Saddam and the People of Iraq

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A look at the impact of sanctions on the Iraqi people. The human rights situation in Iraq and the dictatorship of Saddam is discussed.

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"Thousands of brightly painted flowers and two rainbows adorn the 14th July Bridge, which spans the Tigris River running through the center of this ancient city. At first glance, the explosion of color in an otherwise tawdry city of about 4 million people appears to be a spontaneous outburst of joy amid the pall of gloom that hangs over Baghdad.
But on closer inspection, the flowers are regimentally uniform and appear to be standing in symmetrical attention - painted by construction workers who were supervised by soldiers of the pervasive Iraqi security. The bridge was put back into use in April, after having been closed for repairs ever since it was bombed by the United States during the 1992 Gulf war.

The event was widely reported in the state-controlled media to boost the morale of ordinary Iraqis bearing the brunt of international sanctions -rampant inflation, crime, social decay, and food shortages."

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