[PEN-L:31529] Why Another War?

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

For immediate release  October 22, 2002

Special MERIP Publication
Why Another War? A Backgrounder on the Iraq Crisis

As George W. Bush's administration seeks a UN resolution threatening
"consequences" for Iraqi non-cooperation with toughened weapons
inspections, US-led military intervention to remove Saddam Hussein's
regime appears to be a likely denouement to the crisis. While Bush
claims that "America speaks with one voice" on the urgent need to
topple Hussein, demonstrations across the country show that much of
the US public has not accepted the administration's case for war.

In a concise primer published by the Middle East Research and
Information Project (MERIP), Sarah Graham-Brown, author of
Sanctioning Saddam (1999), and Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East
Report, offer answers to the major questions swirling around the Iraq
crisis of 2002.

Does Saddam Hussein's regime pose a "mortal threat" to the US and
Iraq's neighbors? How have sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990
invasion of Kuwait affected ordinary Iraqis? How has the Iraqi regime
stayed in power despite its defeat in the Gulf war and a decade of
sanctions? Has the US attempted to end the 12-year confrontation
between Iraq and the UN through peaceful diplomacy? What drives the
Bush administration's policy of "regime change"?

MERIP's Iraq backgrounder is available online at:
http://www.merip.org

Ideal for use in classrooms and at teach-ins or special events,
MERIP's Iraq backgrounder is also available in print at no charge. To
order copies or for further information, contact MERIP at
ctoensing@xxxxxxxxx or call (202) 223-3677.

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Yoshie

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