VOL. XXXIII
NO. 46
20-AUGUST-1990
Financial and Banking News
Gulf Crisis
Iraqi President's Appeal on Food Indicates Concern over Food Stocks
Iraqi President Saddam Husain's appeal to Iraqi citizens to eat less and notto buy new clothes was the first public indication of his concern thatinternational sanctions could quickly impose hardships on the Iraqi economy. Ina special message to the nation's women, which formed part of a longer speechdelivered on 12 August, the Iraqi leader said that "every...
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