[TwelveOfTwenty]

And most of the Iraqi civilians were killed by AQ and Sadam loyalists.

Unlike the Clinton years, when many more Iraqi citizens were killed by US/UN sanctions. But then again, that was a price we were willing to pay, right Madam Allbright?

[kabar]

Pure BS from the UN. Saddam was supposed to use the Oil for Food money to buy food, drugs, etc. Instead he used it to further his own goals and feather his nest. The sanctions were being violated more than they were observed. We gave the go ahead to Jordan and Turkey to violate them.

The Oil-for-Food Program, established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) and terminated in late 2003, was established with the stated intent to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens without allowing Iraq to boost its military capabilities.

Saddam killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis including gassing them. The Marsh Arabs had their region destroyed by Saddam.

Stop using this UN horsesh*t. This was part of the psychological warfare to lift the sanctions and it was almost successful.