- Title: IRAQ: PEOPLE RECEIVE NEWS OF LIFTING U.N. SANCTIONS WITH MIXED REACTIONS
- Date: 24th May 2003
- Summary: (U3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MAY 23, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MV PEOPLE READING NEWSPAPERS; SCU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE READING: "ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WILL BE LIFTED THIS WEEK" (4 SHOTS) 0.21 2. SLV MAIN GRAIN MARKET ACTIVITY (4 SHOTS) 0.40 4. MV EST SHOT DR. ABDUL-SATAR JUWAD MEDIA ANALYST 0.46 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. ABDUL-SATAR JUWAD MEDIA ANALYST SAYING "I think that the Iraqis are ready to co-operate with any international body to build their country and re-establish their organizations and the infrastructure of the country. And I hope that priority No. 1 should be done which is to secure peace and stability in the country and pay the employees their salary." 1.14 6. SLV /MV FLOUR BAGS (4 SHOTS) 1.36 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FALIH AL-BARAKA, TRADER AT THE GRAIN MARKET SAYING "Whether they (the sanctions) exist or not (lifted or not) it is the same. I'll tell you why: as Iraqis, when the sanctions are lifted off our country after thirteen years, we should have a president representing this country. What is the advantage behind lifting the sanctions if we have no President. You see this chaos and instability, so what is the advantage." 1.55 8. SLV BAGS OF FLOUR 2.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
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- Story Text: Iraqis have received news of lifting sanctions off
their country with mixed reactions. Some call it a step
forward while others describe it as futile without a
government in place.
Iraqis have reacted to the decision to lift the 13-year
old sanctions with mixed reactions.
Some described it as a good step, expressing hope that
this would help end their suffering during the years of
stringent UN sanctions imposed on Iraq following its invasion
of Kuwait.
"I think that the Iraqis are ready to co-operate with any
international body to build their country and re-establish
their organizations and the infrastructure of the country. And
I hope that priority No. 1 should be done which is to secure
peace and stability in the country and pay the employees
their salary," said Media analyst Dr. Abdul-Satar Juwad.
Other Iraqis describe the lifting of sanctions as futile
without the establishment of a government to run their
affairs.
"Whether they (the sanctions) exist or not (lifted or not)
it is the same. I'll tell you why: as Iraqis, when the
sanctions are lifted off our country after 13 years, we should
have president representing this country. What is the
advantage behind lifting the sanctions if we have no
President? You see this chaos and instability, so what is the
advantage?," said the trader Falih al-Baraka.
The United Nations Security Council granted the United
States and Britain broad powers to run postwar Iraq and use
its abundant oil resources to finance its reconstruction, when
it voted to lift 13 years of international sanctions imposed
on Iraq over its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
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