leader ... and pressure others for a lifting of economic sanctions against his regime. The United States should conduct an immediate policy r... - Qaeda Network Still Poses Danger (December 17, 2002)
...rs briefing today. Michael Chandler, who chairs the Monitoring Group on sanctions against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and associates, said that many Al Qaeda oper... - Disaster Could Mean Closer U.S.-Indonesia Military Ties (January 18, 2005)
...p Indonesia deal with the effects of the Dec. 26 tsunami without violating sanctions imposed on the country over human rights abuses in East Timor from 1999 to... - Firmly Against The War (July 13, 2002)
...d take measures that must ultimately, and soon, lead to the lifting of the sanctions. Closing this bleak chapter in the history of the Middle East is a fundame... - Peace Accord in Sudan: Good News for People or Oil Companies? (January 14, 2005)
...assies in Kenya and Tanzania, and Washington imposed economic and military sanctions in 1997. In the late 1990s, however, the Sudanese government expelled al-Q... - Eight Washington Lies About Iraq (July 31, 2002)
...Iraq complies with its obligations concerning weapons of mass destruction, sanctions should be lifted.î Clinton went one step further when he said, ìsanctions... - Foreign Banks Given Iraqi Permits (February 2, 2004)
...ermitted to open in the 1990s to ease harsh conditions created by the UN's sanctions.... - Straw Wins Iraq Backing (October 1, 2002)
...hat Labour needed to show itself as "a party of realism and courage". "Sanctions are clearly not working and containment is being flouted. It is time to ac... - Even if Palestine Wins at The Hague... (February 24, 2004)
...d an opinion against the wall would lead to the same kind of international sanctions that followed after the Court's 1971 ruling against South Africa's occupat... - In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue (September 15, 2002)
...ndeveloped tracts. Most of the deals are on hold until the lifting of U.N. sanctions. But Iraqi opposition officials made clear in interviews last week that... - US Will Attack Iraq With or Without Turkey (July 17, 2002)
... is threatened by the United States. Iraq is under tough U.N. economic sanctions imposed following its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. They cannot be lifted u... - NION: Hundreds Say No to War and Sanctions in Austin, TX (October 7, 2002)
...rom the streets. The rally, billed as "Say NO to War on Iraq, Say NO to Sanctions" proved to be carthartic for many and spiritually cleansing as well. Last... - Yanking the Persian Carpet (September 3, 2002)
...ear weapons. Rewarding Khatami for his courage, say, with relaxed trade sanctions, might be in the US's interest.... - US Boards N. Korean Ship with Missiles Bound for Yemen (December 11, 2002)
...f missiles from North Korea." The Bush administration in August imposed sanctions on the North Korean company Changgwang Sinyong Corp. for selling Scud miss... - India Test-Fires Surface Missile (October 4, 2002)
... tests in 1998, causing international consternation and provoking economic sanctions by the United States and other Western nations, and is perfecting its miss... - Senior US Official to Level Charges Against Syria (September 15, 2003)
...ongressional proposal that would require President Bush to impose economic sanctions on Syria. But senior officials said the administration would consider impo... - US to Send 'Sharp Signal' to N. Korea in Naval Exercise (August 18, 2003)
...exercise said this problem could be circumvented in part if a new round of sanctions are imposed on North Korea, and also Iran, because of their refusal to coo... - Iraq Agrees to Readmit Inspectors, UN Says (September 16, 2002)
...ernment on the inspectors' return. Under Security Council resolutions, sanctions imposed on Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait cannot be lifted until U... - Blair Made Fundamental Mistake, Blix Says (July 13, 2003)
...ind that the Iraqis dismantled their WMD programmes so that they could get sanctions lifted. Once sanctions were lifted they intended to reinstate their WMD re... - Iraqis Ask to Meet UN Arms Inspectors (August 2, 2002)
...ccounting for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction is key to suspending U.N. sanctions, imposed when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. Blix, the executive... - What We Do Now (April 21, 2003)
...o work diplomatically through the UN Security Council. We endorse targeted sanctions (restrictions on the finances and travel of designated elites, and arms em... - UN Prepares for Huge Iraqi Casualties (January 7, 2003)
...eport, posted on the website of a Cambridge University group which opposes sanctions against Iraq. The BBC UN correspondent says the United Nations has been... - US, Russia Clash on New Iraq Measures in UN (September 17, 2002)
... biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, and long-range missiles, before sanctions can be suspended. The Iraqi letter from Foreign Minister Naji Sabri sai... - A Nightmare to Love (December 7, 2002)
...aq once had weapons of mass destruction, it no longer does. Enforcement of sanctions begins to crumble and world pressure to lift them builds. To prevent t... - The 'Just War' Arguments on Iraq (August 23, 2002)
