1307: Thirty years of war against Iraq / Kathy Kelly

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🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Peace activist Kathy Kelly on the realities of war and sanctions for Iraq's people, the state of the anti-war movement and her article "Remembering the First Gulf War" for The Progressive, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen visits the Playground of Blood. https://progressive.org/dispatches/remembering-first-gulf-war-kelly-210302

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0:00.0	No miracle is on the way.
0:02.0	No miracle.
0:03.0	No, never cold is on.
0:05.0	No, never go,
0:06.0	or go is go. No, never close is on.
0:07.0	No, never call is on.
0:09.0	No, miracle is going to go.
0:10.0	Yeah! Yeah This is hell and one way this world and
0:36.3	Another end of the world is possible.
0:40.9	This is hell and one way this world ends possibly is through war on
0:47.6	August 2nd 1990 the US and Iraq went to war and what was known as the Gulf War, which lasted until March 4,
0:55.7	1991, 30 years and one week ago today.
1:01.4	The Gulf War ended, but the war did not end for the people of Iraq as they then became
1:05.9	targeted by a 12-year economic war of sanctions against Iraq. Sanctions that were arguably
1:12.1	far more brutal than the militarized Gulf War,
1:15.0	killing at minimum an estimated half a million Iraqi children.
1:19.0	Then, only 12 years and a couple of weeks later the US War on Iraq.
1:23.3	Its invasion and occupation of the country began anew,
1:28.6	which makes it all seem like one long 30 year war by the US on Iraq that seemingly is still not quite
1:37.1	yet over. We'll discuss the 30-year legacy of US and Allies war on Iraq in a few when we will be welcoming back past guest
1:46.6	award-winning international peace activist Kathy Kelly who wrote the progressive article
1:52.4	remembering the first Gulf War amid the ongoing horror, it's important
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