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The Scourging of Iraq describes the impact of the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent economic sanctions on the Iraqi people. Evidence is presented to show that food and medicine are being denied to the civilian population, and that this involves a gross violation of the 1977 Protocol 1 addition to the 1949 Geneva Convention, which includes the words: "Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited." Sanctions are considered in a historical, political and legal context, with particular attention to how the economic blockade may be seen as a criminal violation of UN resolutions and the UN Genocide Convention.

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The 1991 Gulf War, fought between the US-contrived Coalition forces and the armies of Saddam Hussein, followed the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
medical supplies delivery, essential civilian needs, international study team, shroud material, sanctions regime, civilian objects, shroud cloth, humanitarian programme, inspection agents, present resolution, note verbale, economic embargo, humanitarian supplies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Security Council, United Nations, Saddam Hussein, Sanctions Committee, The Scourging, Rolf Ekeus, President Bush, New York, Children's Hospital, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, General Assembly, Middle East, Tariq Aziz, Madeleine Albright, George Bush, World Bank, Geneva Convention, White House, Perez de Cuellar, President Clinton, King Hussein, Ramsey Clark, World Health Organisation New!
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