Hopes Rise That Ban on Oil Sales Is Ending
From Times Wire Reports
President Saddam Hussein’s approval of the U.N. oil-for-food deal gave Iraqis hope that their struggle with high prices and scarce medical supplies is almost over. Clerks left their desks to survey the bazaars, watching as prices for flour and other necessities dropped. People danced in Baghdad’s alleys Monday night as word spread that the government had dropped its objections to a deal allowing Iraq to sell $2 billion worth of oil to buy food and medicine.
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