EPIC refutes Clinton on Iraq

Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Sun Nov 12 08:37:11 PST 2000



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>Subject: [saveageneration] EPIC refutes CLINTON
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>AN EPIC REBUTTAL
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>In the above interview with Amy Goodman, President Clinton said, "...How
>much money did Iraq earn last year from oil? How much money did they get,
>cash on the barrel head, to Saddam Hussein? Answer - $19 billion that he
>can use exclusively for food, for medicine, to develop his country..."
>
>...Regarding the President's remark about Saddam getting "cash on the barrel
>head," he is flat wrong. Baghdad gets nothing. All oil revenues are
>deposited into a UN bank account in New York City, under the absolute
>control of the UN 661 Sanctions Committee....
>

So EPIC wants to replace the current oil-for-food program with an oil-for-weapons program?

Brad DeLong



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