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According to the Barbara Crossette article 'IRAQI MINISTER DISMISSES U.S. PLEDGE ON SANCTIONS' in today's CASI digest, 'Some ideas already floated here have been rejected by the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. For example, for years the United Nations has been urging Iraq to accept cash from supervised oil sales - now nearing a total of $40 billion since 1996 - to inject seed money into the local economy. The Iraqis have refused to do this, officials say,because it would put even a small amount of economic power into thehands of citizens.' This is not something I have been following closely, but it does not fit with my recollection (although it is plausible). My recollection is that there is a cash component in the north but not the centre and south because the US and Britain don't want cash getting into the hands of the regime this way. Any comments? Eric ---------------------- Dr. Eric Herring Department of Politics University of Bristol 10 Priory Road Bristol BS8 1TU England, UK Tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582 Fax +44-(0)117-973-2133 http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics eric.herring@bristol.ac.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk