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Iraq Sanctions and the Region

Oil Price Relief Courtesy of Iraq? (Stratfor)
Iran May Challenge Russia's Caspian Hegemony. (Stratfor)
Two Rivals Draw Closer Together (Stratfor)
Israel-Palestinian Deal Aimed at Syria (Stratfor)
Iran Captures Iraqi Oil and U.S. Attention (Stratfor)
UN Allows Boost for Iraqi Oil Industry (The Guardian of Great Britain)
Russia Benefits from Iraqi Sanctions (Stratfor)
An American Ally Becomes Iraq's Chief Trading Partner. (Stratfor)

The Papal Visit: Why Didn't He Go?

A Look at the Extensive Statements from the Catholic Church on the Sanctions (Voices in the Wilderness)

United States

Scott Ritter, former head of UN Weapons Inspection Team in Iraq, Speaks Against the Sanctions (Iraq Action Coalition)
Berkeley Grads Jeer Albright's Speech and Denounce US Sanctions on Iraq (San Francisco Chronicle)

Reflections from the Region

Arab Parliamentarians Call for Lifting of Sanctions on Iraq. (Arabic News)

Iraq

Iraq Calls on World Countries to Resume Cooperation. (Arabic News)
Iraqis Tell Sanctions Challenge: We Won't Go Back to Colonial Status". (Iraq Action Center)
Iraq's Position on Security Council Resolutions. (Iraq News Agency)
Iraq's Position on The Return of Kuwaiti Property. (Iraq News Agency)
Iraq's Position on the Sanctions. (Iraq News Agency)
Iraq: US-UK Blocking Medical Contracts. (Iraq News Agency)
Iraq in History. (Iraq News Agency)
Doctor's Child Appeal. (Iraq News Agency)

Jordan

Arab Intellectuals Call for Non-biased US Policy Towards Middle East (The Jordan Star)

Israel

Israel Cited by UN as only Country in the Middle East not to Sign Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Associated Press)

Egypt

Despair Over Iraq's Fate (Al Ahram)
Dangling the Oil Carrot (Al Ahram)

Sanctions on Trial

Sanctions Busters, Dennis Haliday and Kathy Kelly Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (Voices in the Wilderness)
Give the Kids a Break, Peter! (The Guardian of Britain)
European Activists Defy Iraq Embargo (BBC)
Jordanian Kids Send Pencils to Iraq in Defiance of Sanctions (BBC)

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