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Article: Iraq Blames U.N. Sanctions Committee for
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 13, 1999
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The Iraqi Oil Ministry has accused the United Nations Sanctions
Committee of blocking Iraq from purchasing equipment used to tackle
oil wastes and environmental pollution, a weekly newspaper reported
on Thursday.
Al-Zawra weekly quoted Ali Hamid Mohammed, director-general of
the
Northern Refinery Company of Iraq, as saying Iraq has signed
contracts to purchase equipment and materials used in the disposal
of
industrial water under the oil-for-food program between Iraq and the
U.N.