BBC News: UN official blasts Iraq sanctions - The man responsible for co-ordinating the Iraqi oil-for-food deal says sanctions are killing children, destroying society and probably strengthening the country's leadership. news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle%5Feast/newsid%5F183000/183499.stm
Saddam's elite parties on - Sanctions hit the poor and powerless, not Saddam's elite. www.megastories.com/iraq/elite/elite.htm