... sure that Hussein is hurting his people more than the West's own economic sanctions currently are. The deposing of a regime is a dangerous and lengthy end... - Counting the Dead (January 29, 2003)
...and posted on the website of the UK-based anti-war group, Campaign against Sanctions in Iraq. UN officials have not challenged its authenticity. Nathaniel Hurd... - Saudis Vow Support for the UN on Iraq (September 16, 2002)
... insisted that any new inspections be tied to the lifting of decade-old UN sanctions. "Iraq's sovereignty must be respected, and the inspections must result in... - Garner Begins to Shape Iraq's Interim Administration (April 24, 2003)
...Paris made a major about-turn and called for the UN to immediately suspend sanctions on Iraq, though it stopped short of the US demand that sanctions be lifted... - UN Rushing Aid to Iraqi Children Before Start of War (March 10, 2003)
...cause of damage to infrastructure, poor use of resources and international sanctions that have affected families' purchasing power and reduced the amount of me... - 'No Third Way' for US Iraqis (December 26, 2002)
... from home are clogged with stories of misery, the results of U.S.-imposed sanctions many believe are harder on the Iraqi people than on their brutal leader. T... - Mandela Blasts US Attack Threats (September 2, 2002)
...gor Ivanov said after talks with his Iraqi counterpart, Naji Sabri. The sanctions imposed on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in 1990 cannot be lifted until U.N... - General tells Bush: Don't go it alone (August 19, 2002)
...r Russian specialists. President Putin supports lifting United Nations sanctions against Iraq in the hope that Baghdad will start paying off debts that wer... - US Should Switch Gears for Peace in N. Korea (January 1, 2003)
...not moved forward with promised diplomatic recognition, an end to economic sanctions, or a reduced military threat toward the North. The reactors' construction... - Controlling Iraq's Oil Wouldn't Be Simple (November 3, 2002)
...lion and at least three years to repair the ravages of 20 years of war and sanctions, and to resume the explorations abandoned in 1980, the year it invaded Ira... - To Rebuild Afghanistan, Look Next Door (February 28, 2002)
...employ Iranians in Afghanistan would not necessarily run afoul of American sanctions, which have been in place since 1979. Perhaps the most promising field is... - Crucial US Allies On Iraq Fall Out Over Oil (November 1, 2002)
...conomic chaos war would bring. As it frequently points out, enforcement of sanctions against Saddam Hussein's regime has cost the country between £25bn and £40... - Let Iraqis Rebuild Their Own Country (August 1, 2003)
...and telecommunications were almost totally destroyed, the Iraqis — despite sanctions — worked hard to rebuild them. At the time I was chief executive of Ira... - Iran Gets 'Last Chance' to Reveal Weapons Program (September 9, 2003)
...o report Iran to the Security Council for possible economic and diplomatic sanctions. 'Give Iran a Last Chance' However, Brill said Washington had co... - Iraq Postpones UN Talks (April 12, 2002)
... of Kuwait. In response, the assembled Arab leaders urged an end to UN sanctions against Baghdad and rejected any new military campaign against Saddam Huss... - Invading Iraq to Appease Bin Laden (February 26, 2004)
...irst contention. The war also allowed the United States to lift the brutal sanctions regime. That took care of the Osama’s second contention. As for the Palest... - The Diplomat, the Forgery and the Suspect Case for War (August 10, 2003)
...argo on high-level contacts with Iraq, which was being squeezed hard by UN sanctions. A Middle East analyst pointed out that Baghdad organised a trade fair in... - Saddam Removal Still Key US Aim (August 3, 2002)
...ation of Iraqi weapons programmes is a key condition for the lifting of UN sanctions imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. 'Intolerable burden' ... - Weapons inspections were 'manipulated' (July 29, 2002)
...ed a complete failure. The inspectors were procrastinating, prolonging the sanctions and providing a pretext for action against Iraq." ... - Got Oil? (October 21, 2002)
...as kept Hussein's repressive regime afloat even in the midst of tough U.N. sanctions. In Saudi Arabia, our second-largest foreign supplier of oil, the mone... - Alternatives to War in Iraq (January 7, 2003)
...are being hidden by Saddam, if, in fact there are any. Keep the weapons sanctions in place but immediately lift the economic embargo — an 11-year-old failed... - US Control of Baghdad and Its Crude May Signal New Assault on OPEC (June 7, 2003)
...'s oil industry, badly run down by two wars and 13 years of United Nations sanctions, the key question is whether the country will remain in OPEC now that it h... - Arms Sales on the Decline (August 15, 2002)
... weapons sales to Iraq, once one of its largest customers, if current U.N. sanctions that ban Iraqi arms purchases were lifted, the report said. Explaining... - The Plot Against Syria: An Irresponsible Accountability Act (March 20, 2004)
...) Act SAA -- which empowers the president to place economic and diplomatic sanctions on Syria as punishment for its policies of "harboring terrorists," "develo... - Western Warplanes Hit Iraqi Air Defenses (June 26, 2002)
