VOL. XXXIV
NO. 25
25-MARCH-1991
Iraq
Iraq Bombed Back Into Pre-Industrial Age, Says UN Report
The United Nations said on 21 March that Iraq had been bombed back into thepre-industrial age and needed huge quantities of staple foods, fuel and otheremergency supplies to avert starvation and disease. Mr. Martti Ahtisaar, the UNUnder Secretary General, who had just completed an investigative mission inIraq, said that "the recent conflict has wrought near-apocalyptic resultsupon the infrastructure of...
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