VOL. XL

No. 47

24-November-1997

IRAQ

Iraq's Illegal Gas Oil Exports Worth $75Mn For 1997 Says MIF

The UN Sanctions Committee has been informed by the Multinational Interception Force(MIF) that Iraq's illegal gas oil exports through Iranian waters to the UAE increased to avalue of $75mn during 1997, compared with $10mn in 1996. The MIF team, headed by USRear-Admiral Michael Bordy, deputy commander of US Forces, Central Command, told theSanctions Committee that this method of smuggling would...