Voices in the Wilderness, an antisanctions activist group based in Chicago, has used the figure of 1 million children dead from the sanctions; the Iraqi government claims 4,000-5,000 deaths per month of children under 5. ... "Iraq despite its present predicament is considered potentially the single most powerful Arab state, the only one that combines enormous oil wealth, freshwater and land sufficient for cultivation with skillful manpower, an almost uninterrupted track record of military endeavors, and a fierce ambition to achieve regional hegemony (Ya'ari 69). ...

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