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To Letters Page, New Statesman An error crept into Mark Thomas' (18 June) otherwise excellent article on the sanctions on Iraq. The UN Oil For Food (OFF) programme is not the only authorised channel for goods into Iraq. The UN also approves goods outside OFF paid for by aid or the Iraqi government's own resources: $432.7 million worth of such goods were approved between 1 January and 8 June 2001 ($20 per person). The figures in the article are solely for OFF goods. ---------------------- Dr. Eric Herring Senior Lecturer in International Politics Department of Politics University of Bristol 10 Priory Road Bristol BS8 1TU England, UK Tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582 Fax +44-(0)117-973-2133 http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics eric.herring@bristol.ac.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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