...refusing humility," he added. Iraq has been under strict United Nations sanctions imposed after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The Washington Post reported... - Talks on ending Sudan insurgency fail (July 18, 2004)
...had. More than 170,000 refugees have fled to Chad. Facing the threat of UN sanctions, the government has promised to disarm the Janjaweed, but aid workers have... - US Extends Terrorism Blacklist to Internet (October 10, 2003)
... impact of the designations, which carry a host of US travel and financial sanctions, was not immediately clear as websites often have no physical presence oth... - The Problem With The Peace Movement (February 7, 2003)
...So 12 years ago, during the first Gulf War, it was CND that campaigned for sanctions and diplomacy instead of bombs. Its alternative to Operation Desert Storm... - Cool War (November 1, 2002)
...ve looked no further than the well-kept record of U.S. manipulation of the sanctions program since 1991. If any international act in the last decade is sure to... - Annan to Hold Talks With Iraqis (September 3, 2002)
...l which also looked at what he called the threats of war from the US. "Sanctions, the continuous aggression, threats of war — all these issues have t... - Mr. President, What Planet Are You On? (May 24, 2004)
... population—instigated by more than a decade of grinding U.S.-led economic sanctions and an invasion—can now be reversed. General Anthony Zinni, the former... - The Axis of Nonsense (May 15, 2002)
... in some cases; while in others the well-tried methods of destabilisation, sanctions and coup will be deployed. Where evidence and argument fail, the admin... - Al Qaeda's Capabilities May Be Growing (October 22, 2002)
... end its support for Israel, withdraw US troops from Saudi Arabia, and end sanctions on Iraq. "[Bin Laden] has said he will incrementally increase the cost... - Dick Armey: Unprovoked Attack on Iraq Un-American (August 9, 2002)
...nce they left nearly four years ago, and Iraq remains under United Nations sanctions imposed at the time it invaded Kuwait in 1990. At the end of the 1991 Pers... - Iraqi Official Escorts Journalists to Suspected Biological Weapons Plant (August 20, 2002)
...at achieving Arab solidarity. Under U.N. Security Council resolutions, sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait cannot be lifted until U.N. i... - NION: Anti-War Voices Raised on Campuses (October 8, 2002)
... students hung colorful cutouts representing Iraqis allegedly killed by US sanctions and bombings. At BU's School of Law, about 140 listened to professors Ward... - UK Dossier on Iraq Weapons 'Unreliable' (May 29, 2003)
...resting pieces of evidence," though "the weapons programs were small [and] sanctions did limit the programs." He did not elaborate. As for interviewing Iraq... - India Doubting its US 'Strategic Partnership' (March 27, 2004)
... economic assistance, United States President George W Bush has lifted the sanctions imposed against Pakistan following the bloodless military coup led by now-... - Iraq Prepared for US Attack (July 27, 2002)
...S. one, he said. Resuming weapons inspections is key to suspending U.N. sanctions, imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. It could also ward off a U.S.... - DoD Task Force Said Iraqi Oil Would Not Fund War (October 5, 2003)
...ucture was severely run down over the last 20 years, and partly because of sanctions over the last decade." Similarly, Bush administration officials announc... - Al Qaeda Monitored US Negotiations With Taliban Over Oil Pipeline (June 5, 2002)
...ned up the heat on Taliban human rights abuses. The United Nations imposed sanctions, freezing Afghanistan's foreign assets and limiting its citizens' travel.... - For a Worldwide Peace Industry (June 4, 2002)
... interpreted as a permit to resume nuclear testing. Last year, the nuclear sanctions levied on Pakistan were lifted in return for its cooperation in the war on... - Iraq's Humanitarian Crisis (March 28, 2003)
...he cities and will engulf a people already vulnerable from twelve years of sanctions," says Erik Gustafson, a Desert Storm veteran and executive director of EP... - Poll: Support for Military Action Against Iraq Dropping (August 22, 2002)
...believe that Iraq and Saddam Hussein are contained pretty well within this sanctions box," she said. Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents N... - Pearl Harbor in Reverse (October 23, 2002)
...d Bush Administrations. On the contrary, Bush Sr. refused to implement the sanctions that Congress voted on Iraq after the Kurdish massacres. "[We kept supplyi... - Blair promises to publish Iraq evidence (September 2, 2002)
...eapons inspectors if their return was linked to a broader agenda of ending sanctions and restoring Iraqi sovereignty over all of its territory. On the sidel... - Iraqi Defector Warns Against Invasion (September 23, 2002)
...ople inside Iraq believe that the West will help the Iraqis in lifting the sanctions, promising too to help the Iraqis in the future, to keep the country unifi... - War Is Talk of the Town in Baghdad (August 6, 2002)
