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Finally, one other body has an interest in Iraqi oil: the United Nations. It would have to lift its economic sanctions for Iraq to begin exporting oil for cash. The Bush Administration last week introduced a resolution in the Security Council to remove the sanctions and give the U.S. and its allies broad control over Iraq's oil industry and government until a permanent government is in place...
...reparations, modernize existing oil fields, open new ones and raise the living standards of its people. In fact, a State Department--sponsored advisory group of Iraqi exiles has concluded that the country needs to double its output by the end of the decade to "invigorate Iraq's economy and lift the Iraqi people out of a future of impoverishment." If Iraq does so, some experts believe, growing demand for oil around the world would eat up that new supply as quickly as it came to market, thus keeping prices stable. But in another scenario, oil prices could be pushed sharply...
...from its list of countries supporting terrorism. According to a General Accounting Office report, this "made Iraq eligible to purchase aircraft, helicopters, and national security controlled items for military end use." Yet another declassified State Department document makes clear that the Reagan Administration intended to implement regulations that would lift restrictions on exports "to both Iran and Iraq of five chemicals that could be used in chemical weapons production." This made sense, as the U.S. was peddling arms to Iran as well via the Iran-contra conduit...
...original conception of the elaborate opening ceremony, Zoninsein would have wound her way through the Yard for eight hours. (Another version called for her to start on the other side of the river 48 hours before.) Then, a hydraulic lift on the stage would have lowered her through a trap door and hoisted Lithgow up from below...
...when he met with Arts First planners about a week ago, Yamaguchi realized he couldn’t pull it off. The stage was only 10 inches high, which didn’t leave room for the hydraulic lift, much less Lithgow. And with the parade scheduled to end a little after 11 a.m., an eight-hour walk would have had to start at three in the morning...