VOL. XL

No. 39

29-September-1997

IRAQ

US Accuses Iraq Of Smuggling Over 150,000 T/M Of Gas Oil To Gulf; Turkey RegulatesContraband Iraqi Petroleum Products

US President Bill Clinton has accused Iraq of smuggling over 150,000 tons/month (37,000b/d) of gas oil in violation of UN Security Council resolution 661. "Illegalsmuggling of Iraqi gas oil from the Shatt al-Arab waterway continues to increase at analarming rate. We now estimate that over 150,000 metric tons of gas oil each month isexported...