...rom the government to help them overcome the hardships of 12 years of U.N. sanctions imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. Saddam was due to address t... - Gender and the American Ideology of War (February 23, 2004)
... intensified again, that genocide has already been perpetrated by economic sanctions, that the much-touted weapons of mass destruction are those of the U.S., w... - A New Doctrine and a Scud Bust (December 12, 2002)
...aver, an independent defense analyst based in London. The US has issued sanctions on North Korean companies seven times since 1992 for violations against MC... - Clark: 'This War is Genocide' (January 9, 2003)
... bomb, were dropped on Iraqi soil. Over 150,000 people were killed. The UN sanctions killed 1.5 million people, 50 percent children under the age of five and n... - The Untidiness of Freedom (April 23, 2003)
...well said on Monday that Washington would consider economic and diplomatic sanctions against Syria if it is proven that senior Iraqi officials crossed the bord... - Why It’s Now or Never With Iraq (December 2, 2002)
...d war slip away, Russia and France will begin clamoring that U.N. economic sanctions against him be lifted. To stop events going down this road, the adminis... - Israel to Expand Settlements at Golan Height (December 31, 2003)
...ause he has been pushed to a corner by the U.S. war in Iraq and threats of sanctions if Syria does not crack down on militant groups operating from its territo... - Terror War 'Inescapable Calling of Our Generation,' Bush Says (March 20, 2004)
... said. "The Iraqi people are now receiving aid, instead of suffering under sanctions. And men and women across the Middle East, looking to Iraq, are getting a... - The Peace Movement Lives (September 27, 2002)
..., and are active on a variety of issues — including, in recent years, Iraq sanctions — but resisting war is foremost among them. www.forusa.org, 845-358-4601,... - Bombs and Blood (March 13, 2003)
...ed by the Iran-Iraq war, the first gulf war and long years of debilitating sanctions. One out of every eight Iraqi children dies before the age of 5. One-fo... - You Break It, You Pay For It (December 22, 2004)
...ies on a country that was already sickened and weakened by twelve years of sanctions. Paul Bremer's first act on the job was to lay off close to 500,000 Iraqis... - Pakistani Roundup 'No Threat to al Qaeda' (April 2, 2002)
... in retaliation for terror attacks on its embassies on Africa, and imposed sanctions on the Taliban administration, it became increasingly difficult for bin La... - US Threatens Nuclear War (December 11, 2002)
...rth Korea. Yet the Bush administration lifted all nuclear-related economic sanctions against Pakistan when it needed the country's help pursuing leaders of Al... - Paying for Oil with Blood? (October 14, 2002)
...s for removing Saddam. An Iraq under new management would see a lifting of sanctions, a surge in drilling and an opening of the spigots. Iraq has the second-la... - Packets of Rice Send Strong Message to Leaders (February 15, 2003)
...ill be unleashed on a nation starved for basic resources after 12 years of sanctions. They will be simply unable to cope with the wounded and the refugees. ... - NION: McDermott Accuses Bush of Plotting to Be Emperor (October 7, 2002)
...c members of Congress went to Iraq to see firsthand the effect of economic sanctions on the country, as well as to tell Iraqi leaders that if they didn't agree... - Regime Change (January 27, 2003)
...s for bringing an unfriendly leader to heel: diplomatic pressure, economic sanctions, international boycotts, trade embargoes, and support for local political... - Bush Campaign Gear Made in Burma (March 18, 2004)
...uman rights group. "If it is true, it is very contradictory because the sanctions were imposed by the Bush administration," said Bo Hla-Tint, a spokesman fo... - Invading Iraq Would Compound the Terror (April 5, 2002)
...t of Americans would support bombing, 25 percent favor continuing economic sanctions, 18 percent would like to see Iraqi opposition troops do the fighting, and... - Soldier for the Truth (February 26, 2004)
... in a friendly government and occupy Iraq. One of those reasons is that sanctions and containment were working and everybody pretty much knew it. Many compa... - US Facing Bigger Bill For Iraq War (December 1, 2002)
...ue. But the country has been devastated by two decades of war and economic sanctions, and cannot pay for a U.S.-led invasion and military occupation. The ge... - Bush Aides Admit Serious Mistakes on Iraq (September 9, 2003)
...e known that the problems in Iraq were staggering, especially given the UN sanctions against trade with Iraq — something the administration supported — made mo... - Military Leaders Favor Status Quo in Iraq (July 28, 2002)
...he policy of restraining Iraq through "no-fly" zones, naval enforcement of sanctions and the continuous presence of about 20,000 U.S. military personnel near I... - Iraq Declares Saddam Election Winner (October 16, 2002)
...backed rule from 1958 onward. Iraq has been under U.N. Security Council sanctions since invading Kuwait in 1990. U.N. resolutions require the country to des... - Kurdish Region in Northern Iraq Will Keep Special Status (January 5, 2004)
...... - University Bans 'Illegal Links' (September 26, 2002)
