VOL. XXXIII

NO. 50

17-SEPTEMBER-1990

Iraq

Iraq Offers Free Oil to Third World Countries

In a message read on Iraqi TV by an announcer on 10 September, PresidentSaddam Husain offered to supply Third World countries with Iraqi oil free ofcharge, provided that they provide their own transportation. He said that theoffer was in recognition of the support that the Third World has extended to theArabs, particularly with regard to the Palestine issue, and also to relieve thehardships and oil shortages...