In the face of sanctions, Iraqi Muslims demonstrate their faith. Toronto Globe and Mail article on the effect of UN sanction on Iraq. York Times editorial on the shift of US strategy towards Iraq. This short article looks into the economic aspects of the Iraq crisis, displaying quite graphically just how little of a threat Iraq poses. The Security Council is discussing doing away with the program in the interest of improving the humanitarian situation in Iraq.
Critics dismiss efforts as academic exercises unless talk is made into action.
The recently established 20-member expert panel created to address the Iraqi sanctions, is ridiculed by Iraq. Margaret Warner interviews Edmund Ghareeb and Denis Halliday on the latest attack on Iraq and the question of sanctions. It is not clear if Iraq has obtained permission to install an Internet system from the United Nations, which has to approve Iraq's commercial contracts with foreign countries because of the sanctions. Iraq calling for immediate action to lift sanctions, but the Security Council stays firm until Iraq has complied weapon elimination. Canadian proposal gains momentum.