Food shortages and rationing reshape Iraqi life under oil blockade
In Baghdad amid an 11 week U N embargo against Iraq after the Kuwait invasion, imported foods from Asia and Europe fill shelves while staples like wheat milk sugar and tea grow scarce. Prices rise, meals shrink to basic staples, and farmers are urged to triple wheat crops as diplomats warn of a looming crisis without external aid.
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Soviet emissary Yevgeny Primakov urged President Bush to back stronger UN led sanctions on Iraq to force withdrawal from Kuwait. He said Moscow favors political and diplomatic steps and possible reparations or an international war crimes trial, while not rewarding Saddam Hussein. Primakov conducted talks in Rome Paris and Washington en route to Baghdad.
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