If Mr Hussein has nothing to hide, why did he put up with economic sanctions, forfeiting billions instead of co-operating with the previous inspection regime in order to end them?

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The Europeans did not pledge to stop their companies from providing life-support to the Castro regime, even while operating on confiscated U.S. property.

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It was at this conference that the company announced that it would implement a more rigorous social auditing regime and extend US operating rules and processes to its overseas contractors.

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The decision to vaccinate 2.4 million troops was taken after UN weapons inspectors operating in Iraq found that the regime had stockpiled 8, 000 litres of anthrax spores before the 1991 conflict.

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As a result, the consistently high interest rate regime has impacted the growth of companies operating in China, particularly in the construction industry.

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The Order should be construed or amended to bar CNPC from access to U.S. capital markets so long as it continues to be a 40% partner in the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company project, and so long as that venture provides the regime with millions of dollars in annual oil revenue.

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" They said the order "should be construed or amended to bar CNPC from access to U.S. capital markets so long as it continues to be a 40 percent partner in the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company project, and so long as that venture provides the regime with millions of dollars in annual oil revenue.

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In addition to the cynicism displayed by maintaining strong ties with the brutal Baghdad regime, there are also a variety of security-related risks that can damage business relationships when operating in a country that has consistently sought ways of circumventing U.N. sanctions in order to pursue the development of weapons of mass destruction programs.

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