VOL. XXXIII
NO. 52
1-OCTOBER-1990
Iraq
Iraq Threatens to Destroy Oilfields and Israel if Sanctions StrangleEconomy
A joint meeting of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council and the RegionalCommand of the Ba'th Party, chaired by President Saddam Husain, issued astatement on 23 September threatening to attack Gulf oilfields and Israel if theeconomic sanctions strangle the Iraqi economy.
According to the communique, "The oil, its areas, and Israel will betransformed into something different from what...
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