Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thursday endorsed France's call to lift limits on Iraq's oil-for-food sales, but it remains opposed to the proposed replacing of UNSCOM with a financial monitoring system. Dowell points out that even the existing oil-sales limit amounts to more oil than Baghdad is currently able to produce. "It won't mean much unless Iraq can import machinery to upgrade its oil production, which is forbidden under current sanctions," says Dowell. While France believes sanctions are ineffective and exacting a brutal toll on the Iraqi people, Washington sees them as essential to contain Saddam. "But without...
...actors were also able to incorporate certain aspects of their imposing surroundings--oil paintings, a grand piano, antique couches and chairs--into the play, never ceasing to amaze the audience. Some members of the audience, those with centrally-located seats, found themselves included in the action of the play, much to their delight and amusement. It almost seems as if this play were meant to be staged in such a manner, in such a home--on a traditional stage, in front of a large audience, the play could seem stiff and overdone at times); whereas, through Eaton's direction...
...Taha Yassin Ramadan said his country is challenging the U.S. presence by conducting flights in the restricted area. Trying to take the "no" out of "no-fly zone" is Iraq's latest way of tweaking the U.S., following Sunday's announcement (and then retraction) that Iraq would expel U.N. oil-for-food inspectors. And the Iraqi government continues to put on an aggressive front, saying it shot down a U.S. plane on Monday, which the U.S. denies. "Our resistance will continue against any penetration," Ramadan told the Associated Press. "The war is still...
...zone as U.S. planes hit an Iraqi air defense battery after being fired upon. Iraq's government said four soldiers were killed after U.S. bombs made at least two direct hits on the emplacement near the city of Mosul. Meanwhile, Iraq was shifting its position on the U.N.'s oil-for-food program. One day after causing a minor stir by threatening to expell some 400 workers who monitor the program, Iraq's trade minister called a press conference to say they could stay after all -- at least for now. Still, Mohammed Mehdi Saleh insisted once more that...
...Saleh's (and presumably Saddam Hussein's) objection comes out of a fear that oil for food means sanctions will continue indefinitely, since it allows the West to make the dubious argument that sanctions actually benefit the Iraqi people by ensuring that they get at least some food. So while Saleh is backing down for now, expect this to be revisited again in the coming months before the program comes up for renewal...