The CIA coup in Iran was led by Kermit Roosevelt, the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. As a perk for his good deeds, Roosevelt was named Vice-President of Gulf Oil a few years later. Gulf was one of the companies in the consortium who received the de-nationalized Iranian oil concession following the CIA coup. More than 1.6 million Iraqi's have died from the sanctions during the last eight years. Those who have died have been largely infants and their grandparents.
Economic sanctions kill the most vulnerable in society.
Those who are most likely to fall ill from lack of nourishment, or from intestinal parasites. One out of every four children in Iraq are malnourished. Once they drank pure water but now the water is poisoned. The U.S. won't let Iraq import chlorine or spare parts for its water system. These people are dying for one reason.