Introduction to U.N./U.S. Sanctions on Iraq
- Civilian infrastructure destroyed (6/00)
- Oil-for-Food program consequences (7/02)
- UNICEF in Iraq programs summary (5/01)
- San Jose Mercury News editorial (8/99)
- Chicago Tribune editorial (9/99)
- New England Journal of Medicine editorial (4/97)
- Common Ground interview with Bert Sacks (12/98)
- 10 Frequently Asked Questions about Iraq (3/00)
- South End Press' Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War (3/00)
- Harper's Magazine: Economic sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction, by Joy Gordon (11/02)
- The Progressive: How the U.S. intentionally destroyed Iraq's water supply (8/01)
Top U.N. Officials Speak on the Sanctions
- Top U.N. Officials Answer Common Misconceptions (9/99)
- Carol Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director
- Hans von Sponeck, former UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq
- Transcript of a public talk, Seattle (11/01)
- Transcript of a talk, Nice (5/01)
- Op-ed on 'smart' sanctions (with Denis Halliday) (5/01)
- Transcript of a speech, London (5/00)
- Summary & Transcript of meeting with WPSR delegates in Baghdad (4/99)
- Denis Halliday, former UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq
- Other U.N. sources (Sub-Commission on Human Rights)
- U.N. report calls the U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq "unequivocally illegal." Coverage by AP & Reuters (8/00).
Media Coverage of Decade of Sanctions
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Sanctions hurt children more than Saddam (1/01)
- Special Report: Life and Death in Iraq (5/99)
- Cover Letter by Sen. Patty Murray distributed with the report to every member of the US Senate.
- Cover Letter by Rep. George Nethercutt distributed with the report to every member of the US House of Representatives.
- Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism to the P-I for the Special Report.
- Letters to the Editor in response to the Special Report.
- Seattle Times
- S.F. Chronicle: Iraqis know what New Yorkers are suffering (10/01)
- Capital Times: U.S. sanctions against Iraq are a crime (8/01)
- Cap Cod Times: On "Hussein and the Hoodwinked" (6/01)
- ArabicNews: Arab League and public opinion is for complete lifting of the sanctions (5/01)
- New York Times: Op-Ed and Editorial (2/01)
- Sunday Herald: Iraq's public water supply targeted (9/00)
- Chicago Tribune: U.S. policy toward Iraq "morally unsustainable" (9/00)
- Sunday Independent: Sanctions causing a "Silent Hiroshima" (8/00)
- Middle East Report: Iraq: A Decade of Devastation (6/00)
- The Economist: When sanctions don't work (4/00)
- New Internationalist: What U.N. sanctions have done (9/99)
Other Points of View
- Phyllis Bennis: IRAQ: Economic Sanctions, Disarmament and U.S. Policy (2/99)
- George Bisharat: Sanctions against Iraq are genocide (5/02)
- Uri Geller: Offers a balanced and compassionate position on the sanctions and insists - "Saddam is our enemy. The children are not." (1999)
- Gerri Haynes: Compassion for the Children (2/99)
- Dale Hildebrand: On the New "Smart" Sanctions: A Commentary (6/01)
- John Pilger
- A speech at "A Day and Night for the People of Iraq" (5/00)
- Paying the Price, including video clips from documentary film "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq," by John Pilger (2000).
- Kate Pflaumer: Former U.S. federal attorney writes on sanctions (6/01)
- Scott Ritter: Interview with the former weapons inspector for UNSCOM (6/99)
- Bert Sacks
- Assessment of the 1999 UNICEF and U.S. State Department Reports (9/99)
- Let the children of Iraq have needed food (Seattle Times, 1/98)
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or MP3 audio player. - KEXP FM radio: "Mind Over Matters" radio program with Mike McCormick, guest Bert Sacks (6/02) RealMedia, MP3
- WOSU AM radio: U.S. Policy on Iraq: Discussion with Fred Andrle, Bert Sacks & Donald Abenheim (11/01) RealMedia, MP3
- Geoff Simons: "Iraq: Who's to Blame?", from "The Link" (10/99)
- U.S. Congressional Staff Delegation: Iraq Trip Report (3/00)
- Senior U.S. officers & medical doctors: On destruction of civilian infrastructure and consequences (1/91-6/00)
Related Web Sites
Groups which worked to lift U.S./U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq:
- National Network to End the War Against Iraq (US)
- Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq (UK)
- Canadian Network to End Sanctions on Iraq (Canada)
- Education for Peace in Iraq Center (Washington, DC)
- Iraq Action Coalition (Raleigh, NC)
- The Mariam Appeal (London, UK)
- Voices in the Wilderness (Chicago, IL)
- In Washington state
- Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq/
Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq - Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq/
Administration of U.N. oil-for-food program:
- U.N. Office of the Iraq Programme, for documents and information on the oil-for-food program.
Updated on November 12, 2003.