... was intended to help the suffering to the Iraqi people caused by international sanctions and it consisted in exporting oil to finance humanitarian aid to the country. Iraq was allowed to sell $2bn of oil every six months to buy food and medicine. Nonetheless, there existed conditions. Iraq was demanded to open a ... credit payable to the escrow account; two thirds of the income would go to buy food and medicine and the rest would be used to pay the UNSCOM weapon inspection programme and ... to meet the costs of the damage caused by the Gulf War to Kuwait. They had to make available $10m...

• Word Count: 2300
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of Iraq. There were no weapons of mass destruction found and a U.S. led attack on this country violates the U.N. Charter. The protestors claim that the Bush Administration is going after Iraq's oil sanctions in hopes for a better economy. Is this war truly necessary or is an act of aggression from a greedy country? The United States and United Kingdom are the only two ... 2002, the United Nations Security Council passed resolution 1441, which was intended to force Iraq and its dictator to destroy all weapons of mass destruction and force Hussein to allow U.N. weapon inspectors into his ...

• Word Count: 1843
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... becoming increasingly aware that they would have to support Israel not just because of the Jewish lobby in the US, but also because of the dependence of oil and the need for calmness in the "oil world". The entrance of the US in the conflict would be imperative to the direction the Arab-Israeli conflict will take in the future. At this ... situation, "The Arab States do not want to solve the refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront to the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel. Arab leaders don't give a damn if the refugees live or die." (Bard 164) The...

• Word Count: 2090
• Approx Pages: 8

... becoming increasingly aware that they would have to support Israel not just because of the Jewish lobby in the US, but also because of the dependence of oil and the need for calmness in the "oil world". The entrance of the US in the conflict would be imperative to the direction the Arab-Israeli conflict will take in the future. At this ... situation, "The Arab States do not want to solve the refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront to the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel. Arab leaders don't give a damn if the refugees live or die." (Bard 164) The...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8

... their border to the guerrillas of General Mustafa al-Barzani, the Kurdish leader, and the more the Iraqis vow to suppress the Kurds" (Abdulghani, 122). Iran used the Kurds as a weapon to weaken the Iraqi government. The Kurds were granted their autonomy in a memorandum called Manifesto on the Peaceful Settlement of the Kurdish Issue. The memorandum stated, "Iraq promised that the ... of the disputes, Iraq seized the opportunity Gareau 4 reclaim the Shatt al-Arab. Iraq also hoped to seize the western Iranian region of Khuzestan, an area known for its extensive oil fields. The Iraqi offen...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography