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<< If you read 687, you'll see that a major identified need for the oil-for-food setup is the need to force Iraq to pay reparations (no matter how miserable the Iraqi people are). >> Israelis Awarded Iraq Compensation Thursday, April 15, 1999; 11:17 a.m. EDT JERUSALEM (AP) -- Some 68 Israeli companies will share over $31 million in compensation for damage they sustained during the 1991 Gulf War, Israel's Justice Ministry said Thursday. The money comes from a U.N. committee established in 1991 to compensate individuals and businesses harmed by Iraq during the war. The committee draws its funds from Iraqi oil revenues. The decision by the Geneva-based committee, announced Tuesday, represents the first time the fund has compensated Israeli companies. Previous awards have been made to individual Israelis. Nearly $31.5 million will go to 68 Israeli companies that sustained damage when Iraq unleashed 40 Scud missiles on the Jewish state. The largest award among those going to companies is nearly $5.7 million; the smallest, nearly $2,000. Requests from another 17 companies were rejected; another 39 are awaiting a decision. The committee also granted 13 individuals a total of about $231,000. Nearly $900,000 has already been awarded to Israelis. Copyright 1999 The Associated Press -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html