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Iraq & Oil

The United States government objects to the latest UN proposal for letting Iraq sell oil in order to purchase much-needed food for its deprived citizens. The Clinton administration claims the UN proposal being studied is unacceptable because it would give Saddam Hussein control of food distribution within the U.S.-protected Kurdish zone of Iraq. NPR's Ted Clark reports.

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