The United States supported Saddam Hussein and made sure th… - Arundhati Roy

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The United States supported Saddam Hussein and made sure that he ruled with an iron fist for all those years. Then they used the sanctions to break the back of civil society. Then they made Iraq disarm. Then they attacked Iraq. And now they’ve taken over all its assets. p. 126-127

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Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian writer and social activist

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