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11.4.2001
BY
RANDALL
RICHARD
JOURNAL
STAFF WRITER
Even as America searches for answers in these days of bioterrorism, Iraqi citizens continue to pay a heavy price for their government's failure to provide United Nations weapons inspectors with unfettered access to suspected chemical and biological weapons sites.
Earlier this year, a delegation of activists -- organized by Conscience International, a small, nonprofit humanitarian agency -- went to Iraq to document the impact of 10 years of U.N. ecomomic sanctions. The delegation was the first American group to fly into Baghdad under the U.S. travel ban on Iraq.
Providence Journal reporter Randall Richard accompanied the group. The activists with whom Richard traveled knew he was a reporter, but Iraqi officials did not. Iraq has banned unauthorized visits by journalists.
11.4.2001
Part 1: She returns home to find a starvation of the soul
Rana Abdul-Aziz had been waiting for this moment half her life, and by the time Royal Jordanian Flight 6870 slipped gently into a rain cloud 10,000 feet above Baghdad her lips were trembling. In four minutes, the 19-year-old Tufts University sophomore would be home.
11.5.2001
Part 2: Young pay for failures of Saddam, sanctions
The search for truth about the impact of U.S.-led economic sanctions is difficult -- one where the distinction between reality and Iraq's cynical manipulation of it is often elusive. This is exemplified by a bizarre visit to Baghdad's central hospital.
11.6.2001
Part 3: Search for the truth reveals another reality
Richard Keough is a man equally at home -- even in Baghdad -- taking on U.S. policy or one of Saddam Hussein's followers.
Whether leaving the priesthood to get married or pouring blood on an Air National Guard runway to protest the Guard's enforcement of "no-fly" zones over Iraq, Keough has never been shy about taking on the establishment.
So it did not surprise any of his friends when he stubbornly refused to yield to his Iraqi hosts, even when it was all too clear they were giving him the runaround.
11.7.2001
Part 4: In shadows and clouds, war is now daily routine
Much has changed since the start of one of America's longest wars -- but probably the biggest change is that most Americans don't even know there is one.
11.8.2001
Part 5: Expert says U.S. knows embargo is fatally flawed
No one in America knows Baghdad's darkest secrets better than Scott Ritter.
• Powell: U.N. sanctions have helped keep Saddam in check
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