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variable · 07-02-2003, 03:03 AM

apparently these sanctions were lifted a while back in may...

from: http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=18073

Quote:

Sanctions Lifted

Another break for the economy came on May 22, when the UN Security Council, under pressure from the U.S., lifted sanctions against Iraq. That means imports will no longer be restricted and that Iraq, with the world's second-largest proven oil reserves, after Saudi Arabia's, can now sell crude on the open market for the first time since 1990.

In 2002, Iraq exported about 500 million barrels of oil under the UN's oil-for-food program; by next year, production could be twice that amount, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has said.

now, iirc, the us was preventing sanctions from being lifted by specifically tying them to the disarmament of saddams wmd's (as a condition for surrendering after gulf war I). one can only assume that if the sanctions have been lifted that iraq has been successfully disarmed. anyone else see the problem here or is it just accepted now that iraq does not have wmd's?

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