<HTML>In a message dated 6/4/2003 8:49:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, itschris13@hotmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Iraq said on Wednesday it had not cancelled oil contracts with Russian companies to develop oil fields after the downfall of Saddam Hussein's government. "So far the oil ministry has not cancelled any contract with any country or with international oil companies," an Iraqi oil ministry source said. </BLOCKQUOTE> What's your take on the denial? and the nameless source? Nomi</HTML>