Word: embargoing
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...returns to life by way of a rematch with Boris Spassky (the man from whom he took the world championship in 1972) in, of all places, Yugoslavia. The picture flashed around the world is that of Fischer spitting on a U.S. government order charging him with violating the U.N. embargo on Yugoslavia. The papers are full of Fischer's ravings about a world Jewish conspiracy...
Bosnian officials had lobbied for a resolution that would spell out tougher action and lift the arms embargo on their country. By focusing solely on the delivery of humanitarian aid and making no reference to Serbian aggression, said Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey, the measure will only "fatten up Bosnians before the slaughter...
Western analysts are worried that Saddam Hussein, recently reported to have put down a revolt of his own senior officers, is itching to pick a fight with the outside world to prove he's in control despite the debilitating international embargo and the presence of the U.N. arms inspectors. He has defied demands for information on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, refused to renew an agreement allowing relief workers to operate in Iraq, spurned a U.N. deal that would allow him to sell $1.6 billion in oil to finance food and humanitarian aid, and rejected a new U.N.-demarcated...
...overall ineffectiveness of the embargo has enabled Saddam to restore communications and electrical services and repair damage to bridges and government buildings. U.S. diplomats believe the ease with which Iraq has circumvented the sanctions has encouraged Saddam to increase his defiance of U.N. demands...
Jordanian officials feel unfairly squeezed by Washington. Last year, when Baker urged Taher al-Masri, then Jordan's Prime Minister, to comply with the embargo, he responded, "If you want me to reduce trade with Iraq, then open the gulf states to trade with us." Jordan's economy has been badly hurt by the punishment meted out by the desert kingdoms for King Hussein's support of Saddam in the war. Echoing widespread sentiments in Amman, Minister of Information Mahmoud al-Sherif complains that the volume of smuggling from Turkey and Syria is much greater than that from Jordan...