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"The US First Invaded Iraq 25 Years Ago - and America's Still Coming to Grips with What a Disaster It Has Been"

January 20, 2016
by Jennifer Bing & Kevin Martin

Last weekend marked 25 years since the first U.S. vs. Iraq War, often called the Persian Gulf War. Executive Director Kevin Martin, along with our colleague Jennifer Bing of the American Friends Service Committee, wrote an op-ed published on AlterNet and did a radio interview on WBEZ Chicago public radio.

In the pre-internet and pre-social media era, it was difficult to counter the news networks’ drumbeat for war.

The mainstream media and U.S. government dehumanized the entire Iraqi population to such an extent in early 1991 that they were reduced to the term “collateral damage” and deemed unworthy of compassion or mercy. Even after the ceasefire in March 1991, few Americans were moved to speak out or demand an end to the strict economic sanctions imposed on Iraq for nearly a decade that led to over a million Iraqi deaths due to malnutrition and disease..

The full article available on Alternet:
http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/us-first-invaded-iraq-25-years-ago-and-americas-still-coming-grips-what-disaster-it