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Between Iraq and a hard place: a critique of the British government's case for UN economic sanctions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2002

ERIC HERRING
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Abstract

In this article I outline the case made by the British government for UN economic sanctions on Iraq, and indicate many of the silences in, and counters to, it. When these silences and counters are taken into consideration, the British government's denial of any share of the responsibility for the devastation of Iraqi society becomes unsustainable. Iraqis have had their human rights violated on a vast scale not only by the regime but also by UN economic sanctions which have exacerbated the effects of the UN coalition's bombing of Iraq in 1991.

Type
Research Article
Information
Review of International Studies , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 2002 , pp. 39 - 56
Copyright
© 2002 British International Studies Association

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