Judith Karpova
Judith Karpova
against applied buying created district economic food initial invasion iraq judge law limited mission rejecting response sanctions situation specific suit travel
In rejecting my suit in District Court, the judge relied on the initial sanctions law against Iraq of 1990, a response to the limited and specific situation of the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. It was created to limit economic interactions with Iraq. Yet this same law is being applied to humanitarian travel to pre-war Iraq. Under this interpretation, buying food while on such a mission is a crime.
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It was very bitter for me to see this happen all over again. And I felt I had to do something.
danger felt people sit
If people don't go and see it for themselves, these people are in danger of being demonized. I just felt that I could not sit by.