Democracy Now! May 23, 2003
U.N. Security Council Lifts a Decade of Devastating Sanctions Responsible for the Deaths of up to One Million Iraqi Children; Was the Invasion of Iraq the Deadliest U.S. Military Campaign for Civilians Since Vietnam?; U.S.
8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: The United Nations Security Council voted nearly unanimously yesterday to lift the sanctions on Iraq, and to give the U.S. the legal authority to occupy Iraq and to control its oil. The Security Council vote was fourteen to zero. Syria, the only Arab nation on the council, boycotted the vote.