were the beginning of more to come for Sadaam and his people. After the war ended the United Nations Security Council implemented Resolution 687 on April 13,1991 on Iraq. The resolution stated that Iraq must dismantle all weapons of mass destruction as well placed tight restrictions on Iraq's ability to export Oil.
To understand the impact of these sanctions one must look at the Iraqi economy before the war. Iraq depended on imports for 60-80 percent of its food. Oil revenues amounted to 95 percent of foreign exchange receipts.
Iraq did respond to these sanctions and committed to returning all seized Kuwaiti property and r
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