FREE ESSAY ON IRAQS PROBLEMS

IRAQS PROBLEMS

Annotated Bibliography 
The topic I choose was Iraq and its past and still ongoing problems with the United
Nations. The reason I choose this topic as oppose to another topic is war and the United
Nations has always fascinated me. With Saddam Hussein still being stubborn with UN
weapons inspectors it was incredibly easy to obtain information regarding this topic. 
The Los Angles Times; California; Feb 12 2000; 
The newest article I attained was from the February 12 edition of the Los Angles Times.
It was entitled "Compromise Broached on issue of Arms Inspectors in Iraq". It discussed
how Iraq is still refusing to allow the UN weapons inspector into the nation. It also
talks about the UN feelings on the chance of inspectors ever being allowed to do their
job. Apparently the Vice President has no intention of ever letting the inspectors into
the country. Last Thursday he said, " There shall be no return of the so-called
inspection teams. We reject the infiltration by spies using such cover." In my humble
opinion it would make life in Iraq better if the inspectors where just allowed into the
country. Most importantly sanctions the UN has placed upon Iraq would be removed.
Apparently the really don't care about the sanctions according to their deputy foreign
minister Nizar Hamdoun who said they can live without sanctions "forever". The UN has a
different opinion they believe they cannot. I believe they can, they have done fine up to
this point and I think they will continue to do fine. I think Iraq has many things they
don't want the UN to know about such as chemical and biological weapons. They are a
threat and need to be dealt with accordingly.
New York Times; New York; Feb 8, 2000; Barbara Crossette 
The next article I choose was from the February 8 issue of the New York Times. This
article was entitled "Iraq Suspected of Secret War Effort". This article sort of scared
me. It was about in Britain, research and intelligence experts, also convinced that there
are more germ warfare agents left in Iraq than previously known, have suggested that Iraq
may have produced the organism that causes bubonic plague. But no evidence has been
published in support of that theory, but American experts say, and United Nations
inspectors found not trace of the plague in Iraq. This is only because Iraq not allowing
them to inspect and when the UN inspectors where allowed in they where only allowed to
inspect "certain" areas. This statement made by the so-called American experts was
bull*censored*; they only said to comfort the American public. This expert Milton
Leitenberg from the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of
Maryland has been collecting information about Iraqi weapons sites and activities from
two Iraqi defectors. Milton is really not sure if the new thing is a virus and not a
bacterial agent but he said in an interview that Hans Blix, the new chief inspector for
Iraq might need to focus his attention on Biological weapons. Milton and other British
experts say inspector will have to be more aggressive in demanding access in Iraq. I
think so to, biological weapons are illegal as a form of warfare since the Geneva
Convention outlawed them. And the fact that there are not allowed to be used as a form of
warfare should be reason enough to be more aggressive not to mention the fact that these
weapons of mass destruction will be if not are already in the hands of a mad man! Also
according to this article the eradication of biological weapons in Iraq may be as
important or more important to the people of Iraq as to the outside world. Experts
working with the United Nations Special Commission, the first disarmament task force
created for Iraq after the Gulf War said some of the bacterial and viral agents Iraq was
producing then had little application for war. Evidently a fungal agent called aflatoxin
can lead to liver cancer, and rotavirus, which causes diarrhea in children and the
elderly. This is just another reason for the inspectors to be more insistent in their
attempt to gain entry into Iraq, their military compounds, and laboratories. 
World History Volume II; William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel Pages 1136-1137
Duiker provided some insight on the history of this conflict. According to Duiker "Saddam
Hussein, assumed power in Baghdad in 1979, then accused Iran of violating the territorial
agreement and launched an attack on his neighbor." (1136) It seems Saddam has been a
problem from the beginning and should have been taken care of before he became a real
threat like he is now. Duiker also says during the war between Iraq and Iran poison gas
was used on civilians and also defenseless children were used in the minefields. Then in
August 1990 Hussein's military forces went into the small country of Kuwait and claimed
that they were stealing oil from Iraqi land. This is when the United Nations decided to
get involved, after all not only was this small defenseless country under attack but our
nations oil supply was endangered. Really in my opinion this is the main reason we got
involved not for the moral reasons but the financial reasons. From here the book taught
me no new information. We restored peace to Kuwait and destroyed much of Saddam's forces.
The only problem is we did not destroy enough of his forces because they are better
equipped than they ever were. I have herd that Saddam if he did posses such chemical
weapons that the article spoke of he does not have the launch capability, meaning he does
not posses sufficient I.C.B.M.s (Inter- Continental Ballistic Missiles) but how long
before he does posses such devices. Only time will tell but for now it is high time we
tell Saddam and the Iraqi government to let us in or else threaten another military
strike maybe even nuclear attack. 
