===> Here is part of a 10K PSN post on Iraq. I have left in the frank
anonymous comment of a UN staffer and a long but still incomplete
list of embargoed items, many of them ridiculously pedestrian,
that presumably have not been available to Iraq from any
external source these past 7 years.
Not much is known about Iraq; were _all_ of these items imported
before the Gulf War and the harsh victor's peace that was imposed?
One thing that Iraq still has in superabundance is oil, most of
which cannot be sold abroad; is it perhaps currently fueling
a low-key industrial revolution in cellars, garages and warehouses?
Yes, I want to know how much import substitution is surreptitiously
going on in Iraq, and the extent to which barter has replaced money
in expediting domestic commerce.
There may, therefore, be an upside of great future importance
to the cruel ordeal this 5000-year-old entity is going through;
does anyone know how this theory can be investigated for a basic
corroboration?
Whatever the case, the partial list provided below demonstrates
most graphically why the current world order must be destroyed
root and branch.
The scum of Washington and Wall Street must forgive me for
feeling no dismay - much the opposite, in fact - over the bombing
of two obscure US embassies, as though they were anything less
than the effective seat of rule over both host countries.
Of course the logistics of guerrilla action will now be made
still more difficult throughout the American Imperium
by dutiful technical tweakings of hyper-Prussian pettiness,
thus bringing closer the day of all-out biological warfare
against the home front, the Third World's final solution
to the paleface problem.
valis
Occupied America
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:30:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joanne Naiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Agony of Iraq (fwd)
[...Several items of varying length deleted...]
One senior UN politician, speaking on condition of anonymity, recalls the
American politicians in the Persian Gulf war who threatened to bomb Iraq
back to the Stone Age. "The hawks got their wish," he said. "They wanted
to destroy this country, and destroy its infrastructure, and they did a
good a job of it"
[and 5,000 years ago, this was "The Cradle of Civilization"!]
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A partial list of items prohibited to Iraq by UN sanctions
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Accumulators; Adhesive paper; aluminum foil; AM-FM receivers; Ambulances;
Amplifiers; Answering machines; Armored cable; Ashtrays; Auto polish; Axes;
Bags; Baking soda; Balls (for children, for sport); Baskets; Bath brushes
Batteries; Battery chargers; Beads; Bearings; Bed lamps; Belts; Benches;
Bicycles; Books (all categories included); Bottles; Bowls; Boxes; Broil
Busses; Calculators; Cameras; Candles; Candlesticks; Canvas; Carpets; Cars;
Carts; Carving knives; Cellophane; Chalk; Chess boards; Chiffon; Children's
wear; Chisels; Clocks; Clutches; Coats; Coaxial cable; Cogs; Coils; Colors
for painting; Combs; Compressors (for cooling); Computers and computer
supplies; Copper; Cupboards; Cups; Desks; Desk lamps; Detergents;
Dictaphones; Dish ware; Dishwashers; Dolls; Doorknobs; Doormats; Drawing
knives; Dresses; Drills; Dryers; Dust cloths; Dyes; Dynamos; Easels;
Electric cookers; Electric cords; Envelopes; Eyeglasses; Fabrics; Fans; Fax
machines; Fibers; Files; Filing cabinets; Filing cards; Films; Filters;
Flashlights; Flowerpots; Forks; Fountain pens; Furniture polish; Fuses; Gas
burners; Gauges; Generators; Girdles; Glass; Glue; Gowns; Grills;
Grindstone; Hairpins; Hammers; Handkerchiefs; Hats; Headlights; Headphones;
Hearing aids; Hedge trimmers; Helmets; Hoes; Hooks; Hookup wires; Hoses;
Hydraulic jacks; Ink (the prohibition on writing); Ink cartridges;
Insulator strips; Interrupters; Jackets; Jacks; Joints; Jacks; Jumpers;
Kettles; Knives; Lamp shades; Lathes; Lawn Mowers; Leather; Levers; Light
bulbs; Light meters; Lime; Magazines (including journals); Magnesium;
Magnets; Masonite; Mastic; Matches; Measuring equipment; Mica; Microfiche;
Microphones; Microscopes; Mirrors; Mops; Motorbikes; Motors; Mufflers;
Mugs; Music cassettes; Music CDs; Musical instruments; Nail brushes; Nail
files; Napkins; Notebooks; Oil cans; Oil gauges; Oil lamps; Oscillators;
Packaging materials; Pails; Painters brushes; Paints; Pans; Paper clips;
Paper for printing; Paper for wrapping; Paper for writing; Pens;
Percolators; Pesticides; Photocopiers; Photometers; Pincers; Pincettes;
Pins; Plastics; Plates; Plexiglas; Pliers; Plugs; Plywood; Porcelain; Pots;
Potties; Press drills; Pressure cookers; Printing equipment; Pulleys;
Putty; Radiators for cars; Razor Blades; Razors; Reels; Relays; Riveters;
Roasters; Rubber; Rugs; Rulers; Sandals; Sandpaper; Saucers; Saws; Scales;
Scoreboards; Screws; Seals; Seats; Shampoo; Sheers; Shelves; Shirts; Shock
absorbers; Shoe polish; Shoes; Shopping carts; Shovels; Silicon; Silver
polish; Skirts; Soap; Soap pads; Sockets; Socks; Solder; Soldering irons;
Spark plugs; Spatulas; Sponges; Spoons; Stamps; Staplers; Starters; Stoves;
Straps; Suits; Sun hats; Swimming suits; Switches; Tables; Tacks; Tags;
Telephone cables; Telephones; Tents; Thermometers; Threads; Timber; Timers;
Tin; Tire pumps; Tissue paper; Toasters; Toilet paper (not considered
medicines); Tongs; Toothbrushes; Toothpicks; Towels; Toys; Tractors;
Transformers; Trash cans; Tripods; Troughs; Typewriters; Vacuum cleaners;
Valves; Vans; Vaseline; Vases; Venetian blinds; Ventilators; Videotapes;
Voltage regulators; Waffle irons; Wagons; Wallets; Wallpapers; Washing
machines; Wastepaper baskets; Watches; Water pumps; Wax; Welders;
Wheelbarrows; Window shades; Wood; Wool; Wrenches; Zoom lenses
