-Caveat Lector- : America: a Beacon, not a Policeman : Iraq Blockade Item Lists : Americans Against World Empire : A LITTLE LIST OF PROHIBITED IMPORTS INTO IRAQ : by Elias Davidsson : Courtesy of Iraq Action Coalition : December 22, 1997 : Here are some of the products which the Security Council : of the United Nations considers that the Iraqi civilian : population are not entitled to, because they are not : considered as full human beings. Your country, by special : regulations that are not widely known in your country, : endorses and enforces this collective punishment of the : Iraqi population. : The list includes mainly consumer products which are now : available to the world's population without any : restriction. It must be added that in order to impoverish : Iraq and make its population dependent upon foreign : imports, raw materials, machines and tools for industry : and agriculture are also prohibited by the United : Nations, unless the Iraqi government can prove, on a case : by case base, that a specific consignment is urgently : required for 'humanitarian' needs. : I urge readers of this list to imagine themselves being : denied all the following products for a period of more : than 7 years. This should give a small idea of what we : are doing to the Iraqis. If there is any mistake in the : list or any important consumer product category missing, : please inform me (Elias Davidsson, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]). : Accumulators : Adhesive paper : Aluminium 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 : Brass : Broilers : Busses : Calculators : Cameras : Candles : Candlesticks : Canvas (yes, there are also painters in Iraq, didn't you know ?) : Carpets : Cars : Carts : Carving knives : Cellophane : Chairs : Chalk : Chess boards : Chiffon : Children's wear : Chisels Clocks : Cloth : Chlorine : Clutches : Coats : Coaxial cable : Cogs : Coils : Colors for painting : Combs : Compressors (for cooling equipment) (Iraq is a hot country) : Computers and computer supplies : Copper : Cupboards : Cups Desk lamps : Desks : Detergents : Dictaphones : Dishware : Dishwashers : Dolls : Doorknobs : Doormats : Drawing knives : Dresses : Drills : Dryers : Dustcloths : 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 (read: The prohibition on writing) : Ink cartridges : Insulator strips : Interruptors : Jackets : Jacks : Joints : Jumpers : Kettles : Knives : Lamp shades : Lathes : Lawn mowers : Leather : Levers : Light bulbs : Light meters : Lime : Magazines (including scientific and medical journals) : Magnesium : Magnets : Masonite : Mastic : Matches : Measurings 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 : Shoppint 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 : Thermomethers : Threads : Timber : Timers : Tin : Tire pumps : Tissue paper : Toasters : Toilet paper (not considered medicines) : Tongs : Toothbrushes : Toothpicks : Towels : Toys (read: UN punishment of children) : Tractors : Transformers : Trash cans : Tripods : Troughs : Trousers : Trowels : Trucks : Trunks : TV sets : Typewriters : Vacuum cleaners : Valves : Vans : Vaseline : Vases : Venetian blinds : Ventilators : Videotapes : Voltage regulators : Waffle irons : Wagons : Wallets : Wallpaper : Washing machines : Wastepaper baskets : Watches : Water pumps : Wax : Welders : Wheelbarrows : Wheels : Window shades : Wood : Wool : Wrenches : Zoom lenses : - - - - - : [Iraq Action Coalition] : Post Script : The UN Sanctions Committee has not issued any : comprehensive list of prohibited products, as such a list : would include millions of articles. Instead the Sanctions : Committee evaluates applications for exporting goods to : Iraq on the base of Security Council Resolutions which : allow foodstuffs, medicines and products for essential : civilian needs. Anything not deemed 'essential' by the : members of the Sanctions Committee is denied to the Iraqi : population. : The Committee has the sole discretion in determining what : is essential for every Iraqi. Decisions by the Committee : are made behind closed doors. Any one Committee member : may veto a permission. Applications for the export of : items to Iraq must be made by the potential exporter to : the authorities of individual UN member states who then : forward the application to the UN Sanctions Committe in : New York. The Committee will then assess the : qualification of the application, that is whether it is : food, medicine or an 'essential civilian need', determine : that the Iraqi government has also endorsed the : transaction, check prices and delivery conditions, and if : everything is OK, forward its approval to the authorities : of the country where the application came from. The : authorities then inform the applicant. Only then is it : possible to ship the items. : Before being sent, public officials must check that the : items concur in quality and quantity to the document : approved by the Sanctions Committee. Any discrepancy : results in the delaying the shipment. It must be added : that the quantity of food and medicines "allowed" to Iraq : is not more than about a third of what was imported to : Iraq before the onset of the sanctions. In other words, : the United Nations expect Iraqis to live with less than : half the food and medicine intake they had at the time : when Saddam Hussein ruled without UN intervention. The : lawyers of the Security Council members have studied : carefully the requirements of international humanitarian : law. By designing into the sanctions regime 'humanitarian : exceptions' as provided by the 'food-for-oil' deal, the : members of the Security Council attempt to preempt : charges of causing the death of hundreds of thousands of : Iraqis by starvation and health hazards. By providing the : very minimum for physical subsistence to the Iraqi : population, lives are not anymore expended by the : thousands. This is a step forward away from sheer : genocide. The Security Council's conception of Iraqis is : nevertheless that they are not human beings but a herd of : 20 million sheep whose minimal needs are reduced to : foodstuffs, medicines and some undefined 'essential : civilian needs' to be determined at a closed committee : meetings by well-groomed gentlemen in New York. : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : Posted on 09/28/2000 09:21:44 PDT by CattyNancy : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : Click on the Free Republic link at News Plus : http://www.mantra.com/newsplus : Om Shanti : Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational : purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post : may not have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the : opinion of the poster. 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