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October 10, 2012

Iraq Sanctions No Model for Iran

Efraim Cohen, Jerusalem Post

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The UN’s efforts to alter Iraq’s actions have been cited as an example of a successful sanctions regime. Contrary to what some people now believe (or have forgotten), sanctions on Iraq were an abject failure.

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