...liff last week that he does not "have the authority to unilaterally impose sanctions based on your opinion that we violated university policies." The State... - How Many Americans Will Die for Oil? (August 4, 2003)
... The order is built on UN Security Council resolution 1483, which ended sanctions against Iraq and led to the establishment of the Development Fund for Iraq... - The Rise of the New Global 'Empire' (October 1, 2001)
...rs great wealth while others suffer poverty and starvation," he adds. "Its sanctions have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands in Iran. It supports corru... - The Geopolitics of War (November 5, 2001)
...participate in the multinational effort to enforce the continuing economic sanctions on Iraq. President Clinton further strengthened the US position in the... - War with Iraq Would Benefit Bush Circle Mightily (September 15, 2002)
...e Texas-based oil services company. When the United Nations relaxed its sanctions regime in 1998 and permitted Iraq to buy spare parts for its oil fields, i... - Live From Baghdad (November 25, 2002)
...ty is engulfed more by holiday spirit than war fever. After the U.N. eased sanctions against Iraq in 1996, local markets grew flush with everything from Korean... - U.S. Blocks U.N. Rebuke of Israel for Assassination (March 23, 2004)
...ernational law'', he added. Iraq was militarily defeated, crushed with sanctions, and invaded, all on the grounds that it violated international law, said... - Messy Business: The Crumbling Of Iraqi State-Run Industry (October 9, 2004)
...of looting, electricity shortages and the cumulative effect of 10 years of sanctions and two decades of war have dragged Iraq's industries virtually to a halt.... - Why Aren't US Journalists Reporting From Iraq? (September 12, 2002)
...glo sweetener. See, these Iraqis still have a sweet tooth, years after the sanctions! And that was that. The best of American reporters don’t seem to give a... - Iraq Names Scientists Involved in Weapons Development (December 28, 2002)
...ted weapons of mass destruction programs. In the world body's tough new sanctions regime, U.N. inspectors are allowed to speak to Iraqi scientists in privat... - Iraq Takes Seat at Arab League Meeting (September 9, 2003)
...ntinuing sabotage, the effects of the war, and years of neglect under U.N. sanctions.... - African Union Plans To Deploy Peacekeeping Force In Darfur (August 4, 2004)
..., or face international action. The resolution, which avoided the term "sanctions", made no mention of the possible use of force, although western officials... - Aid May Take Weeks to Get Into Iraq (March 24, 2003)
...buted in Iraq under the oil-for-food program. Since United Nations-imposed sanctions were put in place after the first Persian Gulf war, about 16 million peopl... - President Seeks UN Backing for Action (September 6, 2002)
...return of UN weapons inspectors, but only in the broader context of ending sanctions imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. ... - Iraqi Opponent Will Leave Iran to Plan Takeover (January 27, 2003)
...munity in an affluent neighborhood of Tehran. Despite American economic sanctions against Iran, the villa, which is decorated with expensive Persian carpets... - Prague Clears Iraq of Last Connection to al Qaeda (October 21, 2002)
...apons and spare parts for the Iraqi military in violation of international sanctions.... - Feinstein: Iraq Invasion 'Un-American' (September 5, 2002)
... Iraq's military, clobbered in Desert Storm and subjected to international sanctions that have prevented modernization, is a shadow of its former self. "Ir... - Seeds of Protest Growing on College Campuses (October 12, 2002)
...00 Iraqis killed since the Persian Gulf war as a result of either economic sanctions or bombing. On Wednesday, a telephone line was set up at Georgetown Un... - War and Forgetfulness – A Bloody Media Game (August 1, 2002)
...e. Another factor in its demise was the U.S. government's declaration that sanctions against Iraq would remain in place whether or not Baghdad fully complied w... - The Vanishing (July 14, 2003)
...rmament efforts, unilateral destruction by Iraqi officials, and stiff U.N. sanctions had indeed eliminated Saddam's illicit weapons by the mid-'90s. At the sam... - US Unprepared to Prevent Rise of Fundamentalist Iraqi Government (April 23, 2003)
...s one of the finest education systems in the region, but years of economic sanctions have devastated it. "The most radical aspects of Islam are in places wi... - Anti-War Groups Say Ire Over Iraq Claims Increasing (July 22, 2003)
... of U.S. policy describe as a humanitarian catastrophe created by economic sanctions imposed on Iraq because of the 1991 war. "The number of people who actu... - Why Bush's Middle East Propaganda Campaign Won't Work (July 12, 2002)
...ar: a bias toward Israel in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; the U.S.-led sanctions against Iraq, which harms innocent Iraqi civilians but does nothing to top... - Gulf War Cost 158,000 Lives, Researcher's Job (January 5, 2003)
...soldiers. Iraq has only given a number of 1.7 million killed since 1989 by sanctions and war, a number most U.S. experts doubt. Daponte, a staff demographer... - Half-Trillion Dollar Deficit Still Not Enough to Fund Iraq (September 8, 2003)
