Lawmaker|NNP Appeals|NNPS for|IN Innocent|JJ Iraqis|NNP 

By|IN HASSAN|NNP ABDULWAHAB|NNP ,|, Associated|NNP Press|NNP Writer|NNP 
BASRA|NNP ,|, Iraq|NNP (|( AP|NNP )|) 

A|DT U.S.|NN lawmaker|NN assessing|VBG the|DT impact|NN of|IN U.N.|NN sanctions|NNS on|IN Iraq|NNP said|VBD Wednesday|NNP it|PRP is|VBZ important|JJ not|RB only|RB to|TO force|VB Baghdad|NNP to|TO give|VB up|RP its|PRP$ weapons|NNS of|IN mass|NN destruction|NN but|CC also|RB to|TO do|VB more|JJR to|TO ease|VB the|DT hardships|NNS on|IN ordinary|JJ Iraqis|NNP .|. 

Rep.|NN Tony|NNP Hall|NNP ,|, D-Ohio|NNP ,|, did|VBD not|RB call|VB for|IN a|DT lifting|NN of|IN sanctions|NNS imposed|VBN on|IN Iraq|NNP for|IN its|PRP$ 1990|CD invasion|NN of|IN Kuwait|NNP ,|, but|CC said|VBD the|DT United|NNP Nations|NNPS should|MD make|VB sure|JJ that|IN sanctions|NNS do|VBP not|RB hurt|VBN innocent|JJ Iraqis|NNP .|. 

"|'' It|PRP was|VBD very|RB ,|, very|RB important|JJ "|'' to|TO compel|VB Iraq|NNP to|TO rid|VB itself|PRP of|IN weapons|NNS of|IN mass|NN destruction|NN so|IN that|IN "|'' it|PRP cannot|NN use|NN or|CC export|VB them|PRP to|TO other|JJ countries|NNS ,|, "|'' he|PRP told|VBD Associated|NNP Press|NNP Television|NNP News|NNP .|. 

But|CC he|PRP insisted|VBD the|DT international|JJ community|NN can|MD do|VB a|DT much|RB better|JJR job|NN in|IN helping|VBG Iraq|NNP deal|NN with|IN its|PRP$ economic|JJ and|CC health|NN problems|NNS .|. 

One|CD way|NN would|MD be|VB to|TO speed|VB up|RP the|DT flow|NN of|IN health|NN supplies|NNS and|CC other|JJ urgent|JJ commodities|NNS to|TO the|DT country|NN under|IN a|DT U.N.|NN humanitarian|JJ program|NN ,|, he|PRP said|VBD .|. 

Iraq|NNP says|VBZ the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS and|CC Britain|NNP hold|VBP up|RB delivery|NN of|IN needed|VBN supplies|NNS ,|, using|VBG their|PRP$ clout|NN in|IN the|DT United|NNP Nations|NNPS .|. 
The|DT U.S.|NN government|NN says|VBZ it|PRP wants|VBZ to|TO ensure|VB that|IN Iraq|NNP is|VBZ not|RB buying|VBG items|NNS that|WDT appear|VBP to|TO be|VB humanitarian|JJ in|IN nature|NN but|CC that|DT could|MD be|VB used|VBN for|IN making|VBG weapons|NNS .|. 

