Risking as much as 12 years in prison and $500,000 in fines, doctors from two U.S. based groups traveled to Iraq and donated $50,000 worth of medicines and books.

The man responsible for co-ordinating the Iraqi oil-for-food deal says sanctions are killing children, destroying society and probably strengthening the country's leadership.

Magnusson, founder of the Icelandic charity Peace 2000 Institute, said Amal's illness exemplifies "what the sanctions have been doing to the people of Iraq."

A reproduced debate in full from the British government proceedings.

Presents the documentary "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq" by John Pilger, broadcasted on British television in 2000, and further information on the situation in the country. [RealPlayer required for video].

Over one hundred links to articles on Iraq with most recent ones, first.

Reproduced article equating the well reported murder of Britons abroad as callous as the bombing or Iraq by UK planes.

Precis of Sabah Al-Mukhtar's talk at Cambridge University, UK

"Given the depressed price of oil and the state of Iraq's oil industry, there's currently a $900 million gap between the revenue expected and what's needed to fund the humanitarian programme. This shortfall is already cutting deeply into the allocations for water and sanitation, agriculture and education."