Annotated Bibliography 
The topic I choose was Iraq and its past and still ongoing problems with the United
Nations. The reason I choose this topic as oppose to another topic is war and the United
Nations has always fascinated me. With Saddam Hussein still being stubborn with UN
weapons inspectors it was incredibly easy to obtain information regarding this topic. 
The Los Angles Times; California; Feb 12 2000; 
The newest article I attained was from the February 12 edition of the Los Angles Times.
It was entitled "Compromise Broached on issue of Arms Inspectors in Iraq". It discussed
how Iraq is still refusing to allow the UN weapons inspector into the nation. It also
talks about the UN feelings on the chance of inspectors ever being allowed to do their
job. Apparently the Vice President has no intention of ever letting the inspectors into
the country. Last Thursday he said, " There shall be no return of the so-called
inspection teams. We reject the infiltration by spies using such cover." In my humble
opinion it would make life in Iraq better if the inspectors where just allowed into the
country. Most importantly sanctions the UN has placed upon Iraq would be removed.
Apparently the really don't care about the sanctions according to their deputy foreign
minister Nizar Hamdoun who said they can live without sanctions "forever". The UN has a
different opinion they believe they cannot. I believe they can, they have done fine up to
this point and I think they will continue to do fine. I think Iraq has many things they
don't want the UN to know about such as chemical and biological weapons. They are a
threat and need to be dealt with accordingly.
New York Times; New York; Feb 8, 2000; Barbara Crossette 
The next article I choose was from the February 8 issue of the New York Times. This
article was entitled "Iraq Suspected of Secret War Effort". This article sort of scared
me. It was about in Britain, research and intelligence experts, also convinced that there
are more germ warfare agents left in Iraq than previously known, have suggested that Iraq
may have produced the organism that causes bubonic plague. But no evidence has been
published in support of that theory, but American experts say, and United Nations
inspectors found not trace of the plague in Iraq. This is only because Iraq not allowing
them to inspect and when the UN inspectors where allowed in they where only allowed to
inspect "certain" areas. This statement made by the so-called American experts was
bull*censored*; they only said to comfort the American public. This expert Milton
Leitenberg from the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of
Maryland has been collecting information about Iraqi weapons sites and activities from
two Iraqi defectors. Milton is really not sure if the new thing is a virus and not a
bacterial agent but he said in an interview that Hans Blix, the new chief inspector for
Iraq might need to focus his attention on Biological weapons. Milton and other British
experts say inspector will have to be more aggressive in demanding access in Iraq. I
think so to, biological weapons are illegal as a form of warfare since the Geneva
Convention outlawed them. And the fact that there are not allowed to be used as a form of
warfare should be reason enough to be more aggressive not to mention the fact that these
weapons of mass destruction will be if not are already in the hands of a mad man! Also
according to this article the eradication of biological weapons in Iraq may be as
important or more important to the people of Iraq as to the outside world. Experts
working with the United Nations Special Commission, the first disarmament task force
created for Iraq after the Gulf War said some of the bacterial and viral agents Iraq was
producing then had little application for war. Evidently a fungal agent called aflatoxin
can lead to liver cancer, and rotavirus, which causes diarrhea in children and the
elderly. This is just another reason for the inspectors to be more insistent in their
attempt to gain entry into Iraq, their military compounds, and laboratories. 
World History Volume II; William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel Pages 1136-1137
Duiker provided some insight on the history of this conflict. According to Duiker "Saddam
Hussein, assumed power in Baghdad in 1979, then accused Iran of violating the territorial
agreement and launched an attack on his neighbor." (1136) It seems Saddam has been a
problem from the beginning and should have been taken care of before he became a real
threat like he is now. Duiker also says during the war between Iraq and Iran poison gas
was used on civilians and also defenseless children were used in the minefields. Then in
August 1990 Hussein's military forces went into the small country of Kuwait and claimed
that they were stealing oil from Iraqi land. This is when the United Nations decided to
get involved, after all not only was this small defenseless country under attack but our
nations oil supply was endangered. Really in my opinion this is the main reason we got
involved not for the moral reasons but the financial reasons. From here the book taught
me no new information. We restored peace to Kuwait and destroyed much of Saddam's forces.
The only problem is we did not destroy enough of his forces because they are better
equipped than they ever were. I have herd that Saddam if he did posses such chemical
weapons that the article spoke of he does not have the launch capability, meaning he does
not posses sufficient I.C.B.M.s (Inter- Continental Ballistic Missiles) but how long
before he does posses such devices. Only time will tell but for now it is high time we
tell Saddam and the Iraqi government to let us in or else threaten another military
strike maybe even nuclear attack. 
