Under the program , Saddam Hussein 's government was permitted to sell oil to buy food and other civilian goods to alleviate the impact on the Iraqi people of sanctions imposed by the United Nations in 1990 after Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait .
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
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PERSON
Saddam Hussein
ORGANIZATION
United Nations
LOCATION
Iraq
LOCATION
Kuwait