VOL. XXXIV

NO. 3

22-OCTOBER-1990

Iraq

Hammadi on Impact of Embargo on Iraqi Economy

Dr. Sa'dun Hammadi, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the EconomicCommittee, has affirmed that while Iraq has been harmed by the sanctions,nonetheless it is capable of resisting the embargo through self-reliance andoptimization of agricultural production. He said in an interview with theBaghdad daily al-Jumhuriya on 13 October that "any talk that Iraq has notbeen hurt by the blockade is not true;...