"Thomas F. Unke" <thf00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:HnvDv0.1yy@news.online.de...
> Chris Blunt <chris_blunt@despammed.com> writes:
>
> > But they can distinguish between US military personnel and UN aid
> > workers, yet they seem to target both in the same way.
>
> The UN have a very negative image in Iraq. Because of the embargo
> which killed around one million people. Even if the embargo was mainly
> imposed by the US government, it was still the UN security council
> which finally sanctioned it.
>
It was actually a decision Saddam Hussein to make.