The Scourging of Iraq : Sanctions, Law and Natural Justice
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (806 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312215193 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 363 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Now a freelance author, he was formerly Chief Editor and then Managing Editor in a major publishing company. GEOFF SIMONS has written a wide range of successful books in various subject areas. His work has been translated into a dozen languages and many of his titles are on university reading lists
'Geoff Simons has written a scholarly and passionate account of sanctions on Iraq that should alert people to one of the cruellest instruments of foreign policy that uses starvation of a people to bring pressure against a government over which they have no democratic control.' - Tony Benn, MP
Sanctions are considered in a historical, political and legal context, with particular attention to how the economic blockade may be seen as a criminal violation of UN resolutions and the UN Genocide Convention.. The Scourging of Iraq describes the impact of the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent economic sanctions on the Iraqi people. Evidence is presented to show that food and medicine are being denied to the civilian population, and that this involves a gross violation of the 1977 Protocol 1 addition to the 1949 Geneva Convention, which includes the words: 'Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited'
William Podmore said Devastating attack on NATO foreign policy. The United States Government blockades of Cuba and Iraq are acts of genocide against national groups, `deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part'. Simons summarises: "United States policy, a slow and knowing exterminatio. A history that the UK and US would rather we forget Miriam Day Geoff Simon's book 'Iraq from Sumer to Saddam', a useful history of 'Mesopotamia' and modern Iraq, demonstrates that he is no apologist for the Ba'ath Party or Saddam Hussein.In 'The scourging of Iraq' he details the workings of the UN Security Council (led by Britain and North America) vis a vis sanctio