Swimming Up the Tigris: Real Life Encounters with Iraq

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By Barbara Nimri Aziz

"Barbara Aziz has written a must-read book which puts a human face on an Iraqi people dehumanized by simplistic, misleading, and inaccurate media accounts before, during and after America's illegitimate invasion and occupation of their homeland. She also puts an inconvenient truth to the lies and misrepresentations often held as fact by many Americans concerning the reality of life in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the awful impact of economic sanctions on the Iraqi people before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the sophistication and depth of a thousands-year-old culture that is in the process of being destroyed by the combined forces of greed, hubris, and ignorance." —Scott Ritter, chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998.

Barbara Nimri Aziz, a frequent visitor to Iraq, saw firsthand what life was like for Iraqis during the long years of the embargo. By revisiting this critical period, she sheds light on the illegal and questionable tactics used by the United States to destroy Iraq through the sanctions, well before the WMD ruse, and provides context to more fully understand the current failed occupation and worldwide anti-U.S. sentiments.

Univ. Press of Fla, hardcover, notes, illustration, index, 310pp

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