Sentence 1: Iraq's economy was ravaged during years of U.N. sanctions over ex-president Saddam Hussein's 1990 occupation of Kuwait and by the U.S.-led war to oust him which ended in April.
Sentence 2: Iraq's economy was shattered under former president Saddam Hussein and by the U.S.-led war to oust him which ended in April.
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