Sanctions against Iraq
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| + | "You have starved the Muslims of [[Iraq]], where children die every day. It is a wonder that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children have died as a result of your [[sanctions against Iraq|sanctions]], and you did not show concern. Yet when 3000 of your people died, the entire world rises and has not yet sat down." --"[[Letter to America]]" | ||
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| - | "[[Letter to America]]"[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver] is a letter by [[Osama Bin Laden]] sent in November 2002. | + | The '''sanctions against Iraq''' were a near-total financial and trade embargo imposed by the [[United Nations Security Council]] on [[Ba'athist Iraq]]. They began August 6, 1990, four days after [[Iraq]]'s [[invasion of Kuwait]], stayed largely in force until May 2003 (after [[Saddam Hussein]]'s being forced from power), and persisted in part, including reparations to Kuwait, through the present. |
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| - | In this letter, Bin Laden explicitly stated that [[al-Qaeda]]'s motives for their attacks include: Western support for attacking Muslims in [[Somalia]], supporting Russian atrocities against Muslims in [[Chechnya]], supporting the [[India]]n oppression against Muslims in [[Kashmir]], the Jewish aggression against Muslims in [[Lebanon]], [[Operation Southern Watch|the presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia]], and [[Iraq sanctions|sanctions against Iraq]]. | + | |
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| - | Excerpts: "[[fornication]], [[homosexuality]], [[intoxicant]]s" " reject the immoral acts" "[[AIDS]] as a Satanic American Invention" | + | |
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| - | * [[Motives for the September 11 attacks]] | + | *[[Iraqi no-fly zones]] |
| + | *[[Sanctions against Iran]] | ||
| + | *[[Sanctions against Cuba]] | ||
| + | *[[Sanctions against Japan]] | ||
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"You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children die every day. It is a wonder that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children have died as a result of your sanctions, and you did not show concern. Yet when 3000 of your people died, the entire world rises and has not yet sat down." --"Letter to America" |
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The sanctions against Iraq were a near-total financial and trade embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council on Ba'athist Iraq. They began August 6, 1990, four days after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, stayed largely in force until May 2003 (after Saddam Hussein's being forced from power), and persisted in part, including reparations to Kuwait, through the present.
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