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To: kendall harmon who wrote (50051)	8/30/1999 7:01:00 AM
From: oilbabe	Respond to of 95453

Iraq to pump oil as aid to quake-hit Turkey August 28, 1999 Web posted at: 5:03 PM EDT (2103 GMT) BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Iraq said on Saturday that it would pump $10 million worth of oil to quake-battered Turkey. The Iraqi News Agency INA quoted a statement issued after a cabinet meeting chaired by President Saddam Hussein as saying that the oil aid to Turkey would be to a greater value than aid provided by the United States. "The Oil Ministry will start pumping oil to Turkey to a greater value than assistance announced so far by the United States and equal to the value of 10 million dollars," INA said. It said Iraq would ensure the value of its oil aid was greater than the aid provided by the United States to Turkey. INA did not say when exactly Iraq would begin to pump oil to Turkey. The agency said a committee would be set up consisting of representatives of the Iraqi and Turkish Red Crescent societies to distribute the aid to families of the victims of the earthquake. Turkey was hit last week by an earthquake that killed and injured thousands of people and destroyed thousands of homes. Iraq said it had already sent medical teams to neighbouring Turkey. Baghdad currently pumps oil from the Kirkuk field in northern Iraq to a terminal at the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Iraq's oil exports were severly restricted after the 1991 Gulf War that drove its forces from Kuwait. Baghdad is currently allowed to export $5.26 billion worth of oil every six month under an oil-for-food deal with the United Nations.