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Could anyone shed light on my two questions? > Unhappily, all this new policy will, in fact, achieve is to offer succour to > a regime which the United Nations Commission on Human Rights this week > accused of "all-pervasive repression and widespread terror." > A decade of sanctions has indeed inflicted terrible hardship on the > people of Iraq. Perhaps as many as 500 children a month die from > malnourishment and disease. Is this a typo or from the UNCHR report? > Again, however, the UN human rights report provides perspective. "The cause > of suffering is the reprehensible behaviour of the Iraqi regime, which > systematically denies badly needed food and medical supplies to its people," > its says. "Instead, Saddam Hussein spends wealth on palaces and military > hardware." Did the report really say this? Mark Parkinson Bodmin Cornwall -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi