VOL. XXXVI

NO. 11

14-DECEMBER-1992

IRAQ

Iraq Inaugurates Saddam Canal

Iraq inaugurated on 7 December the completion of work on the "SaddamCanal" - a giant man-made waterway extending some 565 kms. from centralIraq to the Gulf - which was built at a cost of about ID800mn (approximately$26.6mn at the present market exchange rate and over $2bn at the official rate).The new waterway, described as Iraq's "Third River," runs from al-Yusufiya,about 40 kms. south of Baghdad, through four provinces -...