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Thank you all very much for your help with my recent questions. There are two more points on which I ask for your support: 1.) What is the standpoint of the Iraqi opposition towards the sanctions? I am aware that there are very many opposition groups, but if anybody knows of any reactions at all, I would be very grateful for any such information. My aim is to verify that the sanctions are not helpful in weakening the Iraqi leadership. 2.) Time and again, I am confronted with the argument that the Iraqi government is withholding funds intended for food and medication from its people, building palaces instead. I am aware that there is no evidence that could demonstrate that the Iraqi leadership was withholding funds from the “oil for food program”, but, in order to oppose such statements in a qualified manner, could anybody tell me where the Iraqi government actually receives the money for the palaces that have apparently been built since 1990 from? I thank you all once again for your help. Leila Kais -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi