ABSTRACT
Saddam Hussein has survived Iraq's defeat in the Gulf War, and more than half a decade of post-war sanctions. He and his supporters have managed to suppress almost all active dissent, and have caused a new series of post war clashes between Iraq and the West. They have survived more than half a decade of sanctions, and agreed to an oil deal with the UN in 1996 that has relieved much of the economic pressure upon the regime. The cease-fire in the Gulf War initially seemed to promise a very different future. The terms of the cease-fire set forth in UN Security Council Resolution 687, which was adopted on April 3, 1991, called for an Iraq that would accept peace with its neighbors, and which would be subject to powerful international controls. At the same time, UN Security Council Resolution 688, called for major improvements in political liberalization and human rights.
