[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Seed law in Iraq

[Alfred Kagan]

Another shocking revelation.

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:53:22 -0600
From: <isahmad at uiuc.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Seed law in Iraq
To: akagan at uiuc.edu, sgdavis at uiuc.edu



---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:22:35 -0600
>From: Mueen Nawaz <m.nawaz at ieee.org>
>Subject: Seed law in Iraq
>To: m.nawaz at ieee.org
>Cc: imohamma at uiuc.edu, makhan at uiuc.edu, nsheikh at uiuc.edu,
tayebi at uiuc.edu, isahmad at uiuc.edu
>
>AOA,
>
>(News a little old)
>
>"As part of sweeping "economic restructuring" implemented by
>the Bush Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no longer
>be permitted to save their seeds. Instead, they will be
forced
>to buy seeds from US corporations -- including seeds the
>Iraqis themselves developed over hundreds of years. That is
>because in recent years, transnational corporations have
>patented and now own many seed varieties originated or
>developed by indigenous peoples. In a short time, Iraq will
be
>living under the new American credo: Pay Monsanto, or
starve."
>
>Details at:
>
>http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/iraq_seeds.htm
>http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=6
>
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>                     anl
>

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