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Below is
the text of an article in Common
Sense issue 27 (Winter 1998/1999) on the topic of
sanctions against the population of
Iraq.
Dajjal
at work: a list of prohibited items into
Iraq
Here are some of the products which the Security Council
of the United Nations considers that the Iraqi civilian population
are not entitled to. The list includes mainly consumer products
which are now available to the world's population without any
restriction. The sanctions have been in place for over 7 years with
no intention of lifting them. The list shows that they are hardly
intended to protect the "international community" from a belligerent Iraq,
but are a fulfilment of the prophesy that whoever does not
follow the Dajjal (Anti - Christ) shall not even be allowed to eat.
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A
Accumulators, Adhesive
paper, Aluminium foil, AM-FM receivers, Ambulances, Amplifiers,
Answering machines, Armored cable, Ashtrays, Auto polish,
Axes
B
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
C
Calculators, Cameras,
Candles, Candlesticks, Canvas, Carpets, Cars, Carts, Carving knives,
Cellophane, Chairs, Chalk, Chess boards, Chiffon, Children's wear,
Chisels Clocks, Cloth, Clutches, Coats, Coaxial cable, Cogs, Coils,
Colors for painting, Combs, Compressors (for cooling equipment),
Computers and computer supplies, Copper, Cupboards, Cups
D
Desk lamps, Desks,
Detergents, Dictaphones, Dishware, Dishwashers, Dolls, Doorknobs,
Doormats, Drawing knives, Dresses, Drills, Dryers, Dustcloths, Dyes,
Dynamos
E
Easels, Electric cookers,
Electric cords, Envelopes, Eyeglasses
F
Fabrics, Fans, Fax,
machines, Fibers, Files, Filing cabinets, Filing cards, Films,
Filters, Flashlights, Flowerpots, Forks, Fountain pens, Furniture
polish, Fuses
G
Gas burners, Gauges,
Generators, Girdles, Glass, Glue, Gowns, Grills, Grindstone
H
Hairpins, Hammers,
Handkerchiefs, Hats, Headlights, Headphones, Hearing aids, Hedge
trimmers, Helmets, Hoes, Hooks, Hookup wires, Hoses, Hydraulic
jacks
I
Ink, Ink cartridges,
Insulator strips, Interruptors
J
Jackets, Jacks, Joints,
Jumpers
K
Kettles, Knives
L
Lamp shades, Lathes, Lawn
mowers, Leather, Levers, Light bulbs, Light meters, Lime
M
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
N
Nail brushes, Nail files,
Napkins, Notebooks
O
Oil cans, Oil gauges, Oil
lamps, Oscillators
P
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
R
Radiators for cars, Razor
blades, Razors, Reels, Relays, Riveters, Roasters, Rubber, Rugs,
Rulers
S
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
T
Tables, Tacks, Tags,
Telephone cables, Telephones, Tents, Thermomethers, Threads, Timber,
Timers, Tin, Tire pumps, Tissue paper, Toasters, Toilet paper,
Tongs, Toothbrushes, Toothpicks, Towels, Toys, Tractors,
Transformers, Trash cans, Tripods, Troughs, Trousers, Trowels,
Trucks, Trunks, TV sets, Typewriters
V
Vacuum cleaners, Valves,
Vans, Vaseline, Vases, Venetian blinds, Ventilators, Videotapes,
Voltage regulators
W
Waffle irons, Wagons,
Wallets, Wallpaper, Washing machines, Wastepaper baskets, Watches,
Water pumps, Wax, Welders, Wheelbarrows, Wheels, Window shades,
Wood, Wool, Wrenches
Z
Zoom lenses.
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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
delaying the shipment.
Author: Islamic
Party of
Britain |
Date Published:
winter
1998/1999 |
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