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It was Iraq's invasion of Kuwait that brought about comprehensive sanctions against Iraq. Two delegations of Dominican Sisters have gone to Iraq to see for themselves the effects the sanctions were having on the Iraqi people and a third is in Iraq beginning the week of March 5, 2001. The Sisters brought back horrifying reports. In talking with people from the UN, the World Health Organization, religious leaders, and our Iraqi Dominican Sisters, it became clear that the sanctions are burying the Iraqi people alive. Prior to the sanctions, childhood obesity was the primary health problem for children in Iraq.