VOL. XXXVI

NO. 4

26-OCTOBER-1992

IRAQ

Iraq Barters Gas Oil for Turkish Products

MEES learns that a significant volume of Iraqi gas oil is being bartered forTurkish goods and products through the free trade zone established two monthsago at the northern Iraqi town of Faydah, some 80 kms. south of the Turkishborder. It is further understood that growing amount of trade is also takingplace with Iran through the northern Kurdistan area, and that many of thesmuggled goods eventually find their way to...