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Hussein continues to follow his own agenda and protect his own power,
the most vulnerable Iraqis suffer.
Instead of forcing Hussein to comply with the disarmament, the
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economic sanctions have caused living conditions within Iraq to
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deteriorate sharply. Because of Gulf War damages, a lack of funds, a
indicates a
source’s
shortage of building materials, and Hussein’s own agenda, Iraq cannot
credibility
rebuild; in fact, basic infrastructures have broken down. George Capaccio,
before
quoting him.
an editor at Houghton Mifflin and a member of relief organizations such
as Conscience International and the Middle East Council of Churches,
traveled to Iraq in March 1997 to witness the conditions firsthand. He
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describes these problems:
longer than
In rural areas only about 50 percent of the water is drinkable.
four lines is
introduced with
This is due in large part to the fact that raw sewage continues to
a complete
flow into the major rivers; chlorine for water purification is often
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in short supply; and the network of underground pipes has
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numerous breakages so that waste from sewage lines frequently
spaces.
flows into water lines. These conditions can be directly traced to
the UN sanctions which make spare parts for water and sewage
treatment plants hard to come by. (E-mail)
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parenthetical
Capaccio adds that problems within the health care system, agricultural
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sector, and electrical grid have also harmed living conditions for Iraqis. In
placed two
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other words, because the economic sanctions have restricted imports, the
the period
Iraqi people have not been able to rebuild after the war. And the inability
at the end
of set-off
to rebuild has caused basic services to break down.
quotations.
One of the most basic needs is food, and the economic sanctions have
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cut back Iraq’s access to food. Before the sanctions, Iraq imported up to
66 percent of its food; until 1990, Iraq spent an average of $2.5 billion on
food imports each year (“United Nations”). But after the economic
sanctions were put into place, Iraq could no longer import as much food
as it needed. Instead, it has been forced to rely heavily on its own food
production, which is limited because of the desert climate. As a result,
Iraqis have lived with constant food shortages.

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