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The Le Monde d. site also has this article, but it is for subscribers only. October 2000 OIL FOR FOOD: THE TRUE STORY A debt of dishonour * by ALAIN GRESH During the Gulf war in 1991 the US deliberately targeted Iraq's drinking water supply in violation of the Geneva convention on war crimes. The media have ignored recent research by a US academic which confirms a deliberate strategy to destroy the whole country. Ten years after the end of the conflict the Iraqi people are still paying for the intransigence of both the US and Saddam Hussein. Despite the recent direct flights from Moscow, Paris and Amman to Baghdad, flouting the embargo, there is no sign of Washington yielding any ground. On the contrary, the presidential election campaign has raised the odds. Meantime, the pillaging of Iraq continues, as shown by the work of the UN Compensation Commission - a secretive body which operates on a distinctly shaky legal basis and creams off a third of Iraq's oil revenue. Translated by Harry Forster -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.casi.org.uk