id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pur1.32754077252686 United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. U.S. policy toward Iraq : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, October 4, 2001 2001 .txt text/plain 5645 330 65 Secretary of State Powell's "targeted sanctions" is intended to concentrate the efforts of the world community on denying Saddam technology and illicit revenue. The U.S. proposal would retain U.N. control over Iraq's oil income and would forbid the purchase of arms and sensitive dual-use items; however, it would abolish agreed to U.N. Resolution 1284, they were trying to allay the humanitarian argument against sanctions by allowing Iraq to sell unlimited amounts of oil. The general public no longer realizes that if Saddam Hussein truly decided to disarm, he could clear Iraq's name in a matter of months, end the embargo, and remove any restraint on the flow of goods to the Iraqi population. The result is that sanctions are eroding even while Iraq is working to enhance its mass destruction weapon capabilities. Suppose an Iraqi site needs a new computer-controlled machine tool, one especially capable of making the high-precision parts needed for long-range missiles or nuclear weapons. ./cache/pur1.32754077252686.pdf ./txt/pur1.32754077252686.txt