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He MUST be stopped. Iraq would be left in a pre-OFF situation with even less infrastructure. It's genocide. Alun Harford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Goreing" <amg@newnham.org> To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:27 PM Subject: [casi] After oil for food > Hi list > > From "Everywhere and nowhere, Saddam retains his grip on Baghdad's > imagination" , Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Thursday October 9, 2003 > > "A more substantial assault on Saddam's legacy is under way in the > Republican Palace, where the occupation authority is making preparations to > dismantle the food distribution system which gave free rations of flour, > rice, cooking oil and other staples to every Iraqi.... Described by the UN > as the world's most efficient food network, the system still keeps Iraqis > from going hungry. But the US civilian administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, > views it as a dangerous socialist anachronism. The coalition provisional > authority (CPA) is planning to abolish it in January, despite warnings from > its own technical experts that this could lead to hunger and riots." > > I haven't seen more detail on this. Can anyone please give us references for > > 1) Statements of intent from Bremer and the CPA > > 2) Warnings from thw CPA's own experts > > 3) Any further informed comments or predictions. > > Apologies to Nathaniel or anyone who has posted relevant stuff that I've > missed... > > Andrew _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk