economic sanctions denied materials needed to rebuild infrastructure. Water treatment; sanitation. They arent intended results of our sanctions but they are results non the less. If we do not recognize how our policies effect civilians whether intended or not we do ourselves a disservice. typical attack line, you dont think America always does the right thing therefore your a terrorist sadaam lover...can you please try to be a little more enlightened as to how there could be unintended consiquesnces to our policies and how those unintended consequenses of a misguided foreign policy effect people all the way across the world. Its the same logic when people say. "If we bomb Iran the Iranian people will know they are attacking their government and not the people. It doesnt work like that. BOMBS ARE BOMBS. If Russia started bombing nuke sites in america during the cold war the american populace would take it personal. I am not excusing sadaams brutal regime I am mearly explaining that these policies are misguided and end up creating more problems for the United States.