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...There cargoes supposedly destined for Jordanian companies are loaded onto trucks bound for Iraq. "Saddam is willing to pay a high price," says Jawad Anani, former Jordanian Trade Minister, "and plenty of people here were willing to take high risks in return for the promise of hefty profits." Basil Jardeneh, Jordan's Finance Minister, acknowledged the existence of the front companies, but he insists that "there is nothing in the U.N. sanctions barring financial transactions involving such firms...
...threat of Western political and economic retaliation. But he also calculates that Saddam could outlast George Bush. As long as he retains power, the Iraqi dictator is a potential menace to regional stability -- nowhere more so than in Jordan. "Smuggling in this country is an industry," concedes Finance Minister Jardeneh. Many Jordanians have come to view it also as a necessary form of insurance to placate the bully next door...
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