Who is there to help the Iraqi children?
Before I left South Africa as part of the Iraq Action Committee delegation that took relief aid for the Iraqi people, my greatest personal concern was that I would return frustrated and depressed. I remembered my visit to Palestine three years ago and how depressed I had felt at the end of that trip, having witnessed Zionist brutality and a sense of hopelessness among people. I felt sure that these emotions would be much more intense while I was in Iraq and upon my return from that devastated country. It was not to be; I returned with ambiguous emotions. The 1991 Gulf War and the sanctions instituted by the United Nations after the war have left the country with untold hardships. The morale of many Iraqis has been completely destroyed; the poverty levels have soared; incidences of various diseases like cancer have increased. The sanctions regime has been ridiculous, with simple items like pencils and water-purifying chlorine not allowed to enter the country because they could supposedl
