VOL. XLIII

No. 06

7-February-2000

IRAQ

Iraq Gives New Hint Of Accepting 1284; US Says Seized Russian Ship Carried Smuggled Iraqi Oil

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq 'Aziz said on 2 February that his government would be prepared to take a fresh look at UN Security Council resolution 1284 if changes were made to it. "We told our friends who advised us to cooperate with the United Nations: try to amend the resolution, and well examine the amendment," Mr 'Aziz told a visiting Jordanian delegation....