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The oil-for-food programme (OFF) was set up to allow Iraq to sell its oil in return for humanitarian relief, so it would not breach sanctions imposed after the first Iraq war.
The programme was administered by the United Nations and is now embroiled in a corruption scandal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4445609.stm
Halliburton Co., the oil company that was headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, signed contracts with Iraq worth $73 million through two subsidiaries while he was at its helm, the Washington Post reported.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/6/24/80648.shtml
A group of US congressmen has held an informal hearing into a memo that suggests President George Bush decided on the Iraq war months in advance.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4101420.stm
US President George W Bush has said that the sacrifices being made to fight insurgents in Iraq are vital to the future security of the United States.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4631339.stm
The programme was administered by the United Nations and is now embroiled in a corruption scandal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4445609.stm
Halliburton Co., the oil company that was headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, signed contracts with Iraq worth $73 million through two subsidiaries while he was at its helm, the Washington Post reported.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/6/24/80648.shtml
A group of US congressmen has held an informal hearing into a memo that suggests President George Bush decided on the Iraq war months in advance.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4101420.stm
US President George W Bush has said that the sacrifices being made to fight insurgents in Iraq are vital to the future security of the United States.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4631339.stm