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Iraq Fights Back With Commerce

13 November 2002   

 

Iraq Fights Back With Commerce

"Jordan's King Abdullah II is vulnerable. Iraq is Jordan's top trading partner and the source of $600 million in U.N.-approved oil a year. Jordanian companies also do about $400 million a year in business under the U.N. oil-for-food program. But the U.S. is Jordan's No. 2 trading partner and provides the government with about $400 million in aid a year."


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