...l industry debilitated by three decades of intermittent war, international sanctions and government neglect, and more recently by looting, sabotage and power o... - Iraq: The Doubters Grow (August 15, 2002)
...f Iraq when the existing strategy of "containment"—entailing no-fly zones, sanctions, technology restraints and the deployment of US forces in surrounding area... - NION: 20,000 Gather in Central Park to Say No to Endless War (October 7, 2002)
...w firsthand the sufferings of Iraqi refugees who had fled years of war and sanctions. They believe that another war would be disastrous for Iraq as well as the... - Profiles in Protest (December 9, 2002)
...d her of the dismal conditions of Iraqi civilians under the weight of U.N. sanctions. She believes that Western policies have exacerbated the suffering. Her op... - The War Before the Day After (March 6, 2003)
... at the way their nation is being treated, people oppressed by a decade of sanctions — may see reason to take up arms. American e-bombs have no effect on simpl... - Iraq Said to Plan Tangling the U.S. in Street Fighting (August 25, 2002)
.... Even the much-touted Republican Guard has suffered as a result of the sanctions. During the gulf war the Republican Guard was well equipped with T-72 tank... - A War Crime or an Act of War? (January 31, 2003)
...h resolve; in its present debilitated condition — thanks to United Nations sanctions — Iraq's conventional forces threaten no one. Perhaps the strongest arg... - Carnegie Study Calls Iraq Threat Overstated (January 9, 2004)
...been crippled by the 1991 Gulf War, subsequent UN weapons inspections, and sanctions. Before October 2002, the government's intelligence assessments of Iraq... - Waiting for the Bombs (February 13, 2003)
...ut the situation. "We have seen this all before, we have been living under sanctions and under threat for 12 years now," is a standard response. At the same ti... - Bush Administration Resigns Itself to N. Korean Nukes (March 5, 2003)
...tate and saying that this is something we can deal with through isolation, sanctions, deterrence and national missile defense," said a Senate staff member who... - Threats Overstated by Bush Official (November 3, 2003)
...case of North Korea, and "more robust techniques," such as interdiction or sanctions, where diplomacy fails. Bolton has clashed most bitterly with colleague... - George Bush's New Imperialism (August 4, 2002)
...rap prepared for him by President George Bush Sr. U.S. bombing and ensuing sanctions transformed Iraq from the most modern Arab nation into the most backward. ... - 40 Years of Iraqi History and News Coverage Considered (October 23, 2002)
...s Gulf War defeat and the imposition of devastating international economic sanctions. In "Tales of the Tyrant" (May 2002), Mark Bowden, the author of Black... - Investigators: Hussein Had No Nuclear Program (October 26, 2003)
...d for sale. Such sales would have been illegal under U.N. Security Council sanctions, but hardly secret. Meekin said trade magazines covered the show. Partl... - Attacks Force Retreat From Wide-Ranging Plans for Iraq (December 27, 2003)
... Across Iraq, efforts are underway to rebuild after years of war, economic sanctions and gross mismanagement by Hussein's government. Hundreds of schools have... - Illusions of Iraqi Democracy (October 8, 2002)
...hed and the middle class has been decimated, thanks mainly to the U.N.-led sanctions since 1991. The building blocks and institutions necessary for a functioni... - How Not to Overthrow Saddam (July 15, 2002)
...no longer see Saddam as a major security threat. The 11 years of siege and sanctions may have taken an appalling toll in Iraq, but many neighbors have profited... - Lies We Are Told About Iraq (January 5, 2003)
...conditions. The war also produced more than 5 million refugees. Subsequent sanctions were estimated to have killed more than half a million Iraqi children, acc... - The 'Reality Is Uncertainty' on Iraq's Arsenal (July 31, 2002)
...spectors back into the country, even at a cost of continuing international sanctions. Beyond that, the evidence that Iraq is actively rebuilding its arsenal... - High Payments to Halliburton for Fuel in Iraq (December 10, 2003)
...d an antiquated infrastructure that was hurt by 11 years of United Nations sanctions. Nearly $500 million has already been spent to bring gas, benzene and o... - Update on UN Weapons Inspections in Iraq (January 27, 2003)
...ament, the council would have the authority to proceed to a lifting of the sanctions, and the inspecting organizations would move to long-term, ongoing monitor... - Israel’s Illegal But Unstoppable Barrier (July 12, 2004)
... UN to consider taking further action. Palestinian leaders are calling for sanctions against Israel, though America and other veto-wielding members of the UN S... - Greens, the Anti-War Movement and 2004 (June 11, 2003)
...things, the status quo of thousands of Iraqi children dying from US-led UN sanctions, a policy that Gore supported even more strongly than Clinton during the 1... - The Rogues of Academe (December 1, 2002)
... limited. There is assassination, coup d'état, and war. There are economic sanctions. On the rare occasions when elections come into the picture, there is some... - US Allowed Weapons to Flood Iraq (July 17, 2003)
