Ebbie, about 60% of the people in Iraq were dependent upon the Oil-for Food program and just a few weeks ago, Tima Mag. detailed how Saddam was skimming money from that fund. Since 19991 he has built some 9 or 10 (I believe the # was) palaces in and around Baghdad.
No, the people of Iraq have not been starving but it's no thanks to their leader. Don't let your opposition to George Bush and the war blind you to the facts. It is my understanding that before the war started, water was cut off in Basra and that food was in very short supply. This gives the lie to the statement by the Iraqi Information Minister that the US had bombed a warehouse containing hundreds of tons of food for the people of the area.
If the Ieaqis ane not in favor of our being there, why have many risked their lives to escape Basra? Why are they being shot in the back by their own countrymen in the Fedayeen Saddam and other paramilitary group?

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