VOL. XLIII

No. 10

6-March-2000

IRAQ

US Willing To Discuss New Approaches To Implementing Oil-For-Food Program

Under mounting domestic and international pressure to do more to help alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi population, recent statements by senior White House and State Department officials indicate that the US is now willing to discuss alternative ways of implementing the oil-for-food program. Although the US is maintaining its hard-line stance towards Iraq and insisting on the return of...