...of Kalashnikov fire. When the United Nations voted to lift its 13-year-old sanctions on Iraq on May 22, Iraqis reacted by firing automatic rifles in the air. W... - Why Does 'Al-Qa'ida' Point Its Spearhead at the United Nations? (May 11, 2004)
... use force against Iraq and also adopted a string of resolutions to impose sanctions against Iraq and mandated their implementation. On the other hand, the Uni... - Extending The Boycott (September 2, 2002)
...sued policies in the occupied territories that would have invited economic sanctions, and even military intervention, against any other country had it acted in... - 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' Meaningless (October 7, 2002)
...n munitions. One substance Iraq was forbidden to import under the U.N. sanctions regime throughout much of the '90s was chlorine, which can be used to make... - How We Helped Create Saddam (September 23, 2002)
...hout this guarantee, the United Nations was unwilling to lift the economic sanctions imposed after the gulf war. Saddam continued to play ìcheat and retreatî w... - Peace Puzzle (September 15, 2002)
...ell to consider that "you can't subject the Iraqi people to the cruelty of sanctions for so long while leaving the despot in place." (Hitchens notes that since... - The Saddam in Rumsfeldís Closet (August 2, 2002)
...those dropping the deadly bombs.î In response to the gassing, sweeping sanctions were unanimously passed by the US Senate that would have denied Iraq acces... - Why Does Malkovich Want to Kill Me? (May 13, 2002)
...Arab anger at the deaths of thousands of Iraqi children under US-supported sanctions, and the continued occupation of Palestinian land in the West Bank and Gaz... - Al Qaeda May Foment Unrest in Iraq Among Kurds (July 11, 2002)
...actice the new policies appear to amount to a modification of the economic sanctions regime and providing some greater support, but rather minor, to the opposi... - Bin Laden May Still Be Alive (November 13, 2002)
...s helping to fight for the Palestinian cause or the Iraqis suffering under sanctions have been widely dismissed by governments and Muslim religious leaders, wh... - Bush Reverts to Liberal Rationale for Iraq War (July 9, 2003)
...er was vice president. That administration opposed legislation calling for sanctions and the bill eventually died in Congress. While members of the human ri... - Bush's Evidence of Threat Disputed (October 12, 2002)
...tended for conventional weapons purposes, which are not proscribed by U.N. sanctions. "Bush seems to be getting ahead of the facts," Albright said. "These... - The Making of a Muslim Holocaust (December 1, 2004)
...ducated peoples of the Middle East to a miserable existence under economic sanctions. Within a decade of the First Gulf War, an estimated 1.2 million Iraqi civ... - Metaphor and War (March 18, 2003)
...eople maimed, and children starved or made seriously ill by the war or the sanctions that followed it. Estimates vary from half a million to a million or more.... - Iraq, Israel and the UN (October 12, 2002)
...lating to the Israeli-Arab conflict comes under Chapter Seven. By imposing sanctions--including military ones--against Iraq but not against Israel, the UN is m... - Official Projections for Iraq / Mideast Troop Deployment (October 25, 2002)
...ned in the Gulf, conducts Maritime Interception Operations and enforces UN sanctions against Iraq. The force includes destroyers, frigates and at least one sub... - Bush officials pressuring Pakistan to catch Osama bin Laden by election (July 8, 2004)
...ce, the United States had tilted toward India, and Pakistan was under U.S. sanctions for its nuclear activities. All this has given Musharraf reason not just t... - A Commitment and a True Coalition to Rebuild Iraq (September 1, 2003)
...qi society. Given Saddam Hussein's devastation of the country, 13 years of sanctions and then the second gulf war, reconstruction was bound to be slow. An Iraq... - The Currency War (January 26, 2003)
...o the euro for oil trading is intended to rebuke Washington's hard-line on sanctions and encourage Europeans to challenge it. But the political message will co... - Skirting the Issue (February 5, 2004)
... 1971 denouncing South Africa's occupation of Namibia led to international sanctions against the apartheid regime. The court has the discretion to refuse t... - Raising a Voice (February 8, 2003)
... date back to 1997 when Egyptian activists launched a campaign to lift the sanctions imposed on Iraq. The conference, entitled, "Together Against US Globalisat... - The Anti-War Movement Prepares to Escalate (March 14, 2003)
... Benjamin and Kathy Kelly from Voices in the Wilderness, a group that runs sanctions-busting trips to Iraq. Lumsdaine is dismissive of the notion that a war... - US May Have Been 'Totally Duped' on Iraqi Weapons Intelligence (August 28, 2003)
...ied by bogus defectors ultimately would force the Security Council to lift sanctions imposed after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. U.S. officials now believe Hussei... - The Peace Movement Plans for the Future (July 24, 2003)
...eginning. In fact, the current in the movement that supported inspections, sanctions, a war if the UN approved, was in fact more ideologically muddled than our... - The Sunshine Warrior (September 22, 2002)
