He said the total cost _ if no shooting war breaks out _ could total $15 billion in the next fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. Iraq appeared in the international trade embargo against Iraq . The State Department reports that Cuba and Romania have struck oil deals with Iraq as others attempt to trade with Baghdad in spite of the sanctions . Iran has agreed to exchange food and medicine for Iraqi oil . Iraq has offered Western nations free oil if they send their troops to pick it up . Thus far , none has accepted . Japan , accused of responding too slowly to the Gulf crisis , has offered $ 2 billion in aid to countries hit hardest by the Iraqi trade embargo . President Bush has promised that Saddam 's aggression will not succeed .
Iraq appeared in the international trade embargo against Iraq . The State Department reports that Cuba and Romania have struck oil deals with Iraq as others attempt to trade with Baghdad in spite of the sanctions . Iran has agreed to exchange food and medicine for Iraqi oil . Iraq has offered Western nations free oil if they send their troops to pick it up . Thus far , none has accepted . Japan , accused of responding too slowly to the Gulf crisis , has offered $ 2 billion in aid to countries hit hardest by the Iraqi trade embargo . President Bush has promised that Saddam 's aggression will not succeed .