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Acknowledgments and Note to the Updated Edition
Introduction to the Updated Edition (2002) by Anthony Arnove

Part I: The Roots of US/UK Policy
1 America's War Against Iraq: 1990-2002 by Naseer Aruri
2 Iraq: The Impact of Sanctions and US Policy by Phyllis Bennis and Denis J. Halliday; Interviewed by David Barsamian
3 US Iraq Policy: Motives and Consequences by Noam Chomsky

Part II: Myths and Realities
4 Collateral Damage by John Pilger
5 Myths and Realities Regarding Iraq and Sanctions by Voices in the Wilderness
6 The Media's Deadly Spin on Iraq by Ali Abunimah and Rania Masri
7 The Hidden War by Robert Fisk
8 One Iraqi’s Story by Howard Zinn

Part 3: Life Under Sanctions
9 Raising Voices: The Children of Iraq 1990-1999 by Kathy Kelly
10 Targets—Not Victims by Barbara Nimri Aziz
11 Sanctions: Killing a Country and a People by George Capaccio

Part 4: Documenting the Impact of Sanctions
12 Sanctions, Food, Nutrition, and Health in Iraq by Dr. Peter Pellett
13 Toxic Pollution, the Gulf War, and Sanctions by Dr. Huda S. Ammash

Part 5: Activist Responses
14 Sanctions Are Weapons of Mass Destruction by Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, Edward Said, Howard Zinn, et al.
15 Sanctions as Biological Warfare by Noam Chomsky

Afterword by Denis Halliday
Resources Organizations Working to End Sanctions on Iraq
About the Authors