VOL. XLVI

No 35

01-September-2003

ISRAEL

State Department Sees No Chance Of Exporting Iraqi Crude Via Haifa, Israeli Press Says

The US State Department has denied that any plans exist to export Iraqi crude through the defunct Kirkuk-Haifa pipeline, according to an unnamed official cited in Haaretz newspaper on 27 August. A senior State Department source said that not only is there no such plan, but also there is no intention or possibility of such a scenario, adding that there will be no...