Annotated Bibliography 
The topic I choose was Iraq and its past and still ongoing problems with the United
Nations. The reason I choose this topic as oppose to another topic is war and the United
Nations has always fascinated me. With Saddam Hussein still being stubborn with UN
weapons inspectors it was incredibly easy to obtain information regarding this topic. 
The Los Angles Times; California; Feb 12 2000; 
The newest article I attained was from the February 12 edition of the Los Angles Times.
It was entitled "Compromise Broached on issue of Arms Inspectors in Iraq". It discussed
how Iraq is still refusing to allow the UN weapons inspector into the nation. It also
talks about the UN feelings on the chance of inspectors ever being allowed to do their
job. Apparently the Vice President has no intention of ever letting the inspectors into
the country. Last Thursday he said, " There shall be no return of the so-called
inspection teams. We reject the infiltration by spies using such cover." In my humble
opinion it would make life in Iraq better if the inspectors where just allowed into the
country. Most importantly sanctions the UN has placed upon Iraq would be removed.
Apparently the really don't care about the sanctions according to their deputy foreign
minister Nizar Hamdoun who said they can live without sanctions "forever". The UN has a
different opinion they believe they cannot. I believe they can, they have done fine up to
this point and I think they will continue to do fine. I think Iraq has many things they
don't want the UN to know about such as chemical and biological weapons. They are a
threat and need to be dealt with accordingly.
New York Times; New York; Feb 8, 2000; Barbara Crossette 
The next article I choose was from the February 8 issue of the New York Times. This
article was entitled "Iraq Suspected of Secret War Effort". This article sort of scared
me. It was about in Britain, research and intelligence experts, also convinced that there
are more germ warfare agents left in Iraq than previously known, have suggested that Iraq
may have produced the organism that causes bubonic plague. But no evidence has been
published in support of that theory, but American experts say, and United Nations
inspectors found not trace of the plague in Iraq. This is only because Iraq not allowing
them to inspect and when the UN inspectors where allowed in they where only allowed to
inspect "certain" areas. This statement made by the so-called American experts was
bull*censored*; they only said to comfort the American public. This expert Milton
Leitenberg from the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of
Maryland has been collecting information about Iraqi weapons sites and activities from
two Iraqi defectors. Milton is really not sure if the new thing is a virus and not a
bacterial agent but he said in an interview that Hans Blix, the new chief inspector for
Iraq might need to focus his attention on Biological weapons. Milton and other British
experts say inspector will have to be more aggressive in demanding access in Iraq. I
think so to, biological weapons are illegal as a form of warfare since the Geneva
Convention outlawed them. And the fact that there are not allowed to be used as a form of
warfare should be reason enough to be more aggressive not to mention the fact that these
weapons of mass destruction will be if not are already in the hands of a mad man! Also
according to this article the eradication of biological weapons in Iraq may be as
important or more important to the people of Iraq as to the outside world. Experts
working with the United Nations Special Commission, the first disarmament task force
created for Iraq after the Gulf War said some of the bacterial and viral agents Iraq was
producing then had little application for war. Evidently a fungal agent called aflatoxin
can lead to liver cancer, and rotavirus, which causes diarrhea in children and the
elderly. This is just another reason for the inspectors to be more insistent in their
attempt to gain entry into Iraq, their military compounds, and laboratories. 
World History Volume II; William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel Pages 1136-1137
Duiker provided some insight on the history of this conflict. According to Duiker "Saddam
Hussein, assumed power in Baghdad in 1979, then accused Iran of violating the territorial
agreement and launched an attack on his neighbor." (1136) It seems Saddam has been a
problem from the beginning and should have been taken care of before he became a real
threat like he is now. Duiker also says during the war between Iraq and Iran poison gas
was used on civilians and also defenseless children were used in the minefields. Then in
August 1990 Hussein's military forces went into the small country of Kuwait and claimed
that they were stealing oil from Iraqi land. This is when the United Nations decided to
get involved, after all not only was this small defenseless country under attack but our
nations oil supply was endangered. Really in my opinion this is the main reason we got
involved not for the moral reasons but the financial reasons. From here the book taught
me no new information. We restored peace to Kuwait and destroyed much of Saddam's forces.
The only problem is we did not destroy enough of his forces because they are better
equipped than they ever were. I have herd that Saddam if he did posses such chemical
weapons that the article spoke of he does not have the launch capability, meaning he does
not posses sufficient I.C.B.M.s (Inter- Continental Ballistic Missiles) but how long
before he does posses such devices. Only time will tell but for now it is high time we
tell Saddam and the Iraqi government to let us in or else threaten another military
strike maybe even nuclear attack.