In 1999, Iraq suffered its worst drought of the century, with the effect of triggering an even greater dependence on imported grain under the oil for food program.

1999年，伊拉克蒙受了该世纪最严重的干旱，结果是引发了对于“石油换食品计划”项下的进口谷物的更大依赖。

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The U.N. was due to discuss the oil for food program Tuesday.

CNN: British troops in southern Iraq.

Later he helped dig up the dormant Swiss bank accounts of Jewish Holocaust victims and looked into the corruption of the Iraqi Oil for Food program for the UN.

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But Iraqi Trade Minister Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih Tuesday said the U.S. and Britain were holding up shipments of food and medical supplies which Iraq would receive under the oil for food program.

CNN: British troops in southern Iraq.