VOL. XLI/VOL. XLII

Nos. 52/1

28-December-1998/4-January-1999

IRAQ

Observers Puzzled By US Stance On Iraq Oil-For-Food Program

Iraqi oil exports under the UN oil-for-food program have emergedunscathed from the US/UK "Desert Fox" air strikes on Iraq, but observers arepuzzled about what US officials could mean when they talk about possible US amenabilitytowards "expanding" the program in future. For purely practical reasons anyexpansion of the scheme would surely be out of the question at the...