One possibility is that the United States will use sanctions against them.

"And no country in good conscience can support using sanctions to hold back the hopes of the Iraqi people."

If this is true, then let's stop using sanctions as a tool to change policies in other countries.

Indeed, he is using sanctions to rally his people around him by proclaiming that they stand alone against an unfair world.

"We use sanctions because they can be effective," said an Administration official.

He had thought that there was an agreement in the Arab League not to use sanctions.

The U.S. government began to use economic sanctions against international terrorists in 1995.

Rather, the Western nations are believed to be more likely to use sanctions and other economic tools.

Why use economic sanctions and cruise missiles when you can just strike at the source?

The Administration has used economic sanctions to try to force him to go.