num_pages: 192
description: Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsMapAnthony ArnoveThe Roots of US/UK PolicyNaseer US Policy on 1990-1999Phyllis Bennis and Denis The Impact of Sanctions and U.S. Policy (Interview with David Barsamian)Noam US Iraq Motives and ConsequencesMyths and RealitiesJohn Collateral DamageVoices in the Ten Myths About SanctionsRobert The Hidden WarRania Masri and Ali The Media's Deadly Spin on IraqHoward One Iraqi's StoryLife Under SanctionsKathy Raising The Children of Iraq 1990-1999Barbara Nimri Targets--Not VictimsGeorge Killing a Country and a PeopleDocumenting the Impact of SanctionsDr. Peter Sanctions, Food, Nutrition, and Health in IraqDr. Huda S. The Impact of Sanctions on the Environment and Health in IraqActivist ResponsesEdward Said, Noam Chomsky, Ed Herman, Howard Zinn, Robert Jensen, William Keach, June Jordan, Angela Davis, Carlos Muoz, Jr, and Sharon Sanctions Are Weapons of Mass DestructionNoam Sanctions as Biological WarfareSharon Building the Movement to End SanctionsAppendix Organizations Working to End SanctionsIndex An Excerpt from Iraq Under Siege Raising The Children of Iraq 1990-1999 Kathy Kelly It is January 8, 1997. I am in a car driving from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., at 6:15 a.m. With me are Simon Harak, a Jesuit priest and theology professor, and Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert, Dominican sisters from Baltimore. We will later meet Aft Laffin, a Catholic lay worker, at the Senate Hart Office Building. Our plan is to enter the Senate confirmation hearings for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Leslie Stahl went to Iraq for 60 Minutes . On the program that aired May 12, 1996, she asked Albright, who was then the US ambassador to the United Nations, to explain US policy in the context of the devastation she had seen among the children of Iraq. Albright "It's a hard decision, Lesli
language: English
title: Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War
titlecomplete: Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War
genres: History, Economics, War, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 86
publisher: South End Press