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Iraq: Sanctions Missing the Mark

Christian leaders argue embargo punishes the poor, not the Iraqi elite.

By Jody Veenker | posted 6/12/2000 12:00AM

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"Sanctions like these primarily affect the poorest and weakest members of a society."

"Christians should be pushing to end the embargo," Jennings says. "Jesus taught that we should love our enemies, not starve them into submission."

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"When broadly and harshly imposed, sanctions are 'weapons of mass destruction,'"

Christianity Today editorialized in a February 8, 1999 calling for the end of Iraq sanctions.Other Christianity Today stories on the Iraq sanctions include: Graham Meets with Iraqi Leaders (Nov. 15, 1999) Relief Groups Struggle to Aid Churches (Jan. 11, 1999) Christians Protest Trade Embargo (Jan. 12, 1998)Yahoo!'s full coverage area on Iraq has several excellent links, including an article from The Economist, video from the BBC, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer special report on the effect of sanctions, and other resources.

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