...tively open society "by Middle East standards," despite suffering the U.N. sanctions against the country. Wolfowitz says he worries deeply about the risks... - Can We Kill Osama's Ideas? (January 1, 2002)
...g a figure of 600,000 Iraqi children dead as a result of "the boycotts and sanctions against the Muslim Iraqi people." They call attention to the dictatorial r... - Baghdad Year Zero: Pillaging Iraq In Pursuit Of A Neocon Utopia (September 24, 2004)
...t economic policies of Saddam Hussein, then by asphyxiating United Nations sanctions. Looking at the honey billboard, I was also reminded of the most common... - Rising Muslim Power in Africa Causes Unrest in Nigeria and Elsewhere (November 1, 2001)
...d States and put up posters of Saddam Hussein. But in the last decade, the sanctions on Iraq and a perception of United States bias in favor of Israel, have ha... - Anti-Iraq Rhetoric Outpaces Reality (February 23, 2002)
...ng with Russia and other Security Council members to adjust United Nations sanctions in order to mute criticism that they are too harmful to the Iraqi people.... - The Deal (March 1, 2004)
... some pride, that his nation had managed to make the bomb despite American sanctions. But now, he told me, Khan and his colleagues have gone wholesale: “Once t... - Iranian Security Leader Criticizes Bush (July 23, 2002)
...ment programmes would fail. This was clearly exemplified by their economic sanctions. In the new period, the Americans, focused on political and cultural provo... - To Invade or Not to Invade? (November 18, 2002)
... States at times tried to define Iraqi refusal as a material breach of the sanctions and the inspections regime. And clearly it was. To not allow inspectors in... - Rumsfeld Stumbles on ABC (July 14, 2003)
...rmament efforts, unilateral destruction by Iraqi officials, and stiff U.N. sanctions had, indeed, eliminated Saddam's illicit weapons in the mid-90s. Ultimatel... - How to Get Out of Iraq (April 15, 2004)
...e Prevention of Genocide Act of 1988, which imposed comprehensive economic sanctions on Iraq for crimes against the Kurds. The Reagan administration opposed th... - Many Balk at Preparations for War Against Iraq (August 8, 2002)
... the other hand, the Iraqi people would suffer even further after economic sanctions by the UN. It, therefore, makes sense that many countries oppose the U.S.... - The Media and War with Iraq (November 17, 2002)
...growing Arab anger over the deaths of thousands of Iraqi children under UN sanctions and the continued occupation of Palestinian West Bank and Gaza. I suggeste... - Coming In from the Cold? (January 31, 2003)
...sues to the U.N. Security Council were foreshadowed and the possibility of sanctions, intrusive inspections, and an “Iraq scenario” loomed. The sticking poi... - An Analysis of Opposition Movements (February 18, 2003)
...at all of Saddam Hussein. They don't raise Iraqi flags, but they feel that sanctions were a mistake. They feel that Saddam Hussein is a sort of hero standing u... - Terror and Just Response (July 2, 2002)
...1991. On expansion of US trade with South Africa after Congress authorized sanctions in 1985 (overriding Reagan's veto), see Gay McDougall, Richard Knight, in... - Ashcroft's America (July 5, 2002)
... adopt specific proposals in an ad hoc, disconnected way. He was for trade sanctions against Sudan because they don?t respect religious freedom; yet he later p... - The Fifty-First State (September 18, 2002)
...ermany constantly expanded, but Iraq has been bottled up, by international sanctions, for more than ten years. As in the early Cold War, America faces an inter... - Selective Intelligence (May 12, 2003)
...he 1991 war and the years of United Nations inspections, no-fly zones, and sanctions that followed. In addition, since September 11th there have been recurring... - Academia Under Siege (March 31, 2004)
...eb sites listing Iraqi casualties. She showed a video about United Nations sanctions imposed after the Gulf War, and wrote an exam question asking students to... - Iraq's Arsenal Was Only on Paper (January 6, 2004)
... beaten down by 12 years of conflict, arms embargo and strangling economic sanctions. The remnants of Iraq's biological, chemical and missile infrastructures w... - Depiction of Threat Outgrew Supporting Evidence (August 10, 2003)
...y aluminum tubes from China in 2000, with an Australian intermediary. U.N. sanctions forbade Iraq to buy anything with potential military applications, and mem... - Blueprint for a Mess (November 2, 2003)
... in Crisis. His last article for the magazine was about the United Nations sanctions imposed on Iraq.... - The New Pentagon Papers (March 10, 2004)
...really say that. Saddam Hussein had not been seriously weakened by war and sanctions and weekly bombings over the past 12 years, and in fact was plotting to hu... - Now They Tell Us (February 26, 2004)
...ng. In a city where access is all, few wanted to risk losing it. Such sanctions were reinforced by the national political climate. With a popular pres... - Iraqi Press Summary (19-27 Dec. 2004) (December 27, 2004)
...uthor comments on the "loss of values in the Iraqi society due to wars and sanctions." He says that it is the responsibility of the educational and religious i...
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