From: Pat Fallon (pfallon@ptd.net)
Date: Sat Sep 28 2002 - 11:28:56 MDT
> Sanctions are the price that the Iraqi people are paying for not
> having removed Sadaam as their "leader".
I didn't think the UN sanctions specifically mentioned the removal of
Sadaam.
That condition is something the US leaders added. Madeleine Albright
declared in March 1997 that the U.S. would
veto any U.N. Security Council efforts to lift sanctions, even if Iraq
finally came into full compliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions;
only if Saddam Hussein no longer ruled Iraq would the U.S. allow the
sanctions regime to end. President Clinton reiterated this position in
November 1997. Current President Bush is even more adamant. All along it
didn't matter if they complied with the UN demands, US leaders want a regime
change
Pat Fallon
pfallon@ptd.net
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