UN sanctions on Iraq still in force

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Iraq is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources, and yet it suffers from a dismal economy with an unemployment rate of up to 18 per cent.

The country's economy slipped under Saddam Hussein's long rule and nose-dived further in the anarchic years that followed the US-led invasion in 2003.

But even now, despite much optimism over a stable democratic future in Iraq, several UN trade sanctions applied in the early 1990's during Hussein's reign - are still in effect.

And they are costing the country tens of billions of dollars in lost trade every year.

AL Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from Baghdad.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/20103127342747157.html

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[Quietlearner]

This is an old segment from the news

Sorry about that It popped as breaking news from one of the new programs a friend has written for me to track news events in Iraq. Unfortunately,i t has done this several times in the last 8 hours. Darn bugs!! Ill get it worked out and thanks for pointing this out.

Quietlearner

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