eLemonator Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12004115 11 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gakman Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Nice try- December 2010! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Devil Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Umm......the date. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haden'sdad Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Sorry, but this is an old article. I also saw this info on another site. But I haven't been able to confirm this within the last hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambob Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thank you for your effort but unfortunately as mentioned above this is old news...here is the article: 15 December 2010 Last updated at 14:30 ET UN lifts sanctions against Iraq The UN Security Council has voted to lift most international sanctions imposed on Iraq during the Saddam Hussein era. The vote is intended as a recognition of the political progress made in Iraq. One resolution ends sanctions that were imposed to stop Iraq building nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. The fear that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction was the main reason cited for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Sanctions were first imposed on Baghdad in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait, though some relating to trade, investment and conventional weapons have been lifted since 2003. Different situationIn a statement, the Security Council said it "recognises that the situation now existing in Iraq is significantly different from that which existed at the time of the adoption of resolution 661" in 1990. The council also voted to return control of Iraq's oil and natural gas revenue to the government on 30 June and to end all remaining activities of the oil-for-food programme, which helped ordinary Iraqis cope with sanctions. US Vice President Joe Biden, chairing the high-level meeting, noted that the number of violent attacks in Iraq had fallen and he said the people there had "flatly rejected the grim future offered by extremists". "Iraq is on the cusp of something remarkable - a stable, self-reliant nation," he said. But UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Iraq must make efforts to agree a border with Kuwait and to agree on a dispute over war reparations if all sanctions were to be ended. Baghdad still pays 5% of revenues from its oil sales into a fund which pays reparations to Kuwait. Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said normalisation of relations with Kuwait would be a priority for the new Iraqi government. "I can say that the session today is the beginning of the end," Mr Zebari told Associated Press before the meeting. "Today Iraq will be liberated from all sanctions caused by wars and misdeeds of the former regime," he said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnisx Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Nooo, i thought this was the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorre Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_dailyprogramme.html There are some closed meetings today... ???? Who knows??? Edited March 30, 2012 by Lorre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Veyron Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) I do hope this will be the case. Edited March 30, 2012 by R Veyron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eLemonator Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I had heard it was on the news today, too!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportfisher Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I had heard it was on the news today, too!!!! got a current link? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarprospect Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) UN lifts sanctions against Iraq The right link, OP was right, but BBC forgot to change the date http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57406953/iraq-shiite-cleric-cancel-saddam-era-un-sanctions/ Edited March 30, 2012 by dinarprospect 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDownTheShore Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks eLemonator, this is an old article but there's no need for negs, common guys and gals let's even him out, thanks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eLemonator Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Not yet, I am on my iPhone, I will see what I can confirm when I get home 20 minutes 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrref Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12004115 This article is several years old. The only news that really counts would be posted in the Gazzette. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesjeske Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 UN lifts sanctions against Iraq The right link, OP was right, but BBC forgot to change the date http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-57406953/iraq-shiite-cleric-cancel-saddam-era-un-sanctions/ I don't see any articles relating to Iraq being out of Chapter 7 on this link. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpsmit Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 March 30, 2012 8:15 AM Iraq Shiite cleric: cancel Saddam-era UN sanctions Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, attends the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 29, 2012. The annual Arab summit meeting opened in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday with only 10 of the leaders of the 22-member Arab League in attendance and amid a growing rift between Arab countries over how far they should go to end the one-year conflict in Syria. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (Karim Kadim) BAGHDAD — An aide to Iraq's top Shiite cleric says Arab and international leaders should work to remove long-standing U.N. resolutions against Iraq. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said lifting the U.N. sanctions is essential for the country to gain full sovereignty, according to al-Sistani's representative, Ahmed al-Safi. He spoke during a Friday sermon in the holy city of Karbala. Iraq has been pressing for the U.N. Security Council to cancel sanctions and more than 70 resolutions adopted after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq's deposed dictator, Saddam Hussein. Commenting on the just-completed Arab League summit in Baghdad, Al-Safi said the ayatollah is pleased Iraq is opening up to the Arab world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennesseegirl Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Not yet, I am on my iPhone, I will see what I can confirm when I get home 20 minutes Plus one for you for trying to bring us the news! You really got my heart goin lol I needed that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinarprospect Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I don't see any articles relating to Iraq being out of Chapter 7 on this link. Yes, your right. it seems like CBS and the Washington post are only giving a recap of the summit. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqs-top-shiite-cleric-calls-for-lifting-saddam-era-un-sanctions-against-his-country/2012/03/30/gIQAy001kS_story.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDownTheShore Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 March 30, 2012 8:15 AM Iraq Shiite cleric: cancel Saddam-era UN sanctions Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, attends the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 29, 2012. The annual Arab summit meeting opened in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday with only 10 of the leaders of the 22-member Arab League in attendance and amid a growing rift between Arab countries over how far they should go to end the one-year conflict in Syria. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (Karim Kadim) BAGHDAD — An aide to Iraq's top Shiite cleric says Arab and international leaders should work to remove long-standing U.N. resolutions against Iraq. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said lifting the U.N. sanctions is essential for the country to gain full sovereignty, according to al-Sistani's representative, Ahmed al-Safi. He spoke during a Friday sermon in the holy city of Karbala. Iraq has been pressing for the U.N. Security Council to cancel sanctions and more than 70 resolutions adopted after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq's deposed dictator, Saddam Hussein. Commenting on the just-completed Arab League summit in Baghdad, Al-Safi said the ayatollah is pleased Iraq is opening up to the Arab world. They're working on it, hopefully we'll hear something next week, thanks for the post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldiegirl Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 old news...why post it? 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadita Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks eLemonator, this is an old article but there's no need for negs, common guys and gals let's even him out, thanks. I'm with ya . +1 for ya Have a caipirinha weekend 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDownTheShore Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I'm with ya . +1 for ya Have a caipirinha weekend You bet I'll have some caipirinha, I need it, thanks Nadita. old news...why post it? I believe it was an honest mistake, we've all made them at one time or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs71 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hasn't been lifted yet folks.... Calm down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtistFormallyKnownAs Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/ This is the link for BBC Mid East news (from his link) nothing about Chap 7 ,hmmmm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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