It was ten years ago that sanctions were places on Iraq. The causes of them being set in the first place were the actions by Saddam Hussein around the time of the Gulf War. The UN’s intentions were to prevent Iraq from acquiring dangerous weapons of mass destruction, whether it be by lack of supplies or money. Although it seemed like a good idea at first, as time passed, things started falling apart.

One of the biggest problems that both sides of the decision face is the starvation that the Iraqi people, most of who are not supporters of Hussein, suffer from. Former United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator, Dennis Halliday stated that “somewhere betw

For the last ten years, the United States and the UN have managed to get Iraq in a tight choke-hold. The problem is, as a choke-hold cuts off blood to the brain, this type cut off important vitals to the people of Iraq, who had nothing to do with the original target, Saddam Hussein. As President Bush stated, “ …the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese…[meaning] that they weren’t very effective (Trapper 2).” Yes, obviously it wasn’t the best solution, but did it really have to take 10 years to figure this out?

“Officials claim pencils were on a UN list of banned imports to Iraq, because the world body feared Saddam would use the graphite for military purposes (Getzlaff 1).”

On the other hand, some of the same countries are almost begging for the sanctions to be lifted, of course, in their own interests. Russia for example, would be 6 billion dollars richer if sanctions were gone. Baghdad is in debt to them from all the weapons they were sold from Russians. Along with Russia, China would also benefit from the absence of these sanctions. Many oil companies from these countries have been promised “development and exploration contracts in

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