Iraqis, Serbs in Unlikely Alliance // UN Pariahs Build `New World Disorder' And Seek to Swap Oil for Weapon Parts

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: July 6, 1993| Author: Mark Fineman | Copyright information

BAGHDAD, Iraq In the practical world of pariah politics, Yugoslav Gen. Zivota Panic's agenda when he arrived here for a secret meeting appeared to be the perfect marriage of convenience: arms for oil.

Through an impressive postwar reconstruction program, Iraq has restored its ability to produce as much as 6 million barrels of oil a day; its sale abroad is prohibited under harsh UN trade sanctions that also bar Baghdad from importing spare parts for its war-wounded armed forces.

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