IRAQI RESISTANCE

AP: Sanctions harden Iraqis attitude to U.N.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- When a truck packed with explosives blew up outside the United Nations compound in Baghdad and killed at least 23 people, much of the world recoiled in shock, horrified anyone would attack an organization known everywhere for its good works.

Everywhere, that is, except in Iraq, where there is deep ambivalence toward the world body.

For many Iraqis, the United Nations was synonymous with economic hardship -- responsible for much of the everyday misery here.

The crippling international sanctions imposed by the world body after Iraq invaded Kuwait 12 years ago have been blamed for everything from high infant mortality rates to a ban on ice cream.

"Und nebenbei sind den Sanktionen über eine halbe Million Kinder zum Opfer gefallen. Auf die Frage "I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. and you know, is the price worth it?" von Repeorter Lelsley Stahl in der Fernsehsendung 60 Minutes hat Madeleine Albright 1996 geantwortet: ""I think this is a very hard choice, but the price — we think the price is worth it." Wieso moegen die Iraker bloss die UNO nicht?