VOL. XXXI
NO. 50
19-SEPTEMBER-1988
IRAQ
US Senate Votes Economic Sanctions against Iraq
The US Senate voted on 9 September to impose economic sanctions againstIraq for its alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish dissidents, acharge that Iraq has categorically denied. The action by the Senate was taken bya voice vote on a bill introduced by Democratic Senator Claiborne Pell, theChairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The bill calls for acut-off of credit facilities, a ban on...
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