DATE=12/5/97

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

NUMBER=2-223714

TITLE=IRAQ / U-N / OIL (L ONLY)

BYLINE=JESSICA JONES

DATELINE=CAIRO

CONTENT=

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INTRO:  IRAQ SAYS IT WILL  NOT  EXPORT ANY MORE OIL UNTIL THE 

UNITED NATIONS APPROVES ITS LATEST PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO 

IRAQI CITIZENS.  JESSICA JONES REPORTS FROM OUR MIDDLE EAST 

BUREAU.



TEXT:  IRAQ STOPPED PUMPING OIL INTO ITS IRAQ-TO-TURKEY PIPELINE 

EARLY FRIDAY.  THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY -- IN A STATEMENT 

DISTRIBUTED BY THE COUNTRY'S OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY -- SAID THE 

DECISION WAS MADE BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES HAS BLOCKED SCORES OF

IRAQI CONTRACTS TO BUY GOODS DURING THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF THE 

OIL-FOR-FOOD PLAN. 



THE STATEMENT SAID IRAQ WOULD  NOT  EXPORT OIL FOR THE THIRD 

SIX-MONTH PHASE UNTIL THE UNITED NATIONS APPROVES THE FOOD 

DISTRIBUTION SCHEME FOR THAT SAME PERIOD.  IT ALSO SAID THE 

UNITED STATES MUST STOP BLOCKING CONTRACTS FOR IRAQI PURCHASES OF

GOODS UNDER THE FIRST TWO SIX-MONTH PHASES.  



IRAQ'S DECISION CAME ONE DAY AFTER THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL 

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE THIRD PHASE.



THE UNITED STATES HAS BLOCKED CONTRACTS FOR GOODS SUCH AS TIRES 

AND HELICOPTER PARTS, SAYING SUCH ITEMS COULD BE USED BY IRAQ'S 

ARMED FORCES. U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE SUPPLIES ARE NECESSARY FOR 

AUTHORIZED PURPOSES. 



THE OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM BEGAN LAST YEAR.  IT ALLOWS IRAQ TO SELL

LIMITED AMOUNTS OF OIL TO BUY FOOD, MEDICINE, AND OTHER GOODS FOR

ITS PEOPLE. 



IRAQ EXPORTS OIL THROUGH ITS NORTHERN PIPELINE TO TURKEY AND 

THROUGH ANOTHER LINE TO THE SOUTHERN IRAQI PORT OF BASRA.  

BAGHDAD HAS  NOT  SAID IF IT HAS STOPPED PUMPING OIL INTO ITS 

SOUTHERN PIPELINE.  (SIGNED)



NEB/JJ/JWH



05-Dec-97 10:30 AM EST (1530 UTC)

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Source: Voice of America

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