Iraq: The exception to the rule

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 125-137

  Yaphe, Judith S ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039560976     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/016366001561401     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Testimony of Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Edward Walker before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, March 22, 2000; testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Alina Romanowski before the House Committee on International Relations, March 23, 2000.
2. UNICEF, "A Report on Iraq Under a Decade of Sanctions," March 3, 2000, .
3. Randah Taqiyy al-Din, al-Hayat, August 1, 2000.
4. Text of Iraqi President's Speech on Anniversary Marking End of Iraq-Iran War, Baghdad Iraq News Agency, August 8, 2000. One-third of Iraq's oil income goes to pay reparations.
5. In August, the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) submitted a claim for reparations of $21.6 billion for lost oil and gas sales resulting from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Russia and France had objected to an earlier claim by KPC and, for the first time since 1991, no award was made at the time. Barbara Crossette, "Dispute Arises on Iraqi Debt for Oil Losses by Kuwaitis," New York Times, August 23, 2000, p. A6. In September, the United States agreed to a cut in the amount Iraq must put into the reparations fund in exchange for payment of the KPC claim.
6. Commentary by Minister of State at the Foreign Office Peter Hain, Independent, August 7, 2000.
7. Speech to the Military Industrial Organization carried on Republic of Iraq Television, June 12, 2000, and translated by FBIS, GMP20000612000293.
8. Text of Iraqi President's Speech on Anniversary Marking End of Iraq-Iran War, August 8, 2000.
9. "Clinton Aide Defends Sanctions as Policy Tool," Reuters, May 19, 2000.
10. "Saddam Reportedly Gives Secretary Power to Withdraw Iraqi Expatriates' Passports," Al-Sharq al-Awsat, August 8, 2000.
11. "Iraqi Sources See Qusay's Letter to Saddam as Announcement of 'Political Role,'" Al-Hayat, August 5, 2000, p. 2.