Example sentences of "[conj] say [that] iraq " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his first interview with American television , President Saddam Hussein told C B S News that he did n't want war with the west , but he claimed that God was on his side and said that Iraq would come out victorious in any conflict . |
| 2 | A report in the New York Times in late March 1990 quoted US intelligence sources as saying that Iraq had recently completed the construction of six launchers for its al-Husayen missiles at the H-2 air base in western Iraq near the Jordanian border . |
| 3 | The International Herald Tribune of May 29 , 1989 , quoted US officials as saying that Iraq had agreed to pay $27,300,000 in compensation to the families of the 37 US crew members who had been killed in May 1987 during Iraq 's missile attack on the USS Stark in the Gulf [ see p. 35597 ] . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , hopes rose of a possible acceptance by Iraq of UN Security Council Resolution 706 permitting the sale of 1,600,000 million barrels per day ( bpd ) of oil to purchase urgently needed food and medicines [ see pp. 38406 ; 38452 ] after the Oil Minister Usamah Abd al-Razzaq Hummadi al-Hithi was quoted by international news agencies on Dec. 23 and 24 as saying that Iraq would consider " an interim agreement " for oil sales in the range of US$2,400 million ( previously requested by Iraq and international aid agencies ) [ see pp. 38361 ; 38452 ] . |
| 5 | Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz , who had met Ekeus , was quoted as saying that Iraq was ready to invite weapons experts from " neutral Security Council member countries or non-aligned states " . |
| 6 | The " clarification " followed a statement by Maurizio Zifferero , deputy Director-General of the IAEA and leader of the 14th nuclear inspection team [ for 13th nuclear inspection team see p. 39026 ] , who was quoted in Baghdad on Sept. 2 as saying that Iraq 's nuclear programme stood at " zero " following repeated UN inspections and allied bombing during the Gulf war . |
| 7 | However , reports of a more conciliatory stance appeared to be a confirmed after the Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz was quoted in the official daily al Thawrah on Oct. 5 as saying that Iraq had not " objected to the idea of selling oil to meet the necessary humanitarian and civilian needs and has not objected to the Security Council 's resolution to deduct a high percentage " of " the so-called reparations fund and UN costs " . |
| 8 | One account reported ‘ Arab diplomats ’ as saying that Iraq had used a strike force of 10,000 to gain 90 square miles ( 230 sq . |