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> Britain is also proposing stimulating the Iraqi agricultural sector by > allowing money generated from oil to be spent on local produce, rather > than imported food. If I remember rightly, one of the reasons given by the government for continuing sanctions recently was that Iraq was actually exporting food, suggesting that all of the country's problems were therefore the fault of big bad Saddam. This little snippet demonstrates the absurdity of these claims; if Iraq isn't allowed to spend the revenue it gains from selling oil, its only major source of funds, on domestic produce, it is no surprise if some of it is being exported. Ho-hum. Joe -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Perkins E-mail: joe.perkins@balliol.ox.ac.uk Balliol College, Tel: (01865) 281971 Oxford OX1 3BJ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html